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Brief History. The ancient kingdom of Sheba, and its port of Aden, occupied a strategic location on the Arabian peninsula, allowing it to have dominated the trade routes that passed from Africa through the Middle East to India and back again. Britain made Aden a crown colony in 1839, with portions of the country becoming a protectorate. The Ottomans exerted control over the region twice: from the mid-16th to the mid-17th centuries and from 1849 to 1918. They were expelled only at the conclusion of World War I and Yemen became independent in 1918.

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Country Information

Local name: Al Yaman

Capital: Sanaa

Population: 21,456,188

Government: republic

Currency: Yemeni rial (YER)

Land size: 527,970 sq km

Topography: 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

Typical foods:

Major exports: crude oil, coffee, dried and salted fish
Information on the People

Official language: Arabic

Other languages spoken:

Religions: Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu

Literacy rate: 50.2%

Male/Female Ratio: 1.04 male(s) to every 1 female

Life expectancy: 62.12 years

Ethnic groups: predominantly Arab; but also Afro-Arab, South Asians, Europeans

Internet users: 220,000

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