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| Location: |
Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia
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| Geographic coordinates: |
15 00 N, 48 00 E
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| Map references: |
Middle East
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| Area: |
total:
527,970 sq km
land:
527,970 sq km
water:
0 sq km
note:
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)
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| Area - comparative: |
slightly larger than twice the size of Wyoming
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| Land boundaries: |
total:
1,746 km
border countries:
Oman 288 km, Saudi Arabia 1,458 km
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| Maritime claims: |
contiguous zone:
24 NM
continental shelf:
200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin
exclusive economic zone:
200 NM
territorial sea:
12 NM
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| Climate: |
mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east
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| Terrain: |
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
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| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point:
Arabian Sea 0 m
highest point:
Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,760 m
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| Natural resources: |
petroleum, fish, rock salt, marble, small deposits of coal, gold, lead, nickel, and copper, fertile soil in west
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| Land use: |
arable land:
3%
permanent crops:
13%
permanent pastures:
33.5%
forests and woodland:
4%
other:
46.5% (1999)
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| Irrigated land: |
5,674 sq km (1999)
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| Natural hazards: |
sandstorms and dust storms in summer
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| Environment - current issues: |
very limited natural fresh water resources; inadequate supplies of potable water; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification
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| Environment - international agreements: |
party to:
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified:
Nuclear Test Ban
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| Geography - note: |
strategic location on Bab el Mandeb, the strait linking the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, one of world's most active shipping lanes
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