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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Yemen: Yemen
sovereign country A sovereign state or sovereign country, is a political entity represented by one central government that has supreme legitimate authority over territory. International law defines sovereign states as having a permanent population, defined terri ...
located on the southern portion of the
Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate. ...
in Southwest Asia. With a population of more than 20 million people, Yemen is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the North, the Red Sea to the West, the
Arabian Sea The Arabian Sea ( ar, اَلْبَحرْ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Bahr al-ˁArabī) is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the north by Pakistan, Iran and the Gulf of Oman, on the west by the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel a ...
and Gulf of Aden to the South, and
Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...
to the east. Yemen's territory includes over 200 islands, the largest of which is Socotra, about 415 kilometres (259 
mile The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of distance; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 Englis ...
s) to the south of Yemen, off the coast of Somalia. Yemen is the only republic on the Arabian Peninsula.


General reference

* Pronunciation: * Common English country name: Yemen * Official English country name: The
Republic of Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast and sha ...
* Common endonym(s): * Official endonym(s): * Adjectival(s):
Yemeni Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast and sha ...
*
Demonym A demonym (; ) or gentilic () is a word that identifies a group of people (inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place. Demonyms are usually derived from the name of the place (hamlet, village, town, city, region, province, ...
(s): * Etymology: Name of Yemen * International rankings of Yemen * ISO country codes: YE, YEM, 887 * ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:YE * Internet country code top-level domain:
.ye .ye is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol su ...


Geography of Yemen

Geography of Yemen Yemen is located in Southwest Asia, at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, between Oman and Saudi Arabia. It is situated at the entrance to the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, which links the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean (via the Gulf of Aden) and i ...
* Yemen is: a country * Location: ** Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere ** Eurasia ***
Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...
**** Southwest Asia ** Middle East ***
Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate. ...
** Time zone:
UTC+03 UTC+03:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +03:00. In areas using this time offset, the time is three hours later than the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Following the ISO 8601 standard, a time with this offset would be wri ...
** Extreme points of Yemen *** High:
Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb ''Jabal An-Nabī Shuʿayb'' ( ar, جَبَل ٱلنَّبِي شُعَيْب, lit=Mountain of the Prophet Shuaib), also called ''Jabal Hadhur'' ( ar, جَبَل حَضُوْر, link=no, Jabal Ḥaḍūr), is a mountain of the Harazi subregion of ...
*** Low:
Arabian Sea The Arabian Sea ( ar, اَلْبَحرْ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Bahr al-ˁArabī) is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the north by Pakistan, Iran and the Gulf of Oman, on the west by the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel a ...
0 m ** Land boundaries: 1,746 km :: 1,458 km :: 288 km :* Coastline: 1,906 km * Population of Yemen: 22,389,000 - 50th most populous country * * Area of Yemen: 527,968 km2 * Atlas of Yemen


Environment of Yemen

* Climate of Yemen * Ecoregions in Yemen * Renewable energy in Yemen *
Geology of Yemen The geology of Yemen includes extremely ancient Precambrian igneous and metamorphic crystalline basement rocks overlain by sediments from the Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic, deposited in shallow seas and lakebeds, overlain by thick volcanic rocks ...
* Protected areas of Yemen ** Biosphere reserves in Yemen ** National parks of Yemen *
Wildlife of Yemen The wildlife of Yemen is substantial and varied. Yemen is a large country in the southern half of the Arabian Peninsula with several geographic regions, each with a diversity of plants and animals adapted to their own particular habitats. As well as ...
** Fauna of Yemen *** Birds of Yemen *** Mammals of Yemen


Natural geographic features of Yemen

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Glaciers A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires distinguishing features, such a ...
of Yemen: none *
Islands of Yemen An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...
* Lakes of Yemen *
Mountains of Yemen A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher th ...
** Volcanoes in Yemen * Rivers of Yemen ** Waterfalls of Yemen *
Valleys of Yemen A valley is an elongated low area often running between Hill, hills or Mountain, mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers ...
*
World Heritage Sites in Yemen In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...


