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Last updated: 09 November 2011

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Full Country Name:Republic of Yemen
Area: 528,000 sq km
Population: 24.4 million (2010) World Bank
Capital City: Sana'a (population estimate: 1.3million (2011))
Currency: Yemeni Rial
People: Arab
Language: Arabic
Religion: Muslim
Life Expectancy: 63 (2009) World Bank
Literacy Rate for Adults aged 15 and above: 61% (2010) World Bank
Climate: Mostly desert, where it is very hot and dry. Hot and humid along the west coast; temperate in western mountains. Affected by seasonal monsoon
Major political parties: General People's Congress (GPC); Joint Meeting Parties (JMP), which formed in 2005 of five opposition parties: Yemeni Congregation for Reform (Islah), Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP), Hizb Al-Haq, Nasserite Unionist Party, Popular Forces Union Party
Government: Democracy (one party dominant)
Head of State: President Ali Abdullah Saleh (since 22 May 1990)
Prime Minister/Premier: Ali Muhammed Mujawwar (since 31 March 2007)
Foreign Minister: Dr Abu Baker al Qirby (since 4 April 2001)
Membership of international groups/organisations: United Nations and many affiliate organisations, Arab League, Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Non-Aligned Movement

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