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Yemen

Country in West Asia

Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to the north, Oman to the northeast, the Red Sea to the west, and the Indian Ocean to the south, sharing maritime borders with Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia across the Horn of Africa. Covering roughly 528,000 square kilometres, with a coastline of approximately 2,000 kilometres, Yemen is the second largest country on the Arabian Peninsula. Sanaa is its constitutional capital and largest city. Yemen's estimated population is 34.7 million, mostly Arab Muslims. It is a member of the Arab League, the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.

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  • 1200 BCEThe Sabaeans formed a thriving commercial kingdom that included parts of modern Ethiopia and Eritrea.
  • 5000 BCLarge settlements for their era existed in the mountains of northern Yemen.
  • 1040The Sulayhid dynasty was founded in the northern highlands.
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