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Yemen in arabic is: اليَمَن (al-Yaman) Republic of Yemen in arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية (al-Jumhuuriyya al-Yamaniyya) Middle eastern country location Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia. population of more than 20 million bordered by Saudi Arabia to the North, the Red Sea to the West, the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden to the South, and Oman to the east. Yemen's territory includes over 200 islands the largest island is Socotra, about 415 kilometres to the south of Yemen Yemen is one of the oldest centers of civilization in the world Many of its islands are volcanic like Jabal al-Tair which erupted in 2007 527,970 sq kilometers Near the village of Madar about 48km North of Sanaa dinosaur footprints have been found, indicating that the area was once a mud flat. The Western highlands gets the most rainfall in Arabia, increasing from 10 cm per year to about 76 cm Its economy depends mostly oil resources Yemen has one of the world's highest birth rates; the average Yemeni woman bears seven children it is roughly twice as high as Saudi Arabia and nearly three times as high more modern Arabian states of the Persian Gulf. Arabic is the official language, although English is increasing Poor human rights, inhumane punishments and even unlawful executions!!!! Minimum marriage age of fifteen for woman Overall president Ali Abdullah Saleh Now Yemen has more than one satellite channel to export its culture, music, and videos to the world. Qat/Khat (a plant) growen in Yemen, generally used for chewing when leaf juice is swallowed it has a caffeine-like effect also reduces the productivity of the people only one Yemeni film ever made
 * ~ Date ||~ English Name ||
 * January 1 || New Year's Day ||
 * May 1 || Labor Day ||
 * May 22 || Day of National Unity ||
 * September 26 || Revolution Day ||
 * October 14 || Revolution Day/National Day ||
 * November 30 || Independence Day ||

Maps
 * ~ Division ||~ Capital City ||~ Pop (2004)  ||~ Key ||
 * ~ 'Adan || Aden || 589,419 || 1 ||
 * ~ 'Amran || 'Amran || 877,786 || 2 ||
 * ~ Abyan || Zinjibar || 433,819 || 3 ||
 * ~ Ad Dali ||  || 470,564 || 4 ||
 * ~ Al Bayda' || Al Bayda || 577,369 || 5 ||
 * ~ Al Hudaydah || Al Hudaydah || 2,157,552 || 6 ||
 * ~ Al Jawf || Al Jawf || 443,797 || 7 ||
 * ~ Al Mahrah || Al Ghaydah || 88,594 || 8 ||
 * ~ <span class="wiki_link_ext">Al Mahwit || <span class="wiki_link_ext">Al Mahwit || 494,557 || 9 ||
 * ~ <span class="wiki_link_ext">Amanat Al Asimah || <span class="wiki_link_ext">Sanaa || 1,747,834 || 10 ||
 * ~ <span class="wiki_link_ext">Dhamar || <span class="wiki_link_ext">Dhamar || 1,330,108 || 11 ||
 * ~ <span class="wiki_link_ext">Hadramaut || <span class="wiki_link_ext">Al Mukalla || 1,028,556 || 12 ||
 * ~ <span class="wiki_link_ext">Hajjah || <span class="wiki_link_ext">Hajjah || 1,479,568 || 13 ||
 * ~ <span class="wiki_link_ext">Ibb || <span class="wiki_link_ext">Ibb || 2,131,861 || 14 ||
 * ~ <span class="wiki_link_ext">Lahij || <span class="wiki_link_ext">Lahij || 722,694 || 15 ||
 * ~ <span class="wiki_link_ext">Ma'rib || <span class="wiki_link_ext">Ma'rib || 238,522 || 16 ||
 * ~ <span class="wiki_link_ext">Raymah ||  || 394,448 || 17 ||
 * ~ <span class="wiki_link_ext">Sa'dah || <span class="wiki_link_ext">Sa`dah || 695,033 || 18 ||
 * ~ <span class="wiki_link_ext">Sana'a || <span class="wiki_link_ext">San`a' || 919,215 || 19 ||
 * ~ <span class="wiki_link_ext">Shabwah || <span class="wiki_link_ext">`Ataq || 470,440 || 20 ||
 * ~ <span class="wiki_link_ext">Ta'izz || <span class="wiki_link_ext">Ta`izz || 2,393,425 || 21 ||