The
Yemeni Republic
'al-jumhûriyyatu l-yamaniyya (Official)
'al-yaman (Short)
| Status |
| Independent republic |
| Surface |
| 527,970 km² |
| Inhabitants |
| 15,000,000 |
| Capital |
| San'a |
| Day of independence |
| November 27, 1967 (this applies for the southern Yemen, as the northern part never was colonised) |
| Head of state |
| President Ali Abdallah Salah |
| Languages |
| Arabic (official), English |
| Currency |
| Rial 100 rials=US$0,83, US$1=120 rials |
| Cities |
| San'a (500,000) Aden (300,000) |
It's the mountains that makes
Yemen habitable. The climate in the Yemeni mountains is the most pleasant
on the entire Arabian peninsula, and fertile. The climate along the coast
is humid and terribly hot. Just inside the coast starts the desert, and
this ends only with the climbing of the mountains. Yemen has the highest
population density on the Arabian peninsular.