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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf country
sovereign state
ancientKingdom Himyar
Saba
ancientTradeRole Silk Road routes
surface form: 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 Yemen conflict (Saudi-led coalition)
surface form: Yemeni civil war
hasSeaBorderWith Djibouti
Eritrea
Somalia
historicalEntityPredecessor Federation of South Arabia
surface form: People's Democratic Republic of Yemen

Yemen self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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
Middle East
surface form: Western Asia
religion Sunni Islam
Zaydi Shia
surface form: 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

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Mehri language spokenIn Yemen
Hobyot language spokenIn Yemen
Hobyot language country Yemen
this entity surface form: Republic of Yemen
Shehri language spokenIn Yemen
Mahra Governorate country Yemen
Mahra Governorate partOf Yemen
this entity surface form: Republic of Yemen
Shehri people country Yemen
MSA languages spokenIn Yemen
Old Sabaic region Yemen
Late Sabaic usedIn Yemen
Federation of Arab Emirates of the South locatedIn Yemen
this entity surface form: southern Yemen
Federation of Arab Emirates of the South todayPartOf Yemen
this entity surface form: Republic of Yemen
Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut todayPartOf Yemen
this entity surface form: Republic of Yemen
Beihan country Yemen
Beihan mergedInto Yemen
Beihan successorState Yemen
this entity surface form: Republic of Yemen
Alawi locatedIn Yemen
Alawi successorState Yemen
Aqrabi successorState Yemen
this entity surface form: Republic of Yemen
Aqrabi locatedInPresentDay Yemen
this entity surface form: Republic of Yemen
Wahidi country Yemen
Wahidi successorState Yemen
Upper Aulaqi Sultanate nowPartOf Yemen
this entity surface form: Republic of Yemen
Dhala country Yemen
Dhala sovereignState Yemen
Lower Aulaqi Sultanate successorState Yemen
this entity surface form: Republic of Yemen
Fadhli Sultanate country Yemen
Yafa' Upper and Lower Sheikhdoms successorState Yemen
this entity surface form: Republic of Yemen
Abraha regionRuled Yemen
Abraha deathPlace Yemen
Middle Sabaic region Yemen
Saada region country Yemen
often use honorific title Syed commonInCountry Yemen
subject surface form: Sayyid