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==Geography==
==Geography==
[[File:San a Yemen.jpg|thumb|left|240px|San'a.]]
[[File:San a Yemen.jpg|thumb|left|240px|San'a.]]
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 sq. km. (203,796 sq. mi.); about the size of California and Pennsylvania combined.
*Area: 527,970 sq. km. (203,796 sq. mi.); about the size of California and Pennsylvania combined.
*Cities: Capital--San'a. Other cities--Aden, Taiz, Hodeida, and al-Mukalla.
*Cities: Capital--San'a. Other cities--Aden, Taiz, Hodeida, and al-Mukalla.
*Terrain: Mountainous interior bordered by desert with a flat and sandy coastal plain.
*Terrain: Mountainous interior bordered by desert with a flat and sandy coastal plain; narrow coastal plain backed by flat-topped hills and rugged mountains; dissected upland desert plains in center slope into the desert interior of the Arabian Peninsula.
*Climate: Temperate in the mountainous regions in the western part of the country, extremely hot with minimal rainfall in the remainder of the *country. Humid on the coast.
*Climate: Temperate in the mountainous regions in the western part of the country, extremely hot with minimal rainfall in the remainder of the *country. Humid on the coast.
*Natural Hazards: Sandstorms and dust storms in summer; volcanism: Yemen experiences limited volcanic activity; Jebel at Tair (Jabal al-Tair, Jebel Teir, Jabal al-Tayr, Jazirat at-Tair) (elev. 244 m), which forms an island in the Red Sea, erupted in 2007 after awakening from dormancy; other historically active volcanoes include Harra of Arhab, Harras of Dhamar, Harra es-Sawad, and Jebel Zubair, although many of these have not erupted in over a century.
==People==
==People==