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Yemen
Full country name:
Republic of Yemen
Area:
527,970 sq. km (203,850 sq. miles)
Population:
16,942,230 (July 1999 est.)
Capital city
San'a (population: 427,150 in 1986)
People:
predominantly Arab; Afro-Arab concentrations in western coastal locations; South Asians in southern regions; small European communities in major metropolitan areas
Language:
Arabic
Religion
Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu
President:
President Lt. Gen. Ali Abdallah SALIH (since 22 May 1990, the former president of North Yemen, assumed office upon the merger of North and South Yemen)
