Yemen

Al-Jumhuriyyah al-Yamaniyah'''

'''الجمهوريّة اليمنية

(In Detail) (In Detail)
National motto: none
Official language	Arabic
Capital	Sanaá
President	Ali Abdullah Saleh
Prime Minister	Abdul Qadir Bajamal
Area  - Total  - % water	Ranked 48th 527,970 km² Negligible
Population  - Total (2003)  - Density	Ranked 53rd 19,349,881 37/km²
Unification	May 22, 1990
Currency	Yemeni rial (YER)
Time zone	UTC +3
National anthem	United Republic
Internet TLD	.YE
Calling Code	967

Table of contents

1 History 2 Politics 3 Governorates 4 Geography 5 Economy 6 Demographics 7 Culture 8 Miscellaneous topics

History

North Yemen became independent of the Ottoman Empire in 1918. The British, who had set up a protectorate area around the southern port of Aden in the 19th century, withdrew in 1967 from what became South Yemen. Three years later, the southern government adopted a Soviet orientation. There followed two decades of hostility between the two states. The two countries were formally unified as the Republic of Yemen in 1990. A southern secessionist movement in 1994 was quickly subdued.

Politics

Governorates

Geography

Economy

Yemen, one of the poorest countries in the Arab world, reported strong growth in the mid-1990s with the onset of oil production, but was harmed by low oil prices in 1998. Yemen has embarked on an IMF-supported structural adjustment program designed to modernize and streamline the economy, which has led to foreign debt relief and restructuring. Aided by higher oil prices in 1999, Yemen worked to maintain tight control over spending and implement additional components of the IMF program. The high population growth rate of 3.4% and internal political dissension complicate the government's task.

Demographics

Culture

• Music of Yemen

• Communications in Yemen
• Transportation in Yemen
• Military of Yemen
• Foreign relations of Yemen
• List of cities in Yemen

Source | Copyright