Yemen

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Yemen is a country on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, known for its ancient history, strategic Red Sea coastline, and ongoing complex humanitarian and political crises.


Statements (62)
Predicate Object
instanceOf country
sovereign state
ancientKingdom Himyar
Saba
ancientTradeRole Incense Route
borderCountry Oman
Saudi Arabia
callingCode +967
capital Sanaʽa
coastlineOn Arabian Sea
Gulf of Aden
Red Sea
continent Asia
currency Yemeni rial
deFactoSeatOfGovernment Aden
deJureCapital Sanaʽa
demonym Yemeni
drivesOn right
governmentType republic
hasClimate arid
semi-arid
hasHighestPoint Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb
hasIsland Kamaran Island
Perim Island
Socotra
hasLegislature House of Representatives of Yemen
hasOngoingConflict Yemeni civil war
hasSeaBorderWith Djibouti
Eritrea
Somalia
historicalEntityPredecessor People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
Yemen Arab Republic
humanitarianCrisis yes
internetTLD .ye
ISO3166-1Alpha2Code YE
ISO3166-1Alpha3Code YEM
largestCity Sanaʽa
locatedIn Arabian Plate
locatedOn Arabian Peninsula
majorCity Aden
Al Hudaydah
Ibb
Taiz
majorReligionSite Great Mosque of Sanaʽa
memberOf Arab League
G77
Non-Aligned Movement
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
nationalLanguage Arabic
officialLanguage Arabic
partOfRegion Arab world
Middle East
Western Asia
religion Sunni Islam
Zaydi Shia Islam
religionMajority Islam
strategicWaterway Bab-el-Mandeb Strait
timeZone UTC+03:00
UNAdmissionYear 1947
unificationDate 1990-05-22
UNMemberState true
usesScript Arabic script

Referenced by (133)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Aden
Arabian Desert
Coat of arms of Yemen
Crater
Embassy of Yemen in Washington, D.C.
Federation of South Arabia
Liberal Democratic Party (Yemen)
Maalla
Modern South Arabian languages
Old City of Sanaʽa
Port of Aden
Razihi Arabic
Rub al Khali
Sanaʽa
Sheikh Othman
Socotra
Tihami Arabic
Yafiʿi Arabic
Yemeni Highlands
Yemeni Revolution of 2011
country
Arab Labor Organization
Arab League
Arab Monetary Fund
Arab Organization for Agricultural Development
Economic and Social Council of the Arab League
Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)
Islamic Development Bank
hasMember
Aden
Sanaʽa
Steamer Point
Tihamah
Tihamah coastal plain
Yemeni Highlands
locatedIn
Razihi Arabic
South Semitic languages
Tihami Arabic ("western Yemen")
Yafiʿi Arabic
Yemeni Arabic
spokenIn
Mizrahi Jews
Yemeni American
Yemeni Arabic
Yemenite Jews
countryOfOrigin
Amr
FET
Fus’ha
bin Abdullah
usedInCountry
Arabian Sea
British Western Aden Protectorate sphere
Red Sea
borderedBy
Asir region
Jazan Region
Najran Region
borders
Greater Middle East
Middle East
Middle East and North Africa
includesCountry
Coat of arms of Yemen ("Republic of Yemen")
Eagle of Saladin
Scud missile
usedBy
Gulf of Aden
Oman
bordersCountry
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
hasMemberState
Member States of the United Nations ("Republic of Yemen")
Southern Arabia
includes
Haredi Jews
Yemenite Jews
populationCenter
Judeo-Arabic
Sabaic
region
Ayyubid dynasty
Saladin
regionRuled
Colony of Aden ("Republic of Yemen")
Federation of South Arabia ("Republic of Yemen")
todayPartOf
UN Security Council Resolution 678
United Nations Security Council Resolution 688
votingAgainst
UN Security Council Resolution 686
abstaining
UN Security Council Resolution 687
abstentionBy
Women of the Arab Spring
activeInCountry
Arab Winter
appliesToCountry
U.S. Central Command
areaOfResponsibility
Ismaili Shia
associatedWith
Arab–Israeli War of 1948
belligerent
Saudi Arabia
borderCountry
Northern Red Sea Region
bordersCountryBySea
Arabian Peninsula ("Hadhramaut")
contains
Asia
containsCountry
Arabian Peninsula
countryLocatedOn
Council of Arab Ministers of Information
countryOfMembership
Bab-el-Mandeb Strait
countryOnShore
Steamer Point
currentCountry
Barbeyaceae
distribution
Onchocerca volvulus
endemicRegion
Sayyids
ethnicRegion
R-17
exportedTo
Tihamah coastal plain ("western Yemen")
extendsThrough
River Blindness Program
focusesOn
Arab world
hasCountry
Tihamah
hasCountryPart
Zaydi Shia
hasMajorCommunityIn
Shafi'i school
hasMajorRegion
Zaydi Shia
historicalCenter
Yemen ("Yemen Arab Republic")
historicalEntityPredecessor
Aden ("Republic of Yemen")
incorporatedInto
Sanaʽa
isCapitalOf
Hussein
isCommonInCountry
Dirachma
isNativeTo
Gulf of Aden
locatedBetween
Colony of Aden
locatedInPresentDay
Yemeni corner
namedAfter
Dirachmaceae
nativeTo
Gulf of Tadjoura
nearbyCountryAcrossSea
Arab Spring
notableCountry
Arabia Standard Time
observedInCountry
Arabic
officialLanguageOf
Modern Standard Arabic
officialStatusIn
Charter of the Arab League
originalSignatory
Yemeni Highlands
partOf
Eddie Izzard ("present-day Yemen")
placeOfBirth
Liberal Democratic Party (Yemen)
regionServed
Embassy of Yemen in Washington, D.C.
represents
Coat of arms of Yemen ("الجمهورية اليمنية")
scrollInscription
Embassy of Yemen in Washington, D.C.
sendingCountry
Bab-el-Mandeb Strait
separates
Port of Aden ("Republic of Yemen")
serves
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
servesCountry
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
setting
Joint Defence and Economic Co-operation Treaty of 1950
signatory
Shia Islam
significantMinorityIn
Socotra
sovereignState
Shadhiliyya
spreadTo
Aden Protectorate
territoryNowIn
Yemen conflict (Saudi-led coalition)
theaterOfOperations
Arabian Plate
underlies
Arthur Rimbaud
workedIn

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