The Yemen is a Arab Pays located on the Arabic Péninsule. Its capital is Sanaa.

History

See also: History of Yemen

The septentrional part of Yemen was subjected nominally to the Ottoman Empire until 1918. Monarchy (imamat) there was abolished on September 27th, 1962, dates to which the country took the Arab name of Republic of Yemen (Yemen of North).

The Yemen of the south corresponds to the old British hinterland, formed gradually as from 1839 around the wearing of Aden. After the departure of the British troops, the Federation of Arabia of the South and the Protectorat of Arabia of the South gathered the November 30th 1967 to form a new independent State, the Popular republic of the Yemen of the south. Three years later, this one adopted the popular name of Democratic republic of Yemen.

May 22nd, 1990, the Arab Republic of Yemen (Yemen of North) and the popular Democratic republic of Yemen (Yemen of the south) amalgamated to form only one State, the Republic of Yemen. The same year, Yemen supports the Iraq during the second Guerre of the Gulf (1990-1991), without to validate its annexation of the Kuwait, which is worth to him reprisals on behalf of the the United States: the currency is attacked and strongly devaluated, the Saudi Arabia follows the American ally and expels kingdom the million Yemeni workers depriving of the million families of resources.

From May 21st to July 7th, 1994, the Yemen of the south vainly tried to make secession under the name of " Democratic republic of Yémen" , before falling down under the control of the government of Sanaa.

At the beginning of the 21e century, the government must face islamist rebel movements, in particular of the Jeunes Believers. In 2004, the confrontations close to the border with the Saudi Arabia made approximately 400 died. At the beginning of the month of April 2005, the forces of the government tackled their positions in the mountains of the North-East of the country; three weeks of engagements in the province of Saada caused the death of approximately 200 people.

Policy

See also: Political of Yemen

Yemen is a République. The right to vote is granted to all the citizens of more than 18 years.

The Constitution dates from the May 16th 1991 and was amended the September 29th 1994.

The President is elected for a seven years mandate. The vice-president and the Prime Minister are named by the president. Ali Abdullah Saleh is the president since the May 22nd 1990.

The president is the Head of the State, while the Prime Minister is the chief of the government.

The legislative power is exerted by only one room of 308 seats, renewed every four years.

The right of Yemen is based on the Islamic right, the British right and the local habits.

The Supreme court is more the high authority of the judicial power, but in practice, apart from the big cities, the strict application of the Charia is in place.

Subdivisions

See also: Subdivisions of Yemen

Yemen is divided into 19 areas or governorships (in Arab: muhafazah , in the singular and muhafazat in the plural): Abyan, Aden, Al-bayda', AD-dali', Al-hudaydah, Al-jawf, Al-mahrah, Al-mahwit, 'Amran, Dhamar, Hadramaout, Hajjah, Ibb, Lahij, Ma' bank account number, Sa' dah, Sanaa, Shabwah, Ta' izz.

Principal cities

Population of the cities of Yemen

Source: Censusearch

Geography

See also: Geography of Yemen

Country of the the Middle East, in the south of the Saudi Arabia and surrounded by the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, Oman, Yemen covers a surface of 527.970 km ². However certain geographers as Carlos Garijo support the fact that Yemen is more a country of Africa, being based as well on its geographical position as on its culture.

Yemen has 1.906 km of coasts. Jabal year Nabi Shu' ayb, high of 3.760 m is the culminating point.

The climate is desert almost everywhere. Very hot and wet along the west coast, moderate in the Western mountains so affected by monsoons. The desert located in the east of the country is very hot and dry.

The country suffers from turning into a desert and lack of water. Yemen is often touched by the sandstorms.

Economy

See also: Economy of Yemen

Demography

See also: Demography of Yemen

Culture

See also: Culture of Yemen

Religion

The Yemenis of stock are all today Musulman S. Of other minority religions are however present in the communities of foreign origin.

There was a long time a strong Jewish community , but she emigrated in mass shortly after the creation of Israel, in 1948, during the operation “Carpet flying”. The last Jews emigrated towards Israel in the Années 1990.

The Yemeni Moslems are as a majority of the sunnites, the remainder are chi' ites mainly zaydites and few ismaélites.

Codes

• 4W, an old prefix of registration of the aircraft, now uncommon,
• 7O, according to the List of prefixes ICAO of registration of the aircraft,
• OY, according to the List of the prefixes of codes ICAO of the airports,
• YAR, according to the international Code list of the number plates,
• YE, according to the standard ISO 3166-1 (code list country), code alpha-2,
• YE, according to the Code list countries used by NATO, code alpha-2,
• YEM, according to the standard ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 (code list country),
• YEM, according to the Code list country of the CIO,
• YEM, according to the Code list countries used by NATO, alpha-3,
• .ye, according to the List of Internet TLD (Signal level domain),

See too

Sources

Internal bond

• French Center of Archeology and Social sciences (CEFAS)

• List of the cities of Yemen

External bonds

• Site of the French Center of Archeology and Social sciences of Sanaa (CEFAS)

• Chronic Yemenis, scientific magazine devotes to the study of the Yemeni world, published by CEFAS.
• Yemen between Judaism and Christianity by Christian Robin, director of the UMR the East and the Mediterranean, member of the Institute.
• _ Aux_sources_de_la_revolution_republicaine_au_Yemen.pdf {} by François Burgat, Marie Camberlin (CEFAS Sanaa)
• Blog of voyage on Happy Arabia by Marc Goutalier (CEFAS Sanaa)

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