Yemen flag information
Description flag of Yemen
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white and black; similar to the flag of Syria, which has two green stars in the white band, and of Iraq, which has an Arabic inscription centered in the white band; also similar to the flag of Egypt, which has a heraldic eagle centered in the white band
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Official country name
Republic of Yemen
Local names
Al Jumhuriyah al Yamaniyah (long)
Al Yaman (short)
Former name
Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen] and People's Democratic Republic of Yemen [Yemen (Aden) or South Yemen]
Nationality
Yemeni(s) (noun) Al Yaman (adjective)
Population
23,013,376 ranked 51, (data 2008)
Geography
strategic location on Bab el Mandeb, the strait linking the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, one of world's most active shipping lanes. The lowest point is Arabian Sea 0 m.
Coastline
Coastline 1,906 km.
Land borders
1,746km, Oman 288 km, Saudi Arabia 1,458 km.
Administrative divisions
19 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Abyan, 'Adan, Ad Dali', Al Bayda', Al Hudaydah, Al Jawf, Al Mahrah, Al Mahwit, 'Amran, Dhamar, Hadramawt, Hajjah, Ibb, Lahij, Ma'rib, Sa'dah, San'a', Shabwah, Ta'izz
for electoral and administrative purposes, the capital city of Sanaa is treated as an additional governorate
Independence
22 May 1990 (Republic of Yemen was established with the merger of the Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen] and the Marxist-dominated People's Democratic Republic of Yemen [Yemen (Aden) or South Yemen])
previously North Yemen became independent in November 1918 (from the Ottoman Empire) and became a republic with the overthrow of the theocratic Imamate in 1962; South Yemen became independent on 30 November 1967 (from the UK)
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