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    Introduction


    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 Marxist orientation. The massive exodus of hundreds of thousands of Yemenis from the south to the north contributed to two decades of hostility between the states. The two countries were formally unified as the Republic of Yemen in 1990. A southern secessionist movement in 1994 was quickly subdued. In 2000, Saudi Arabia and Yemen agreed to a delimitation of their border.


    Location


    Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia


    Geographic coordinates


    15 00 N, 48 00 E


    Area


    total: 527,970 sq km land: 527,970 sq km note: includes Perim, Socotra, the former Yemen Arab Republic (YAR or North Yemen), and the former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY or South Yemen) water: 0 sq km


    Area - comparative


    slightly larger than twice the size of Wyoming


    Land boundaries


    total: 1,746 km border countries: Oman 288 km, Saudi Arabia 1,458 km


    Coastline


    1,906 km


    Maritime claims


    territorial sea: 12 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin contiguous zone: 24 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM


    Climate


    mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east


    Terrain


    narrow coastal plain backed by flat-topped hills and rugged mountains; dissected upland desert plains in center slope into the desert interior of the Arabian Peninsula


    Elevation extremes


    lowest point: Arabian Sea 0 m highest point: Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,760 m


    Natural resources


    petroleum, fish, rock salt, marble, small deposits of coal, gold, lead, nickel, and copper, fertile soil in west


    Land use


    arable land: 2.75% permanent crops: 0.21% other: 97.04% (1998 est.)


    Irrigated land


    4,900 sq km (1998 est.)


    Natural hazards


    sandstorms and dust storms in summer


    Environment - current issues


    very limited natural fresh water resources; inadequate supplies of potable water; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification


    Environment - international agreements


    party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements


    Geography - note


    strategic location on Bab el Mandeb, the strait linking the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, one of world's most active shipping lanes


    Population


    20,024,867 (July 2004 est.)


    Capital


    Sanaa


    Phone Code


    +967


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