Outline of Yemen

The Flag of Yemen		The Coat of arms of Yemen

The location of Yemen

An enlargeable map of the Republic of Yemen

The Republic of Yemen is a sovereign country located on the southern portion of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia.^[1] With a population of more than 20 million people, Yemen is 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 of which is Socotra, about 415 kilometres (259 miles) to the south of Yemen, off the coast of Somalia. Yemen is the only republic on the Arabian Peninsula.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Yemen:

General reference

An enlargeable basic map of Yemen

• Pronunciation:
• Common English country name: Yemen
• Official English country name: The Republic of Yemen
• Common endonym(s):
• Official endonym(s):
• Adjectival(s): Yemeni
• Demonym(s):
• Etymology: Name of Yemen
• International rankings of Yemen
• ISO country codes: YE, YEM, 887
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:YE
• Internet country code top-level domain: .ye

Geography of Yemen

An enlargeable topographic map of Yemen

• Yemen is: a country
• Location:
  • Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
  • Eurasia
    • Asia
      • Southwest Asia
  • Middle East
    • Arabian Peninsula
  • Time zone: UTC+03
  • Extreme points of Yemen
    • High: Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,666 m (12,028 ft)
    • Low: Arabian Sea 0 m
  • Land boundaries: 1,746 km

 Saudi Arabia 1,458 km

 Oman 288 km

• Coastline: 1,906 km

• Population of Yemen: 22,389,000 - 50th most populous country
• Area of Yemen: 527,968 km²
• Atlas of Yemen

Environment of Yemen

An enlargeable satellite image of Yemen

• Climate of Yemen
• Environmental issues in Yemen
• Ecoregions in Yemen
• Renewable energy in Yemen
• Geology of Yemen
• Protected areas of Yemen
  • Biosphere reserves in Yemen
  • National parks of Yemen
• Wildlife of Yemen
  • Flora of Yemen
  • Fauna of Yemen
    • Birds of Yemen
    • Mammals of Yemen

Natural geographic features of Yemen

• Glaciers of Yemen: none
• Islands of Yemen
• Lakes of Yemen
• Mountains of Yemen
  • Volcanoes in Yemen
• Rivers of Yemen
  • Waterfalls of Yemen
• Valleys of Yemen
• World Heritage Sites in Yemen

Regions of Yemen

Ecoregions of Yemen

Administrative divisions of Yemen

Yemen is divided into 21 governorates, subdivided into 333 districts (muderiah) and 2,210 sub-districts.

• Governorates of Yemen
  • Districts of Yemen
    • Sub-districts of Yemen
      • Municipalities of Yemen

Governorates of Yemen

Governorates of Yemen

Districts of Yemen

Districts of Yemen

• The governorates of Yemen are divided into 333 districts (muderiah).

Sub-districts of Yemen

• Yemen's districts are subdivided into 2,210 sub-districts, and then into 38,284 villages (as of 2001).

Municipalities of Yemen

• Capital of Yemen: Sana'a
• Cities of Yemen

Demography of Yemen

Government and politics of Yemen

Main article: Government of Yemen and Politics of Yemen

• Form of government: presidential representative democratic republic
• Capital of Yemen: Sana'a

• Elections in Yemen
• Political parties in Yemen
• Political scandals of Yemen
• Taxation in Yemen

Branches of the government of Yemen

Executive branch of the government of Yemen

• Head of state: President of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh
  • Vice-president of Yemen, Abd al-Rab Mansur al-Hadi
  • Head of government (appointed by the President): Prime Minister of Yemen, Ali Muhammad Mujawar
• Cabinet of Yemen

Legislative branch of the government of Yemen

• Parliament of Yemen (bicameral)
  • Upper house: Consultative Council of Yemen (59 members, appointed by the President)
  • Lower house: Assembly of Representatives of Yemen (301 members, eachy elected to serve a 6 year term)

Judicial branch of the government of Yemen

• Supreme Court of Yemen
• Commercial Courts of Yemen

Foreign relations of Yemen

• Diplomatic missions in Yemen
• Diplomatic missions of Yemen

International organization membership

The Republic of Yemen is a member of:^[1]

Military of Yemen

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief:
    • Ministry of Defence of Yemen
• Forces
  • Army of Yemen
  • Navy of Yemen
  • Air Force of Yemen
  • Special forces of Yemen
• Military history of Yemen
• Military ranks of Yemen

Local government in Yemen

History of Yemen

Main article: History of Yemen, Timeline of the history of Yemen, and Current events of Yemen

• Military history of Yemen

Culture of Yemen

• Architecture of Yemen
• Cuisine of Yemen
• Festivals in Yemen
• Languages of Yemen
• Media in Yemen
• National symbols of Yemen
  • Coat of arms of Yemen
  • Flag of Yemen
  • National anthem of Yemen
• People of Yemen
• Prostitution in Yemen
• Public holidays in Yemen
• Records of Yemen
• Religion in Yemen
  • Christianity in Yemen
  • Hinduism in Yemen
  • Islam in Yemen
  • Judaism in Yemen
  • Sikhism in Yemen
• World Heritage Sites in Yemen

Art in Yemen

• Art in Yemen
• Cinema of Yemen
• Literature of Yemen
• Music of Yemen
• Television in Yemen
• Theatre in Yemen

Sports in Yemen

• Football in Yemen
• Yemen at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Yemen

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 88th (eighty-eighth)

• Agriculture in Yemen
• Banking in Yemen
  • National Bank of Yemen
• Communications in Yemen
  • Internet in Yemen
• Companies of Yemen
• Currency of Yemen: Rial
  • ISO 4217: YER
• Energy in Yemen
  • Energy policy of Yemen
  • Oil industry in Yemen
• Mining in Yemen
• Yemen Stock Exchange
• Tourism in Yemen
• Transport in Yemen
  • Airports in Yemen
  • Rail transport in Yemen
  • Roads in Yemen
• Water supply and sanitation in Yemen

Education in Yemen

Health in Yemen

• Health care in Yemen

See also

Southwest Asia portal

Arabic language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• Index of Yemen-related articles
• List of international rankings
• List of Yemen-related topics
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of Asia
• Outline of geography

References

External links

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Wikimedia Atlas of Yemen

Government

• List of Yemen government links
• Yemen Parliament homepage

General information

• Yemeni Students Association Abroad
• BBC News Country Profile - Yemen

Economy

• Yemen Constitution

Humanitarian news

• IRIN Yemen: humanitarian news and analysis
• Painstakingly slow progress on poverty reduction
• Qat cultivation threatening water resources
• Moves afoot to reduce number of fire-arms in cities
• Video short on the effect guns have on the local population in Yemen (03:08 - Windows Media Player)

Other

• French Center for Archeology and Social Sciences CEFAS
• AAYSP: American Association of Yemeni Scientists and Professionals.
• Voter turnout, Gender quotas, Electoral system design and Political party financing in Yemen
• Cnn News Report on the eruption