General
Information
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Total Land Area: |
527,970 km2 |
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Land Boundaries: |
1,746 km |
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Coastline: |
1,906 km |
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Capital: |
Sanaa |
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Other Large
Cities: |
Aden, Ta’izz,
Al-Hudaydah |
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Official
Language: |
Arabic |
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National
Currency Unit: |
Yemeni Riyal (YER) |
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National Day: |
May 22 |
Location and
Geography
Yemen is located in
the Southwestern
part of the Arabian
Peninsula. It is
bordered by Saudi
Arabia in the North,
Oman in the East,
the Gulf of Aden and
the Arabian Sea in
the South and the
Red Sea in the West.
To the East of the
highland interior,
the terrain slopes
down to the sandy
wastes of the
deserts of inner
Arabia, the “Empty
Quarter”. The
mountain nearby is
the highest between
East Africa and
Iran. The terrain is
made up of a narrow
coastal plain backed
by flat-topped hills
and rugged
mountains. The
climate is mostly
desert, hot and
humid along the West
coast and temperate
on the mountains as
a result of seasonal
monsoons.
Demography
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Population:
|
19.90 million
(2002) |
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Crude Birth
Rate:
|
41 per thousand
people (2002) |
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Crude Death
Rate:
|
10 per thousand
people (2002) |
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Infant Mortality
Rate:
|
83 per thousand
(2002) |
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Life Expectancy:
|
Male: 56 years,
Female: 58 years
(2002) |
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Urban
Population:
|
25.0 percent
(2002) |
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Adult Literacy:
|
47.70 percent
(2001) |
Economy
The economy is based
on agriculture,
fishing and mining.
Main agricultural
products are millet,
corn, cotton, wheat,
barley and sorghum.
The fishing industry
is being encouraged.
The natural
resources of the
country are crude
oil, rock salt,
marble, lead, zinc,
and nickel. The
discovery of oil is
the most significant
development. There
is also a
traditional
handicraft industry
of fine textiles,
jewellery,
leatherwork, carpets
and glass in Yemen.
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GDP at Current
Market Prices:
|
10270 million
US$ (2002) |
|
Per Capita GDP:
|
516 US$ (2002) |
|
Share of Sectors
in GDP:
|
15.0%
Agriculture,
40.0% Industry,
45.0% Services,
(2002) |
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Total Exports:
|
3025 million US$
(2002) |
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Total Imports:
|
2870 million US$
(2002) |
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Major Exports
Items: |
Crude oil,
hides, skins,
cotton, coffee,
dried and salted
fish |
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Major Imports
Items: |
Machinery and
equipment,
manufactured
goods, live
animals, wheat
and sugar |
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Major Trading
Partners: |
China, Thailand,
UAE, Saudi
Arabia and
South Korea |
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