| − | Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between [[Oman]] and [[Saudi Arabia]]. Includes Perim, Socotra, the former Yemen Arab Republic (YAR or North Yemen), and the former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY or South Yemen). | + | Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between [[Oman]] and [[Saudi Arabia]]. Includes Perim, [[Socotra]], the former Yemen Arab Republic (YAR or North Yemen), and the former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY or South Yemen). |
| | *Area: 527,970 km<sup>2</sup>. (203,796 sq. mi.); about the size of California and Pennsylvania combined. | | *Area: 527,970 km<sup>2</sup>. (203,796 sq. mi.); about the size of California and Pennsylvania combined. |