Yemen

Yemen (Arabic: اليَمَن al-Yaman), offeecially the Republic o Yemen (Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية al-Jumhuuriyya al-Yamaniyya) is a kintra locatit on the Arabian Peninsula in Soothwast Asie. It is bordered bi Saudi Arabie tae the north, the Red Sea tae the wast, the Arabian Sea an Gulf o Aden tae the sooth, an Oman tae the east.

Yemen's land aurie is juist unner 530,000 km2 (204,634 sq mi), an its territory includes ower 200 islands, the lairgest o which is Socotra, aboot 415 km (258 mi) tae the sooth o mainland Yemen, aff the coast o Somalie. Yemen is the ae state in the Arabian Peninsula tae hae a purely republican form o government. Its caipital is Sana'a.

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Category:Member states o the Organisation o Islamic Cooperation
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Category:States an territories established in 1990
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