Yeman (Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية'Al-Jumhūriyyah al-Yamaniyyah)
is a nation occupying the southern portion of the Arabian
peninsula; it is bounded by Saudi Arabia and Oman. It has an
area of 203,850 square miles (527,968 sq km) and a population of
15.9 million (1995). The capital is Sana'a and the main port is
Aden. Prior to unification in 1990 Yemen was divided between the
Yemen Arab Republic (north Yemen), the capital of which was
Sana'a, and the People's Republic of South Yemen, the capital of
which was Aden, and which had been a British protectorate
between 1838 and 1967. - Area: 527,970 sq. km. (203,796 sq.
mi.); about the size of California and Pennsylvania combined. -
Cities: Capital--Sanaa. Other cities--Aden, Taiz, Hodeida, and
al-Mukalla. - Terrain: Mountainous interior bordered by desert
with a flat and sandy coastal plain. - 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. Unli