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Yemen
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اليمن |
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[1]اليمن - الجمهورية اليمنية
ليمن دولة تقع جنوب شبه الجزيرة العربية في جنوب غرب آسيا. يحدها من الشمال السعودية ومن الشرق عُمان. لها ساحل جنوبي على بحر العرب و الجمهورية اليمنيةساحل غربي على البحر الأحمر. كانت حتى عام 1990 تتشكل من دولتين عرفتا باسمي الجمهورية العربية اليمنية في الشمال وجمهورية اليمن الديمقراطية الشعبية في الجنوب.
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Yemen - Republic of Yemen
The Republic of Yemen is a Middle Eastern country located on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia. Yemen is composed of former North and South Yemen. It borders the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden on the south, the Red Sea on the west, ► Oman to the northeast and the rest of the country borders ► Saudi Arabia. It has maritime borders with ► Eritrea, ► Djibouti and ► Somalia, esp. ► Somaliland. Its territory includes the remote island of Socotra, about 350 kilometres (217 mi) to the south off the coast of East Africa.
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| Short name |
Yemen |
| Official name |
Republic of Yemen |
| Status |
Independent country since 1918, united since 1990 |
| Location |
Middle East |
| Capital |
[2] صنعاء (Sana) |
| Population |
29,975,000 inhabitants |
| Area |
527,968 km² |
| Major languages |
Arabic |
| Major religions |
Islam |
| More information |
Yemen, Geography of Yemen, History of Yemen and Politics of Yemen |
| More images |
Yemen - Yemen (Category). |
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General maps
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Map of Yemen |
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Map of Yemen |
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Rub' al Khali |
History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Yemen, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Yemen.
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Karib'il Watar's war against the kingdom of Awsan (about 685 or 450 BC) |
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Ancient Yemen 100 AD |
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Aksum and surrounding countries |
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Expansion of the Caliphate: I: Muhammad; II: Abu Bakr; III: Omar and IV: Othman |
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Caliphate around 750 |
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The Ayyubid Empire of Saladin around 1190 |
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Location of the Ottoman Empire in 1683 |
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Divisions of South Yemen |
Old maps
This section holds copies of original general maps older than 70 years of this entry. Image:Aden gulf 1860.jpg
Other maps
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Notes and references
General remarks:
- The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The main page is therefore the portal to maps and cartography on Wikimedia. That page contains links to entries by country, continent and by topic as well as general notes and references.
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- Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries.
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- The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
- The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the Atlas of Turkey.
- ↑ Romanization: al-Yaman - Al-Jumhūriyyah al-Yamaniyyah.
- ↑ Romanization: Ṣan‘ā’.
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