YEMEN

Name:	Yemen (Republic of Yemen)
Local name (Arabic):	(ﺔﻴﻨﻤﻴﻟﺍ ﺔﻳﺭﻮﻬﻤﺠﻟﺍ) ﻦﻤﻴﻟﺍ
Bordering countries:	Oman, Saudi Arabia
Status:	sovereign state
Surface:	528 ths. sq. km
Population (2003):	19 350 ths.
Capital:	Sana'a (ﺀﺎﻌﻨﺻ)
Official language:	Arabic

Current national symbols

Historical symbols:

Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1918-1962)

Arab Republic of Yemen (1962-1990)

South Arabia and South Yemen: see South Yemen

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