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

Yemen – 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.

General reference

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

Geography 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

Natural geographic features of Yemen

Regions of Yemen

Ecoregions of Yemen

List of ecoregions in Yemen

Ecoregions in Yemen

Administrative divisions 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
- The Municipality of Yemen
  - Districts of Yemen
    - Sub-districts of Yemen

Governorates of Yemen

Governorate	Arabic	Capital City	Area ^[2] km²	Pop (2004) ^[3]	Map Key
'Adan	عدن	Aden	825	589,419	1
'Amran	عمران	'Amran	9,013	877,786	2
Abyan	أبين	Zinjibar	20,380	433,819	3
Ad Dali'	الضالع	Ad Dali'	4,448	470,564	4
Al Bayda'	البيضاء	Al Bayda	10,487	577,369	5
Al Hudaydah	الحديدة	Al Hudaydah	15,407	2,157,552	6
Al Jawf	الجوف	Al Jawf	46,170	443,797	7
Al Mahrah	المهرة	Al Ghaydah	78,073	88,594	8
Al Mahwit	المحويت	Al Mahwit	2,452	494,557	9
Amanat Al Asimah	أَمَانَة ٱلْعَاصِمَة	San'a'	126	1,747,834	10
Dhamar	ذمار	Dhamar	8,705	1,330,108	11
Hadramaut	حضرموت	Mukalla	195,626	1,028,556	12
Hajjah	حجة	Hajjah	9,376	1,479,568	13
Ibb	إب	Ibb	6,031	2,131,861	14
Lahij	لحج	Lahij	14,003	722,694	15
Ma'rib	مأرب	Ma'rib	19,529	238,522	16
Raymah	ريمة	Hajjah	2,239	394,448	17
Sa'dah	صعدة	Sa'dah	14,364	695,033	18
Sana'a	محافظة صنعاء	San'a'	13,730	919,215	19
Shabwah	شبوة	Ataq	45,519	470,440	20
Ta'izz	تعز	Ta'izz	11,573	2,393,425	21
Socotra	سقطرى	Hadibou	3,796	175,020	22

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

Demographics of Yemen

Women in Yemen

Government and politics of Yemen

Politics of Yemen

Foreign relations of Yemen

International organization membership

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

African Union/United Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID)
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD)
Arab Monetary Fund (AMF)
Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Group of 77 (G77)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
International Criminal Court (ICCt) (signatory)
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
International Development Association (IDA)
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (correspondent)
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
Islamic Development Bank (IDB)

League of Arab States (LAS)
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Organization of American States (OAS) (observer)
United Nations (UN)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)
United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT)
United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS)
United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)
United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI)
United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)
Universal Postal Union (UPU)
World Customs Organization (WCO)
World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
World Trade Organization (WTO) (observer)

Military of Yemen

Local government in Yemen

History of Yemen

Culture of Yemen

Art in Yemen

Sports in Yemen

Economy and infrastructure of Yemen

Economy of Yemen

Education in Yemen

Health in Yemen

Health care in Yemen

References

^ ^a ^b "Yemen". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 7, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
^ ctv.ca Yemen, divisions
^ Central Statistical Organisation of Yemen. General Population Housing and Establishment Census 2004 Final Results [1] Archived 2013-05-21 at the Wayback Machine, Statistic Yearbook 2005 of Yemen [2] Archived 2010-06-20 at the Wayback Machine