Regions of Yemen

Regions of Yemen


Ecoregions of Yemen

List of ecoregions in Yemen * Ecoregions in Yemen


Administrative divisions of Yemen

Administrative divisions of Yemen Yemen is divided into 21 governorates, subdivided into 333 districts (muderiah) and 2,210 sub-districts. *
Governorates of Yemen Yemen is divided into twenty-one governorates ('' muhafazah'') and one municipality ( amanah): Notes: a - Also known as Sanaa City b - Socatra Governorate was created in December 2013 from parts of Hadramaut, data included there The govern ...
**
Districts of Yemen The governorates of Yemen are divided into 333 districts (as of 2019) ( '' mudīriyyā''). The districts are subdivided into 2,210 Uzaal (sub-districts), and then into 38,284 villages (as of 2001). The districts are listed below, by governorate ...
*** Sub-districts of Yemen **** Municipalities of Yemen


= Governorates of Yemen

= Governorates of Yemen


= Districts of Yemen

=
Districts of Yemen The governorates of Yemen are divided into 333 districts (as of 2019) ( '' mudīriyyā''). The districts are subdivided into 2,210 Uzaal (sub-districts), and then into 38,284 villages (as of 2001). The districts are listed below, by governorate ...
* The governorates of Yemen are divided into 333
district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
s ('' muderiah'').


= Sub-districts of Yemen

= * Yemen's districts are subdivided into 2,210 sub-districts, and then into 38,284 villages (as of 2001).


= Municipalities of Yemen

= Municipalities of Yemen *
Capital Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences * Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used fo ...
of Yemen: Sana'a * Cities of Yemen


Demography of Yemen

Demographics of Yemen This article is about the demographic features of the population of Yemen ( ar, سكان اليمن), including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the ...
* Women in Yemen


Government and politics of Yemen

Politics of Yemen The Politics of Yemen are in an uncertain state due to the Houthi takeover in Yemen. An armed group known as the Houthis or Ansar Allah seized control of the Northern Yemeni government and announced it would dissolve parliament, as well as inst ...
* Form of government: presidential
representative democratic Representative democracy, also known as indirect democracy, is a type of democracy where elected people represent a group of people, in contrast to direct democracy. Nearly all modern Western-style democracies function as some type of represe ...
republic *
Capital Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences * Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used fo ...
of Yemen: Sana'a *
Elections in Yemen Elections in Yemen take place within the framework of a presidential system, with both the President and House of Representatives elected by the public. Due to political instability, elections have not been held regularly since the early 2000s. ...
*
Political parties in Yemen Before the Yemeni Revolution in 2011 and the following civil war, Yemen was a one party dominant state in which the General People's Congress (GPC) held power. Legal status Yemen's Political Parties Law mandates that political parties be viable ...


Branches of the government of Yemen

Government of Yemen The Politics of Yemen are in an uncertain state due to the Houthi takeover in Yemen. An armed group known as the Houthis or Ansar Allah seized control of the Northern Yemeni government and announced it would dissolve parliament, as well as instal ...


Executive branch of the government of Yemen

* Head of state:
President of Yemen The president of the Republic of Yemen is the head of state of Yemen. Under the Constitution of Yemen, the president is also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and head of the executive branch of the Yemeni government. As of 7 April 20 ...
,
Ali Abdullah Saleh Ali Abdullah Saleh al-Ahmar (, ''ʿAlī ʿAbdullāh Ṣāliḥ al-Aḥmar;'' 21 March 1947There is a dispute as to Saleh's date of birth, some saying that it was on 21 March 1942. See: However, by Saleh's own confession, he was born in 1947 al ...
** Vice President of Yemen, Abd al-Rab Mansur al-Hadi ** Head of government (appointed by the President): Prime Minister of Yemen,
Ali Muhammad Mujawar Ali Mohammed Mujawar (Arabic: علي محمد مجور; born 26 April 1953) served as Prime Minister of Yemen between 7 April 2007 and 10 December 2011, and prior as electricity minister. Following the anti-government uprising in Yemen, Presid ...
*
Cabinet of Yemen The Cabinet of Yemen refers to the governing body of the internationally recognized Yemen government led by the Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council Rashad al-Alimi who replaced former President of Yemen Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi on ...


