AREA ................................................
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527.970
kmq
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POPULATION ..................................
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20.024.867 in.
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DENSITY .........................................
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37,9 in/kmq
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CAPITAL ..........................................
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Sana'a
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LANGUAGES ....................................
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Arabic
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RELIGIONS ......................................
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Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu
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CURRENCY ......................................
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Yemeni rial (YER)
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GDP per CAPITA .............................
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879 $ (2004)
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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX ..
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0,353 (150th place)
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LOWEST POINT ...............................
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Arabian Sea 0 m
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HIGHEST POINT ..............................
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Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3760 m
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INDEPENDENCE ...............................
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22 May 1990 (Republic of Yemen established with the merger of the Yemen Arab Republic, North Yemen, and the Marxist-dominated People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, South Yemen)
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INSTITUTIONAL FORM ...................
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Republic
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WEB DOMAIN ..................................
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.ye
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COUNTRY CODE ..............................
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+967
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