The only nation in the world whose name begins with the letter Y is Yemen. Yemen’s citizens frequently refer to their country as the Republic of Yemen. The country is situated 150 north of latitude and 480 east of longitude in western Asia, bordering the Red, Arabian, and Gulf seas.
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After Saudi Arabia, which occupies more than half of the Arabian Peninsula, Yemen is an Arab nation and the second-largest state there. Despite being the most impoverished country in the Middle East, the country is among the developing nations of the world, along with Africa, most Middle Eastern countries, and India.
About Yemen
Yemen is a country that is part of the Arabian Peninsula’s southwest. Although there are large patches with enough precipitation to support agriculture, it is primarily mountainous and arid. The majority of the population are Muslims and speak various dialects of Arabic (see Islam).
Yemen’s strategic location at the southern entrance of the Red Sea—a crossroads of both ancient and modern trade and communications routes—has had an impact on the history, culture, economy, and population of the nation. The states that once ruled the region now known as Yemen were in charge of the supply of valuable goods like frankincense and myrrh, as well as the trade in many other priceless items like Asian spices and aromatics.
Yemen was home to several ancient kingdoms due to its fertility and commercial prosperity; for this reason, it was known to the ancient Romans as Arabia Felix (Latin: “Fortunate Arabia”) to distinguish it from the vast and dangerous reaches of Arabia Deserta (“Desert Arabia”). After coffee (Arabic: qahwah) was first commercially grown in Yemen, it was for a very long time the only place in the world to obtain that priceless bean. This was before coffee plants were introduced to other parts of the world.
The Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) and the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen combined to form the current Republic of Yemen in May 1990. (South Yemen). According to the terms of the unification agreement, Aden, which was formerly the capital of South Yemen, now serves as the nation’s economic hub and Sanaa, which was formerly the capital of North Yemen, serves as the country’s political capital.
The histories of the two parts of Yemen are remarkably different: South Yemen was a colony of the British Empire from 1839 to 1967, while North Yemen never had any time under colonial rule by a European power.
The objectives and deeds of Britain, the Ottoman Empire, and Saudi Arabia in terms of foreign policy are largely responsible for the current borders. Yemen has experienced persistent corruption and economic hardship since its unification. Religious, tribal, and geographic divisions still play a big part in Yemeni politics and can even result in violence.
Land
The eastern border with Oman wasn’t marked until 1992, and the majority of Yemen’s northern border with Saudi Arabia crosses the Rub al-Khali (“Empty Quarter”), the largest desert on the peninsula. The Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea border Yemen’s southern and western borders, respectively.
In addition, Yemen’s territory includes several islands, such as the Karman group, which is situated in the Red Sea not far from Al-Udaydah, the Ansh Islands, which are situated in the southern Red Sea, Perim (Barm) Island, which is situated in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which divides the Arabian Peninsula from Africa, Socotra (Suqur), Yemen’s most significant and largest island, which is situated in Arabia
Relief and Drainage
The country of Yemen can be divided into five main geographic areas: the Tihmah, a coastal plain that runs north to south and is an extension of the Tihmat Asr; the western highlands; the Yemen Highlands; the eastern highlands; and finally, the eastern and northeastern desert regions.
The coastal plain has a width that varies from 5 miles (8 km) to 40 miles (65 km). Between the low hills of the plain and the great central massif, which has many peaks exceeding 10,000 feet (3,000 meters), low mountains are rising from 1,000 to 3,500 feet (300 to 1,100 meters). The highest point is Mount Al-Nab Shuayb, which rises to 12,030 feet (3,665 meters). The mountains quickly descend into the eastern highlands (2,500–3,500 feet [750–1,100 meters]) to the east-northeast before dropping off to the sandy hills of the Rub al-Khali.
Climate
The majority of Yemen is located at the meeting point of two major weather systems: the consistent northerly winds (from the Mediterranean basin) and the southwest monsoon winds. These produce a fairly distinct seasonal rhythm; in the winter, northerly winds predominate, while the primary rains in the summer are brought by the southwest monsoon.
The southern fringe regions of the Gulf of Aden experience a distinctly tropical climate because they are cut off from this pattern by the central mountains. In Sanaa (at a height of over 7,200 feet [2,200 meters]), daytime temperatures typically range in the upper 60s F (low 20s C), with low humidity, in contrast to Aden and Al-udaydah in the north, where temperatures frequently reach the 100s F (upper 30s C) and humidity is high.
Plant and Animal Life
The zones of elevation and precipitation are roughly matched by the distribution of vegetation. Three general areas can be distinguished:
(1) the coastal plain and its wadis, where dry-climate plants like the date palm, citrus fruits, bananas, and cotton, as well as spurges (euphorbia), acacia, and tamarisk, predominate (similar flora is also found in the dry wadis of the eastern desert);
(2) the middle highlands, where a variety of food crops like melons, nuts, grapes, and grains, as well as various spurges.
Religion
The biggest divisions in society between population groups are not based on ethnicity but rather on religious affiliation. The predominant branch of Islam is Sunni, represented by the Shfi school, and Islam is the official religion. The Ismls, a comparatively small group now found in the Haraz region of northern Yemen and Jabal Manakhah, the mountainous area west of Sanaa, make up the Shi’i minority in addition to the Zayd school, which has long held political dominance in the mountainous highlands of the north.
The minority non-Muslim population is very small and primarily made up of foreign workers and tourists. Everyone is free to practice their religion, including the Jewish community, but, as in the majority of traditional Muslim nations, proselytizing Muslims by non-Muslims is prohibited.
