Yemen (Arabic: اليَمَن al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen (Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية al-Jumhuuriyya al-Yamaniyya) is a country located on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia. It has an estimated population of more than 23 million people and is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden to the south, and Oman to the east.
Yemen is just under 530,000 km2 in land area. Its territory includes over 200 islands, the largest of which is Socotra, about 415 kilometres (259 miles) to the south of Yemen, off the coast of Somalia. Yemen is the only republic on the Arabian Peninsula, and one of eight in the Arab World. Its capital is Sana'a. Between 2000 and 2006, 17.5% of the population lived on less than US$ 1.25 per day.
West Asian countries. In the southwestern Arabian Peninsula, the Pro Red and Arabian Sea. Area 53 19 million square kilometers. Population 15.8 million (1995). The capital Sana'a. Plateau, mainly mountainous. In addition to the mountains, the climate of dry heat. Distribution of the Northeast desert. The economic base of agriculture and animal husbandry. Coffee is the traditional export commodities.
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