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| Official Name : |
ALJAMHURIYA AL YAMANIYA (Republic of Yemen) |
| Land Area: |
527,970 square kilometres / 203,796 square miles. |
| Population: |
20,727,000 (est July 2005). Density 39.3 persons per square kilometre. |
| Languages: |
Arabic (official). |
| Religions: |
Islam (official) Sunni 80%, Shi'ite 18%. |
| Capital: |
San'a. Population 5,500,000 |
| Currency: |
Yemini riyal, divided into 100 cents. |
| Unification: |
Between North and South Yemen, 22 May 1990. |
| Geography: |
Narrow coastal plain backed by hills and rugged mountains -some seismically active in the west. Upland desert plains slope towards the desert interior of the Arabian Peninsular. 1% of the land is arable, another 7% sparsly vegetated. |
