Yemen
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The Republic of Yemen (Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية al-Jumhūrīyah al-Yamanīyah), commonly known as Yemen / ˈ j ɛ m ə n / (Arabic: اليَمَن al-Yaman), 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 north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east. Yemen has a land area of 555,000 km (214,000 sq mi) and a population of approximately 24 million (2010). Its capital and largest city is Sana'a. Yemen's territory includes over 200 islands, the largest of which is Socotra, about 415 km (258 mi) to the south of mainland Yemen, off the coast of Somalia. It is the only state in the Arabian Peninsula to have a purely republican form of government. Approximately 53% of Yemenis are Sunnis, while 45% are Zaydi Shias. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Matching Results for Yemen:YemenYemen. Country in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. ... 也門 cmn(cmn), 也门 cmn(cmn) (Yěmén); (Taiwan) 葉門 cmn(cmn), 叶门 cmn(cmn) (Yèmén) ... People's Democratic Republic of Yemen A country in the Middle East from 1967 until 1990; South Yemen. ... South Yemen. Finnish: Jemenin demokraattinen kansantasavalta fi(fi) Japanese: イエメン民主人民共和国 ... Kingdom of Yemen Kingdom of Yemen. North Yemen from 1918 to 1962 [edit] Translations ... Turkish: Yemen Krallığı [edit] See also. North Yemen. South Yemen. Yemen Arab Republic ... From Wiktionary under the
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