Yemen March 11, 2020 Aden , Al Mukalla , Al-Jumhuriyah al-Yamaniyah , Arab League , Arabia , Arabic , Arabic language , Asia , choléra , conflicts , déplacés , desert , détroit de Bab-el-Mandeb , excision , Gulf of Aden , Hadramaout , Horn of Africa , human rights , Indian Ocean , islam , Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb , Kamaran , Middle East , migrations , Monts Sarawat , mountains , Mukalla , musulmans , Near East , oil , Péninsule Arabique , péninsule d'Arabie , piracy , Red Sea , refugee , religion , réunification , Sanaa , Socotra , South Yemen , stress hydrique , tempêtes de sable , traffic , wars , Western Asia , Yemen , Yémen du Nord , ﺍﻟﺠﻤﻬﻮﺭﯾّﺔ اليمنية Official name Republic of Yemen Name in local language الجمهورية اليمنية ; Al-Jumhuriyah al-Yamaniyah (ar) Continent Asia Subcontinent Western Asia Population (ranking: 42e ) 34,232,322 inhabitants (2018) Population growth 2.60 % / year Area 527,968 km² Density 64.84 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 108e )26.914 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 944 $USD (2018) GDP growth -2.70 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 65.50 years (2016) Birth rate 28.40 ‰ (2017) Fertility rate 3.63 children / woman (2017) Death rate (ranking ) 6.00 ‰ (2017) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 47.40 ‰ (2017) Literacy rate 70.07 % (2015) Official languages Arabic Currency Yemeni rial (YER) HDI (ranking: 215e )0.463 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )49.79 (2016) Government Republic (Provisional governments) Head of State President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi (Aden) ; President of the Supreme Political Council Mahdi al-Mashat (Houthi, Sana'a) National Day 12 May (reunification of the two Yemen in 1990) ISO Codes YE, YEM Demonym Yemeni, Yemenite Tourists (ranking ) 367,000 people (2015)
Yemen is an Arab country located at the southwestern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. The country has a long land border with Saudi Arabia to the north, with Oman to the northeast, and a maritime border with Djibouti and Eritrea to the west, and Somalia , Somaliland and Puntland to the south. It has an important coastline on the Gulf of Aden, a smaller one on the Red Sea, and controls with Djibouti the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb which leads to the Suez Canal. Its capital, Sanaa, lies to the west of the country, in the mountains (2260 meters above sea level) and its main port is Aden (former capital of South Yemen).
Aden, former capital of Yemen. Photo: Motaz Alnahdy Ta’izz, Yemen Sanaa, capital of Yemen. Photo: Franco Pecchio Ancient city of Chibam, Yemen. Mudstone city listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photo: George Steinmetz, National Geographic Urban areas (2015) Urban areas Population Sanaa 2,957,392 inhabitants Aden 1,760,923 inhabitants Taiz 1,615,222 inhabitants Al Hudaydah 714,523 inhabitants Mukalla 531,205 inhabitants Ibb 292,428 inhabitants Dhamar 198,040 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Governorates (Muhafazat) Population Area 'Amran 1,123,651 inhabitants 9,587 km² Abyan 658,824 inhabitants 21,939 km² Ad Dali' 602,613 inhabitants 4,786 km² Aden 1,087,653 inhabitants 1,114 km² Al Bayda' 835,683 inhabitants 11,193 km² Al Hudaydah 3,774,914 inhabitants 17,509 km² Al Jawf 663,147 inhabitants 30,620 km² Al-Mahrah 400,000 inhabitants 122,500 km² Al-Mahwit 732,360 inhabitants 2,858 km² Amanat Al-Asemah (Municipalité de Sanaa) 1,174,767 inhabitants 126 km² Dhamar 1,697,067 inhabitants 10,495 km² Hadhramaout 1,368,085 inhabitants 193,032 km² Hajjah 1,887,213 inhabitants 10,141 km² Ibb 3,911,070 inhabitants 6,484 km² Lahij 926,291 inhabitants 15,210 km² Ma'rib 504,696 inhabitants 20,023 km² Raymah 502,505 inhabitants 3,442 km² Sa'dah 987,663 inhabitants 15,022 km² Sanaa 2,279,665 inhabitants 15,052 km² Shabwah 651,509 inhabitants 47,728 km² Socotra 59,293 inhabitants 3,796 km² Ta'izz 4,554,443 inhabitants 12,605 km²
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