Outline of Yemen explained

See also: Index of Yemen-related articles.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Yemen:

Yemen  - sovereign country located on the southern portion of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia.^[1] With a population of more than 20 million people, Yemen is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the North, the Red Sea to the West, the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden to the South, and Oman to the east. Yemen's territory includes over 200 islands, the largest of which is Socotra, about 415 kilometres (259 miles) to the south of Yemen, off the coast of Somalia. Yemen is the only republic on the Arabian Peninsula.

General reference

• Pronunciation:
• Common English country name: Yemen
• Official English country name: The Republic of Yemen
• Common endonym(s):
• Official endonym(s):
• Adjectival(s): Yemeni
• Demonym(s):
• Etymology: Name of Yemen
• International rankings of Yemen
• ISO country codes: YE, YEM, 887
• ISO region codes: See
• Internet country code top-level domain: .ye

Geography of Yemen

Geography of Yemen

• Yemen is: a country
• Location:
  • Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
  • Eurasia
    • Asia
      • Southwest Asia
  • Middle East
    • Arabian Peninsula
  • Time zone: UTC+03
  • Extreme points of Yemen
    • High: Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb 36660NaN0
    • Low: Arabian Sea 0 m
  • Land boundaries: 1,746 km

1,458 km

288 km

• Coastline: 1,906 km
• Population of Yemen: 22,389,000 - 50th most populous country
  • Area of Yemen: 527,968 km²
• Atlas of Yemen

Environment of Yemen

• Climate of Yemen
• Ecoregions in Yemen
• Renewable energy in Yemen
• Geology of Yemen
• Protected areas of Yemen
  • Biosphere reserves in Yemen
  • National parks of Yemen
• Wildlife of Yemen
  • Fauna of Yemen
    • Birds of Yemen
    • Mammals of Yemen

Natural geographic features of Yemen

• Glaciers of Yemen: none
• Islands of Yemen
• Lakes of Yemen
• Mountains of Yemen
  • Volcanoes in Yemen
• Rivers of Yemen
  • Waterfalls of Yemen
• Valleys of Yemen
• World Heritage Sites in Yemen

Regions of Yemen

Regions of Yemen

Ecoregions of Yemen

List of ecoregions in Yemen

• Ecoregions in Yemen

Administrative divisions of Yemen

Administrative divisions of YemenYemen is divided into 21 governorates, subdivided into 333 districts (muderiah) and 2,210 sub-districts.

• Governorates of Yemen
  • The Municipality of Yemen
    • Districts of Yemen
      • Sub-districts of Yemen

Governorates of Yemen

Governorates of Yemen

Governorate	Arabic	Capital City	Area ^[2] km^2	Pop (2004) ^[3]	Map Key
	عدن	Aden	825	589,419	1
	عمران	'Amran	9,013	877,786	2
	أبين	Zinjibar	20,380	433,819	3
	الضالع		4,448	470,564	4
	البيضاء		10,487	577,369	5
	الحديدة		15,407	2,157,552	6
	الجوف		46,170	443,797	7
Al Mahrah	المهرة	Al Ghaydah	78,073	88,594	8
	المحويت	Al Mahwit	2,452	494,557	9
Amanat Al Asimah	أَمَانَة ٱلْعَاصِمَة		126	1,747,834	10
Dhamar	ذمار	Dhamar	8,705	1,330,108	11
Hadramaut	حضرموت	Mukalla	195,626	1,028,556	12
	حجة		9,376	1,479,568	13
	إب	Ibb	6,031	2,131,861	14
	لحج		14,003	722,694	15
	مأرب		19,529	238,522	16
	ريمة		2,239	394,448	17
	صعدة	Sa'dah	14,364	695,033	18
	محافظة صنعاء		13,730	919,215	19
	شبوة	Ataq	45,519	470,440	20
	تعز		11,573	2,393,425	21
Socotra	سقطرى	Hadibou	3,796	175,020	22

Districts of Yemen

Districts of Yemen

• The governorates of Yemen are divided into 333 districts (muderiah).

Sub-districts of Yemen

• Yemen's districts are subdivided into 2,210 sub-districts, and then into 38,284 villages (as of 2001).

Municipalities of Yemen

Municipalities of Yemen

• Capital of Yemen: Sana'a
• Cities of Yemen

Demography of Yemen

Demographics of Yemen

• Women in Yemen

Government and politics of Yemen

Politics of Yemen

• Form of government: presidential representative democratic republic
• Capital of Yemen: Sana'a
• Elections in Yemen
• Political parties in Yemen

Branches of the government of Yemen

Government of Yemen

Executive branch of the government of Yemen

• Head of state: President of Yemen, Rashad Al-Alimi
• Vice President of Yemen, Presidential Leadership Council
  • Head of government (appointed by the President): Prime Minister of Yemen, Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak
• Cabinet of Yemen

Legislative branch of the government of Yemen

• Parliament of Yemen (bicameral)
  • Upper house: Consultative Council of Yemen (111 members, appointed by the President)
  • Lower house: Assembly of Representatives of Yemen (301 members, each elected to serve a 6-year term)