Legislative branch of the government of Yemen

* Parliament of Yemen ( bicameral) ** Upper house:
Assembly of Representatives of Yemen The House of Representatives (''Majlis al-Nuwaab'') is the lower house of the Parliament of Yemen. It shares the legislative power with the Shura Council, the upper house. The Assembly of Representatives has 301 members, elected for a six-year ...
(301 members, each elected to serve a 6-year term) ** Lower house: Consultative Council of Yemen ( ar) (59 members, appointed by the President)


Judicial branch of the government of Yemen

Court system of Yemen * Supreme Court of Yemen ( ar) * Commercial Courts of Yemen


Foreign relations of Yemen

Foreign relations of Yemen * Diplomatic missions in Yemen *
Diplomatic missions of Yemen This is a list of diplomatic missions of Yemen, excluding honorary consulates. Africa * ** Algiers (Embassy) * ** Djibouti (Embassy) * ** Cairo (Embassy) * ** Asmara (Embassy) * ** Addis Ababa (Embassy) * ** Nairobi (Embassy) * ** Tripoli (Em ...


International organization membership

International organization membership of Yemen The Republic of Yemen is a member of: * African Union/United Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID) *
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) is a Kuwait-based pan-Arab development finance institution. All member-states of the Arab League are members of the AFESD. As of 2003, it held around US$7.3 billion in assets. The AFESD ...
(AFESD) *
Arab Monetary Fund The Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) is a regional Arab organization, a working sub-organization of the Arab League. It was founded 1976, and has been operational since 1977. History The first president and director of the Arab Monetary Fund, from 1 ...
(AMF) *
Council of Arab Economic Unity The Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU) (Arabic: ) was founded by Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen on May 30, 1964, following an agreement in 1957 by ...
(CAEU) * Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) * Group of 77 (G77) *
International Atomic Energy Agency The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. It was established in 195 ...
(IAEA) *
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is an international financial institution, established in 1944 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, that is the lending arm of World Bank Group. The IBRD offers ...
(IBRD) * International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) * International Criminal Court (ICCt) (signatory) *
International Criminal Police Organization The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO; french: link=no, Organisation internationale de police criminelle), commonly known as Interpol ( , ), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and cri ...
(Interpol) *
International Development Association The International Development Association (IDA) (french: link=no, Association internationale de développement) is an international financial institution which offers concessional loans and grants to the world's poorest developing countries. T ...
(IDA) * International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS) * International Finance Corporation (IFC) * International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) *
International Labour Organization The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is the first and o ...
(ILO) *
International Maritime Organization The International Maritime Organization (IMO, French: ''Organisation maritime internationale'') is a specialised agency of the United Nations responsible for regulating shipping. The IMO was established following agreement at a UN conference ...
(IMO) * International Monetary Fund (IMF) * International Olympic Committee (IOC) *
International Organization for Migration The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is a United Nations agency that provides services and advice concerning migration to governments and migrants, including internally displaced persons, refugees, and migrant workers. The IOM wa ...
(IOM) * International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (correspondent) * International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM) * International Telecommunication Union (ITU) *
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) is an intergovernmental organization charged with overseeing the public service obligations of Intelsat, which was privatized in 2001. It incorporates the principle set forth ...
(ITSO) *
International Trade Union Confederation The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); german: Internationaler Gewerkschaftsbund (IGB), link=no; es, Confederación Sindical Internacional (CSI), link=no. is the world's largest trade union federation. History The federation w ...
(ITUC) *
Inter-Parliamentary Union The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU; french: Union Interparlementaire, UIP) is an international organization of national parliaments. Its primary purpose is to promote democratic governance, accountability, and cooperation among its members; other ...
(IPU) *
Islamic Development Bank The Islamic Development Bank ( ar, البنك الإسلامي للتنمية, abbreviated as IsDB) is a multilateral development finance institution that is focused on Islamic finance for infrastructure development and located in Jeddah, Saudi ...
(IDB) *
League of Arab States League or The League may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Leagues'' (band), an American rock band * '' The League'', an American sitcom broadcast on FX and FXX about fantasy football Sports * Sports league * Rugby league, full contact foo ...
(LAS) * Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) *
Nonaligned Movement The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a forum of 120 countries that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. After the United Nations, it is the largest grouping of states worldwide. The movement originated in the aftermath ...
(NAM) * Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) *
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is an intergovernmental organisation and the implementing body for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which entered into force on 29 April 1997. The OPCW, with its 193 member ...
(OPCW) * Organization of American States (OAS) (observer) *
United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizi ...
(UN) * United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) * United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) * United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) * United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) *
United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara ( ar, بعثة الأمم المتحدة لتنظيم استفتاء في الصحراء الغربية; french: Mission des Nations Unies pour l'Organisation d'un Référendum au ...
(MINURSO) * United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) *
United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad The United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) was a United Nations peacekeeping mission established by the United Nations Security Council on September 25, 2007 to provide a multidimensional presence of up to 350 po ...
(MINURCAT) *
United Nations Mission in the Sudan The United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) was established by the UN Security Council under Resolution 1590 of 24 March 2005, in response to the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the government of the Sudan and the Sudan ...
(UNMIS) *
United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia The United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) was established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 858 in August 1993 to verify compliance with a 27 July 1993 ceasefire agreement between the Republic of Georgia and forces in Abk ...
(UNOMIG) * United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) *
United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or MONUSCO, an acronym based on its French name , is a United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) which was estab ...
(MONUC) *
Universal Postal Union The Universal Postal Union (UPU, french: link=no, Union postale universelle), established by the Treaty of Bern of 1874, is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to t ...
(UPU) *
World Customs Organization The World Customs Organization (WCO) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. The WCO works on customs-related matters including the development of international conventions, instruments, and tools on topics suc ...
(WCO) * World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) * World Health Organization (WHO) * World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) *
World Meteorological Organization The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology and geophysics. The WMO originated from the Internat ...
(WMO) *
World Tourism Organization The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is the United Nations specialized agency entrusted with the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism. Its headquarters are in Madrid, Spain. UNWTO is the leading inter ...
(UNWTO) * World Trade Organization (WTO) (observer)


