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          AREA ................................................
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          527.970 
                kmq 
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            POPULATION ..................................
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          20.024.867 in. 
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            DENSITY .........................................
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          37,9 in/kmq 
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            CAPITAL ..........................................
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          Sana'a 
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            LANGUAGES ....................................
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          Arabic
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            RELIGIONS ......................................
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          Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu
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            CURRENCY ......................................
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          Yemeni rial (YER)
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           GDP per CAPITA .............................
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          879 $ (2004)
          
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           HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX ..
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          0,353 (150th place)
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              LOWEST POINT ...............................
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          Arabian Sea 0 m
         
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            HIGHEST POINT ..............................
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          Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3760 m
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             INDEPENDENCE ...............................
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          22 May 1990 (Republic of Yemen established with the merger of the Yemen Arab Republic, North Yemen, and the Marxist-dominated People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, South Yemen)
          
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             INSTITUTIONAL FORM ...................
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          Republic
          
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             WEB DOMAIN ..................................
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            .ye
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                  COUNTRY CODE ..............................
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          +967
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