Judicial branch of the government of Yemen

Court system of Yemen

• Supreme Court of Yemen (ar)
• Commercial Courts of Yemen

Foreign relations of Yemen

Foreign relations of Yemen

• Diplomatic missions in Yemen
• Diplomatic missions of Yemen

International organization membership

International organization membership of YemenThe Republic of Yemen is a member of:^[1]

• African Union/United Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID)
• Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD)
• Arab Monetary Fund (AMF)
• Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU)
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• Group of 77 (G77)
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
• International Criminal Court (ICCt) (signatory)
• International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
• International Development Association (IDA)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
• International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• International Maritime Organization (IMO)
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• International Olympic Committee (IOC)
• International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (correspondent)
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
• International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
• Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
• Islamic Development Bank (IDB)

• League of Arab States (LAS)
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
• Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
• Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
• Organization of American States (OAS) (observer)
• United Nations (UN)
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
• United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)
• United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
• United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT)
• United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS)
• United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)
• United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI)
• United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)
• Universal Postal Union (UPU)
• World Customs Organization (WCO)
• World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
• World Trade Organization (WTO) (observer)

Military of Yemen

Military of Yemen

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief:
    • Defense Minister (ar) : Mohammed Nasser Ahmed Ali (ar)
• Military:
  • Army of Yemen
  • Yemeni Air Force and Air Defense
  • Navy of Yemen
  • Yemeni border guards (ar)
  • Yemeni strategic reserve forces (ar) :
    • Special forces of Yemen (ar)
    • Yemeni presidential protection forces (ar)
    • missile brigades (Yemen) (ar)
  • Reserve forces for the Ministry of Defense (Yemen) (ar) :
• Military history of Yemen(ar)
  • 1st Armoured Division (ar)
  • Republican Guard
• Military ranks of Yemen (ar)

Local government in Yemen

Local government in Yemen

History of Yemen

History of Yemen

• Timeline of the history of Yemen
• Current events of Yemen
• Military history of Yemen

Culture of Yemen

Culture of Yemen

• Architecture of Yemen
• Cuisine of Yemen
• Festivals in Yemen
• Languages of Yemen
• Media in Yemen
• National symbols of Yemen
  • Emblem of Yemen
  • Flag of Yemen
  • National anthem of Yemen
• Prostitution in Yemen
• Public holidays in Yemen
• Records of Yemen
• Religion in Yemen
  • Christianity in Yemen
  • Hinduism in Yemen
  • Islam in Yemen
  • Judaism in Yemen
  • Sikhism in Yemen
• World Heritage Sites in Yemen

Art in Yemen

• Art in Yemen
• Cinema of Yemen
• Literature of Yemen
• Music of Yemen
• Television in Yemen
• Theatre in Yemen

Sports in Yemen

Sports in Yemen

• Football in Yemen
• Yemen at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Yemen

Economy of Yemen

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 88th (eighty-eighth)
• Agriculture in Yemen
• Banking in Yemen
  • National Bank of Yemen
• Communications in Yemen
  • Internet in Yemen
• Companies of Yemen
• Currency of Yemen

Rial

• • ISO 4217

YER

• Energy in Yemen
  • Energy policy of Yemen
  • Oil industry in Yemen
• Mining in Yemen
• Yemen Stock Exchange
• Tourism in Yemen
• Transport in Yemen
  • Airports in Yemen
  • Rail transport in Yemen
  • Roads in Yemen
• Water supply and sanitation in Yemen

Education in Yemen

Education in Yemen

Health in Yemen

Health in Yemen

• Health care in Yemen

See also

Yemen

• Index of Yemen-related articles
• List of international rankings
• List of Yemen-related topics
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of Asia
• Outline of geography

External links

Government

• List of Yemen government links
• Yemen Parliament homepage

General information

• Yemeni Students Association Abroad
• BBC News Country Profile - Yemen

Economy

• Yemen Constitution

Humanitarian news

• IRIN Yemen: humanitarian news and analysis
• Painstakingly slow progress on poverty reduction
• Qat cultivation threatening water resources
• Moves afoot to reduce number of fire-arms in cities
• Video short on the effect guns have on the local population in Yemen (03:08 - Windows Media Player)

Other

• French Center for Archeology and Social Sciences CEFAS
• AAYSP: American Association of Yemeni Scientists and Professionals.
• Voter turnout, Gender quotas, Electoral system design and Political party financing in Yemen
• Cnn News Report on the eruption

Notes and References

1. Web site: July 7, 2009. Yemen. The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 23, 2009.
2. http://www.world-gazetteer.com/ ctv.ca
3. Central Statistical Organisation of Yemen. General Population Housing and Establishment Census 2004 Final Results http://www.cso-yemen.org/content.php?lng=english&id=293, Statistic Yearbook 2005 of Yemen http://www.cso-yemen.org/books/book_year_2005/POPULATION/Population.htm