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The Republic of Yemen is a country in the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia, and is a part of the Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia.


الجمهوريّة اليمنية
Al-Jumhuriyah al-Yamaniyah
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National motto: none
Official language Arabic
Capital Sanaá
President Ali Abdullah SalehAli Abdullah Saleh (born March 21, 1942) is the current President of Yemen. He was President of the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) from 1978 to 1990 and became president of the new merged state of Yemen in 1990. He became Yemen's first directly elected
Prime MinisterThe Prime Minister of the Republic of Yemen is the head of government in that country. The current prime minister, Abdul Qadir Bajamal, has held the position since 31 March 2001. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President. The position of Prime Mini Abdul Qadir BajamalAbdul Qadir Bajamal Place Image Here Became Prime Minister 31 March 2001 Left Office Currently in office Predecessor Abdul Karim al-Iryani Successor Currently in office Date of Birth 1946 Abdul Qadir Bajamal (Abd-al-Qadir Abd-al-Rahman Ba-Jammal) (born 19
AreaThis article explains the meaning of area as a Physical quantity. Article area (geometry) is more mathematical. Area is a quantity expressing the size of a region of space. Surface area refers to the summation of the areas of the exposed sides of an objec
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Ranked 48thHere is a list of the countries of the world in order of size . Values are given using SI (metric) units. Dependencies are shown with the main country; the total area is also given, but the list is ordered according to the areas excluding dependencies.
527,970 km˛
Negligible
PopulationFor the use of the word population in statistics, see statistical population. In the most common sense of the word, a population is the collection of people—or organisms of a particular species—living in a given geographic area. Populations are studied in
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Ranked 53rd
19,349,881
37/km˛
Unification May 22, 1990
Currency Yemeni rial (YER)
Time zone UTC +3
National anthem United Republic
Internet TLD .YE
Calling Code 967




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