Republic of Yemen | |
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Motto: ٱللَّهُ، ٱلْوَطَنُ، ٱلثَوْرَةُ، ٱلْوَحْدَةُ (Arabic) Allāh, al-Waṭan, ath-Thawrah, al-Waḥdah “God, Country, Revolution, Unity” | |
.svg) Location of Yemen (red) | |
| Capital | Sanaa (de jure)  under the SPC control Aden (Temporary capital) Coordinates: 15°20′54″N 44°12′23″E / 15.34833°N 44.20639°E |
| Capital-in-exile | Riyadh |
| Largest city | Sanaa |
| Official languages | Arabic[1] |
| Ethnic groups | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Demonym(s) | Yemeni, Yemenite |
| Government |
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| Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (non-resident) | |
| Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar | |
| Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed | |
| Mahdi al-Mashat | |
| Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour | |
• President of the Southern Transitional Council | Aidarus al-Zoubaidi |
| Hani Bin Brek | |
| Legislature | Parliament (de jure)
Supreme Political Council (de facto) |
| Shura Council | |
| House of Representatives | |
| Establishment | |
• Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen establisheda | 30 October 1918 |
• Yemen Arab Republic established | 26 September 1962 |
• South Yemen independenceb | 30 November 1967 |
| 22 May 1990 | |
| 16 May 1991 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 527,968 km2 (203,850 sq mi) (49th) |
• Water (%) | negligible |
| Population | |
• 2018 estimate | 28,498,683[2][3] (48th) |
• 2004 census | 19,685,000[4] |
• Density | 44.7/km2 (115.8/sq mi) (160th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $73.348 billion[5] (118th) |
• Per capita | $2,380[5] (161st) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $28.524 billion[5] (103rd) |
• Per capita | $925[5] (177th) |
| Gini (2014) | 36.7[6] medium |
| HDI (2018) |  0.463[7]low · 177th |
| Currency | Yemeni rial (YER) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (AST) |
| Driving side | right[8] |
| Calling code | +967 |
| Internet TLD | .ye, اليمن. |
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Yemen
Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is the second-largest Arab sovereign state in the peninsula, occupying 527,970 square kilometres. The coastline stretches for about 2,000 kilometres. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, the Gulf of Aden and Guardafui Channel to the south, and Oman to the east. Yemen's territory encompasses more than 200 islands, including the Socotra islands in the Guardafui Channel. Yemen is characterized as a failed state with high necessity of transformation. Yemen's constitutionally stated capital is the city of Sanaa, but the city has been under Houthi rebel control since February 2015 as well as Aden, which is also controlled by the Southern Transitional Council since 2018. Its executive administration resides in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.