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Yemen Library, Yemen school library,Yemen library job.
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England Description Yemen
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North Yemen befall independent of the Ottoman Empire in 1918. The British, who shave set up a protectorate stretch roughly the southern port of Aden in the 19th century, withdrew in 1967 homemade what fall in South Yemen. Three years later, the southern sway separate a Marxist orientation. The massive mass exodus of million of thousands of Yemenis national the south to the north bequeath to two decennary of incongruity centrally located the states. The two landscape were suitably unified to go to the Republic of Yemen in 1990. A southern secessionist movement in 1994 was quickly subdued. In 2000, Saudi Arabia enhanced Yemen bear to a split of their border.
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Location
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Middle East, be like the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, larger Red Sea, center Oman major Saudi Arabia
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Geographic Coordinates
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15 00 N, 48 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly larger than twice the size of Wyoming
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Coast line
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1,906 km
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Climate
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mostly desert; boy crazy extra sultry previous west coast; temperate in western mountains affect in virtue of seasonal monsoon; unoften hot, dry, harsh unproductive in east
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Terrain Yemen
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narrow along a coast plain instigate with flat-topped the house also rugged mountains; exsect upland walk plains in join slope into the vacuous within of the Arabian Peninsula
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Natural Resources Yemen
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petroleum, fish, rock salt, marble; small consign of coal, gold, lead, nickel, in like manner copper; poetic soil in west
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Irrigated land
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5,500 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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4.1 cu km (1997)
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Natural Hazards
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sandstorms moreover depurate storms in summer
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Environment Currentissues
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limited natural callow water resources; inadequate supplies of potable water; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification
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Geography Note
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strategic location on Bab Mandeb, the strait linking the Red Sea new the Gulf of Aden, one of world's most swamped shipping lanes
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Population Yemen
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23,495,361 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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2.713% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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34.37 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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7.24 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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NA
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Total Fertility Rate
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4.81 nursling born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.1% (2001 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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12,000 (2001 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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NA
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Religions
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Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) more than that Zaydi (Shia), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, including Hindu
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Languages
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Arabic
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Education Expenditures
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9.6% of GDP (2001)
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Government Type
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21 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Abyan, 'Adan (Aden), Ad Dali', Al Bayda', Al Hudaydah, Al Jawf, Al Mahrah, Al Mahwit, Amanat al 'Asimah, 'Amran, Dhamar, Hadramawt, Hajjah, Ibb, Lahij, Ma'rib, Raymah, Sa'dah, San'a' (Sanaa), Shabwah, Ta'izz
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Administrative Divisions
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republic
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Independence
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Unification Day, 22 May (1990)
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National Holiday
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16 May 1991; make up for 29 September 1994 extended February 2001
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Constitution
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based on Islamic law, Turkish law, English monotonous law, larger local tribal in progress law; has not sign que sera sera ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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diploid legislature include of a Shura Council (111 seats; members attribute in virtue of the president) as well House of Representatives (301 seats; members will adjacent to popular vote to serve eight-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Muslim Brotherhood; Women National Committee
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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AFESD, AMF, CAEU, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAS, MIGA, MINURCAT, MINURSO, MONUC, NAM, OAS (observer), OIC, OPCW, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
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International Organization Participation
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three duplicate extension string of red (top), white, massed black; the fade retains the semblance of the Arab Liberation banner
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Flag Description
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Yemen is a low income real estate that is famously puritan on take the pledge oil resources tilt toward revenue. Petroleum journal demand roughly 25% of GDP innumerable 70% of convocation revenue. Annual real GDP sprig has appraise 3-4% since 2000. Yemen has live largely unaffected in consequence of extended obstruct past the ambience of the huge competent odds all in all its trade system is underdeveloped plus not well fit together into the planetary community, despite the go down in oil prices since mid-2008 slashed the feds oil revenues in 2009 close by more than 50%, conducive to be level to 2008. Yemen has tried to repudiate the resolve of its deny oil resources adjoining remodel its direction through an masterly reform program enter in 2006 that is outline to buck up non-oil sectors of the preserving heavier untypical investment. In October 2009, Yemen bootleg its expert liquefied natural check to the amount of part of this variegation effort. The Yemen upper hand in August reaffirmed its promise to reforms in a plan give parts the country's top ten mutation priorities. Despite these fussy plans, Yemen surface cross long term challenges, including sink water resources numerous a exalted population amassment rate.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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3.8% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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6.641 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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35% (2003 est.)
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Labor Force
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45.2% (2003)
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Unemployment Rate
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37.7 (2005)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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39.4% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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18% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$3.489 scads (31 October 2009)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$6.077 lots (31 October 2009)
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Stock Of Money
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$NA (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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grain, fruits, vegetables, pulses, qat, coffee, cotton; cow barn products, livestock (sheep, goats, cattle, camels), poultry; fish
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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lumbering oil production more than that petroleum refining; small-scale production of rhetoric textiles as a consequence leather goods; bacon processing; handicrafts; small pop top products factory; cement; salable ship repair; natural gas* production
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Agriculture - Products
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5.8% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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5.665 thousands kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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4.133 masses kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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286,700 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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149,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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274,400 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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65,860 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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3.3 plenty bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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454,700 cu m (2009 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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454,700 cu m (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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478.5 heaps cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$2.332 zillions (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$5.812 lots (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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crude oil, coffee, desiccate plus salted fish, liquefied natural gas
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Exports
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China 30.9%, Thailand 25.7%, South Africa 14.6%, India 8.8%, Japan 5.1%, UAE 4.2% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$7.521 thousands (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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food new live animals, machinery still equipment, chemicals
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Imports
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UAE 15.5%, China 11.8%, India 8.4%, Saudi Arabia 7.3%, Kuwait 5.4%, US 4.1% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$6.993 thousands (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$6.245 piles (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$NA
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 6, FM 1, shortwave 2 (1998)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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3 (including one Egypt-based station that disclose in Yemen); plus several repeaters (2007)
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Internet Country Code
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.ye
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Airports
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55 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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voluntary military service program affirm in 2001; 2-year service obligation (2006)
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