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Capital Yemen : |
Sanaa .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Yemen :
| Oman 288 km, Saudi Arabia 1,458 km .
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| Climate Yemen :
| mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east .
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| Life expectancy Yemen :
| 61.36 years .
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| Fertility rate Yemen :
| 6.75 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Yemen :
| republic .
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| Population Yemen :
| 20,024,867 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Yemen :
| 527,970 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Yemen :
| 542,200 (2002) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Yemen :
| 411,100 (2002) .
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| International Country Code Yemen :
| 967.
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| Sex ratio total Yemen :
| 1.04 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Yemen ratio under 15 :
| 1.04 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Yemen ratio 15 64 :
| 1.04 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Yemen ratio 65 :
| 0.98 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Yemen :
| $157 million (2003) |
| HIV Yemen :
| 0.1% (2001 est.) |
| Population below poverty line Yemen :
| 15.7% (2001) |
| Literacy Yemen :
| 50,20% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Yemen :
| 3% |
| House hold income highest than 10% Yemen :
| 25.9% (2003) |
| Inflation Yemen :
| 10.8% (2003 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate Yemen :
| 35% (2003 est.) |
| Internet Users Yemen :
| 100,000 (2002) |
| Location Yemen :
| Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia |
| Geographic Coordinates Yemen :
| 15 00 N, 48 00 E |
| Religion Yemen :
| Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu |
| Administrative region Yemen :
| 19 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Abyan, 'Adan, Ad Dali', Al Bayda', Al Hudaydah, Al Jawf, Al Mahrah, Al Mahwit, 'Amran, Dhamar, Hadramawt, Hajjah, Ibb, Lahij, Ma'rib, Sa'dah, San'a', Shabwah, Ta'izz |
| Terrain Yemen :
| 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 Yemen :
| Arabian Sea 0 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Yemen :
| Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,760 m |
| Natural resources Yemen :
| petroleum, fish, rock salt, marble, small deposits of coal, gold, lead, nickel, and copper, fertile soil in west |
| Land use arable land Yemen :
| 2,78% |
| Land use permanentcrops Yemen :
| 0,24% |
| Irrigated land Yemen :
| 4,900 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards Yemen :
| sandstorms and dust storms in summer |
| Environment current issues Yemen :
| very limited natural fresh water resources; inadequate supplies of potable water; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification |
| Geography note Yemen :
| 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 |
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Divisions
Abyan
'Adan
Ad Dali'
Al Bayda'
Al Hudaydah
Al Jawf
Al Mahrah
Al Mahwit
'Amran
Dhamar
Hadramawt
Hajjah
Ibb
Lahij
Ma'rib
Sa'dah
San'a'
Shabwah
Ta'izz
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