Military of Yemen

Military of Yemen The Armed Forces of Yemen ( ar, الْقُوَّاتُ الْمُسَلَّحَةُ الْيَّمَّنِيَّة, Al-Quwwat Al-Musallahah Al-Yamaniyah) are the military forces of the Republic of Yemen. They include the Yemeni Army (including t ...
* Command ** Commander-in-chief: ***
Defense Minister A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in s ...
(ar) : Mohammed Nasser Ahmed Ali ( ar) * Military: ** Army of Yemen ** Yemeni Air Force and Air Defense ** Navy of Yemen ** Yemeni border guards (ar) ** Yemeni strategic reserve forces (ar) : *** Special forces of Yemen (ar) *** Yemeni presidential protection forces (ar) *** missile brigades (Yemen) (ar) ** Reserve forces for the Ministry of Defense (Yemen) (ar) : *
Military history of Yemen A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distin ...
(ar) ** 1st Armoured Division (ar) **
Republican Guard A republican guard, sometimes called a national guard, is a state organization of a country (often a republic, hence the name ''Republican'') which typically serves to protect the head of state and the government, and thus is often synonymous wi ...
*
Military ranks of Yemen The Military ranks of Yemen are the military insignia used by the Republic of Yemen Armed Forces. Commissioned officer ranks The rank insignia for commissioned officers. Other ranks The rank insignia for non-commissioned officers and enlisted pe ...
(ar)


Local government in Yemen

Local government in Yemen


History of Yemen

History of Yemen The history of Yemen describes the cultures, events, and peoples of what is one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Near East. Its relatively fertile land and adequate rainfall in a moister climate helped sustain a stable population, a ...
* Timeline of the history of Yemen * Current events of Yemen *
Military history of Yemen A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distin ...


Culture of Yemen

Culture of Yemen * Architecture of Yemen * Cuisine of Yemen * Festivals in Yemen *
Languages of Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast and sha ...
* Media in Yemen *
National symbols of Yemen National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...
**
Emblem of Yemen The national emblem of Yemen depicts a golden eagle of Saladin with a scroll between its claws. On the scroll is written the name of the country in ar, الجمهورية اليمنية or ("The Yemeni Republic"). The chest of the eagle contai ...
**
Flag of Yemen The flag of Yemen ( ''Alam al-Yaman'') was adopted on May 22, 1990, the day that North Yemen and South Yemen were unified. The flag is essentially the Arab Liberation Flag of 1952, introduced after the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 in which Arab ...
** National anthem of Yemen * Prostitution in Yemen * Public holidays in Yemen * Records of Yemen *
Religion in Yemen Yemen is an Islamic society. Nearly all Yemenis are Muslims, with approximately 65% belonging to the Sunni Islam and approximately 35% belonging to the Zaydi Shia school of thought. Amongst the native population, there are approximately 1,000 C ...
**
Christianity in Yemen Christianity is a minority religion in Yemen. The Yemeni constitution mentions religious liberty. There are three churches in Aden. History Christianity was a widespread religion on the territory of contemporary Yemen as early as in 6th centur ...
** Hinduism in Yemen **
Islam in Yemen Islam in Yemen dates back to about 630AD, when it was introduced into the region by Ali when Muhammad was still alive. It was during this period that the mosques in Janad (near Ta'izz) and the Great Mosque of Sana'a were built. Yemenis are ...
** Judaism in Yemen ** Sikhism in Yemen *
World Heritage Sites in Yemen In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...


