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Yemen at a Glance
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Land
Economy
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Yemen is located in
southern Arabia. The north is mountainous, with a fertile strip along the Red
Sea. The south is largely arid mountains and desert. The Middle Eastern country
of Yemen, over 3,000 years old, was long a part of the Turkish Ottoman Empire.
It was also strongly influenced by the British in the 19th century, becoming a
crown colony in 1937. Divided into two parts for decades; the Yemen Arab
Republic (North) and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South),) the
two states finally unified as the Republic of Yemen in 1990. Until 1990 Yemen
was two countries, the Yemen Arab Republic in the north and the People's
Democratic Republic of Yemen in the south. Yemen was unified by 22nd May 1990.
The desert climate is modified by altitude, which affects temperatures by as
much as 12°C (54°F). Rainfall increases in northwest and central Yemen. Yemenis
are almost entirely of Arab and Bedouin descent, though there is a small,
dwindling, Jewish minority and people of mixed African and Arab descent along
the south coast.
Official Name
Republic of Yemen
Head of State H.E. President Ali Abdullah Saleh
Head of Government Prime Minister Abd al-Qadir BA JAMAL (since 4
April 2001)
Cabinet Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the
advice of the prime minister
Population 20,605,000 (2004)
Capital City Sana’a (1.8 million)
Currency Riyal
Latitude/Longitude 15º
38N, 44º
21E
Minerals Oil, natural gas, salt, gold, copper, lead, zinc,
molybdenum
Languages Arabic (official)
National Day Unification Day, 22 May (1990)
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Land Area total: 527,970 sq km, Land: 527,970 sq km
Land boundaries total: 1,746 km
border countries Oman 288 km, Saudi Arabia 1,458 km
Coastline 1,906 km
Maritime claims:
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Territorial sea: 12 nm
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Contiguous zone: 24 nm
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Continental shelf: 200 nm
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Continental shelf: 200 nm
or to the edge of the continental margin
Climate mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate
in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry,
harsh desert in east
Land use Arable land: 2.78%, Permanent Crops: 0.24%, Other:
96.98% (2001)
Irrigated land (1998 est.) 4,900 sq km
Land Divisions 21 governorates (muhafazat, singular -
muhafazah); Abyan, Adan, Adh Dhalie,Al Baydha, Al Hudaydah, Al Jawf, Al Mahrah,
Al Mahwit, Amran, Dhamar, Hadramawt, Hajjah, Ibb, Lahij, Marib, Raymah, Sa'dah,
Sana'a, Shabwah, Ta'iz.
Note:
for electoral and administrative purposes, the capital city of Sanaa is treated
as an additional governorate
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GDP purchasing power parity - $15.09 billion (2003 est.)
GDP - real growth rate 2.8% (2003 est.)
GDP - per capita purchasing power parity - purchasing power parity
- $800 (2003 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture:
15.2%
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industry:
45%
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services: 39.7%
(2003 est.)
Investment (gross fixed) 29.1% of GDP (2003)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%:
3%
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highest 10%:
25.9% (2003)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 10.8% (2003 est.)
Labor force 5.79 million (2003 est.)
Budget:
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revenues:
$3.729 billion
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expenditures: $4.107
billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)
Agriculture–products grain, fruits, vegetables, pulses, qat
(mildly narcotic shrub), coffee, cotton, dairy products, livestock (sheep,
goats, cattle, camels), poultry; fish.
Industries crude oil production and petroleum refining;
small-scale production of cotton textiles and eather goods; food processing;
handicrafts; small aluminum products factory; cement.
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