North Yemen

North Yemen refers to the former Yemen Arab Republic (1962–1990) and the Kingdom of Yemen (1918–1962). It was located in what is now modern-day northern Yemen, in southern Arabian Peninsula.

Although the two nations never officially used the name "North Yemen", but this name was starting to be used to distinguish the two terrorities since 1967. Before 1967, North Yemen was simply called "Yemen". In 1970, South Yemen changed its name to the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and the two territories were called both North and South Yemen. They will eventually be unified in 1990, becoming a single nation.

In 1962, a civil war broke out in North Yemen, it lasted for 8 years between the royalists of the Kingdom of Yemen and the republicans of the Yemen Arab Republic. The republicans won and ruled the country until 1990 (unification).

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Category:History of Yemen
Category:1962 establishments in Asia
Category:1962 establishments by country
Category:1990 disestablishments by country
Category:Military dictatorships
Category:Dictatorship