Art in Yemen

* Art in Yemen *
Cinema of Yemen The cinema of Yemen consists of two Yemeni films as of 2008. Released in 2005, '' A New Day in Old Sana'a'' deals with a young man struggling between whether to go ahead with a traditional marriage or go with the woman he loves. In August 2008, Ye ...
* Literature of Yemen * Music of Yemen *
Television in Yemen Local television is the most significant media platform in Yemen. Given the low literacy rate in the country, television is the main source of news for Yemenis. There are six free-to-air channels currently headquartered in Yemen, of which four ar ...
* Theatre in Yemen


Sports in Yemen

Sports in Yemen *
Football in Yemen Football in Yemen is run by the Yemen Football Association. The association administers the Yemen national football team, as well as the Yemeni League. Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in Yemen. The Yemen national football team comp ...
* Yemen at the Olympics


Economy and infrastructure of Yemen

Economy of Yemen The economy of Yemen has significantly weakened since the breakout of the Yemeni Civil War and the humanitarian crisis, which has caused instability, escalating hostilities, and flooding in the region. At the time of unification, South Yemen ...
* Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 88th (eighty-eighth) * Agriculture in Yemen * Banking in Yemen ** National Bank of Yemen * Communications in Yemen ** Internet in Yemen * Companies of Yemen * Currency of Yemen: Rial **
ISO 4217 ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines alpha codes and numeric codes for the representation of currencies and provides information about the relationships between individual cu ...
: YER * Energy in Yemen ** Energy policy of Yemen ** Oil industry in Yemen * Mining in Yemen * Yemen Stock Exchange * Tourism in Yemen *
Transport in Yemen As a direct consequence of the country's poverty, Yemen compares unfavorably with its Middle Eastern neighbors in terms of transportation infrastructure and communications network. The roads are generally poor, although several projects are planne ...
**
Airports in Yemen This is a list of airports in Yemen, sorted by location. Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country located in Western Asia, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the nor ...
** Rail transport in Yemen ** Roads in Yemen * Water supply and sanitation in Yemen


Education in Yemen

Education in Yemen Yemen ranked 150 out of 177 in the 2006 Human Development Index and 121 out of 140 countries in the Gender Development Index (2006). In 2005, 81 percent of Yemen's school-age population was enrolled in primary school; enrollment of the female pop ...


Health in Yemen

Health in Yemen * Health care in Yemen


See also

Yemen * Index of Yemen-related articles * List of international rankings * List of Yemen-related topics *
Member state of the United Nations The United Nations member states are the sovereign states that are members of the United Nations (UN) and have equal representation in the UN General Assembly. The UN is the world's largest intergovernmental organization. The criteria ...
* Outline of Asia *
Outline of geography The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography: Geography – study of earth and its people. Nature of geography Geography as * an academic discipline – a body of knowledge given to − ...


References


External links

; Government
List of Yemen government linksYemen Parliament homepage
; General information
Yemeni Students Association AbroadBBC News Country Profile - ''Yemen''
;Economy

;Humanitarian news
IRIN Yemen: humanitarian news and analysisPainstakingly slow progress on poverty reductionQat cultivation threatening water resourcesMoves afoot to reduce number of fire-arms in citiesVideo short on the effect guns have on the local population in Yemen (03:08 - Windows Media Player)
; Other
AAYSP: American Association of Yemeni Scientists and Professionals.Voter turnout, Gender quotas, Electoral system design and Political party financing in Yemen
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