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World Gazetteer Results for Ah̨war:
NameAh̨war
Original Namesاحوار
Geographical TypeLocality
Population5352
Latitude
Longitude
CountryYemen
Administrative DivisionAbyan
Dictionary Results for Yemen:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Yemen
    n 1: a republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian
         Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990 [syn:
         Yemen, Republic of Yemen]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Yemen

   Introduction Yemen
   ------------------
                            Background: North Yemen became independent of
                                        the Ottoman Empire in 1918. The
                                        British, who had set up a
                                        protectorate area around the
                                        southern port of Aden in the 19th
                                        century, withdrew in 1967 from what
                                        became South Yemen. Three years
                                        later, the southern government
                                        adopted a Marxist orientation. The
                                        massive exodus of hundreds of
                                        thousands of Yemenis from the south
                                        to the north contributed to two
                                        decades of hostility between the
                                        states. The two countries were
                                        formally unified as the Republic of
                                        Yemen in 1990. A southern
                                        secessionist movement in 1994 was
                                        quickly subdued. In 2000, Saudi
                                        Arabia and Yemen agreed to a
                                        delimitation of their border.
  
   Geography Yemen
   ---------------
                              Location: Middle East, bordering the Arabian
                                        Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea,
                                        between Oman and Saudi Arabia
                Geographic coordinates: 15 00 N, 48 00 E
                        Map references: Middle East
                                  Area: total: 527,970 sq km
                                        land: 527,970 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)
                                        water: 0 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly larger than twice the size
                                        of Wyoming
                       Land boundaries: total: 1,746 km
                                        border countries: Oman 288 km, Saudi
                                        Arabia 1,458 km
                             Coastline: 1,906 km
                       Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 NM
                                        territorial sea: 12 NM
                                        continental shelf: 200 NM or to the
                                        edge of the continental margin
                                        exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
                               Climate: mostly desert; hot and humid along
                                        west coast; temperate in western
                                        mountains affected by seasonal
                                        monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry,
                                        harsh desert in east
                               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
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Arabian Sea 0 m
                                        highest point: Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb
                                        3,760 m
                     Natural resources: petroleum, fish, rock salt, marble,
                                        small deposits of coal, gold, lead,
                                        nickel, and copper, fertile soil in
                                        west
                              Land use: arable land: 2.75%
                                        permanent crops: 0.21%
                                        other: 97.04% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 4,900 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: sandstorms and dust storms in summer
          Environment - current issues: very limited natural fresh water
                                        resources; inadequate supplies of
                                        potable water; overgrazing; soil
                                        erosion; desertification
            Environment - international party to: Biodiversity, Climate
                            agreements: Change, Desertification, Endangered
                                        Species, Environmental Modification,
                                        Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea,
                                        Ozone Layer Protection
                                        signed, but not ratified: Nuclear
                                        Test Ban
                      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
  
   People Yemen
   ------------
                            Population: 18,701,257 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 47% (male 4,468,928;
                                        female 4,317,648)
                                        15-64 years: 50.1% (male 4,783,769;
                                        female 4,587,309)
                                        65 years and over: 2.9% (male
                                        273,282; female 270,321) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 3.4% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 43.3 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 9.31 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 1.01 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 1.04 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 66.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 60.59 years
                                        female: 62.46 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 58.81 years
                  Total fertility rate: 6.9 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.01% (1999 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ NA
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA
                           Nationality: noun: Yemeni(s)
                                        adjective: Yemeni
                         Ethnic groups: predominantly Arab; but also Afro-
                                        Arab, South Asians, Europeans
                             Religions: Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and
                                        Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers of
                                        Jewish, Christian, and Hindu
                             Languages: Arabic
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 38%
                                        male: 53%
                                        female: 26% (1990 est.)
  
   Government Yemen
   ----------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Republic of
                                        Yemen
                                        conventional short form: Yemen
                                        local short form: Al Yaman
                                        local long form: Al Jumhuriyah al
                                        Yamaniyah
                       Government type: republic
                               Capital: Sanaa
              Administrative divisions: 17 governorates (muhafazat, singular
                                        - muhafazah); Abyan, 'Adan, Al
                                        Bayda', Al Hudaydah, Al Jawf, Al
                                        Mahrah, Al Mahwit, Dhamar,
                                        Hadramawt, Hajjah, Ibb, Lahij,
                                        Ma'rib, Sa'dah, San'a', Shabwah,
                                        Ta'izz
                                        note: there may be three more
                                        governorates: Ad Dali', Amran, and
                                        the capital city of Sanaa
                          Independence: 22 May 1990, Republic of Yemen was
                                        established with the merger of the
                                        Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa)
                                        or North Yemen] and the Marxist-
                                        dominated People's Democratic
                                        Republic of Yemen [Yemen (Aden) or
                                        South Yemen]; previously North Yemen
                                        had become independent on NA
                                        November 1918 (from the Ottoman
                                        Empire) and South Yemen had become
                                        independent on 30 November 1967
                                        (from the UK)
                      National holiday: Unification Day, 22 May (1990)
                          Constitution: 16 May 1991; amended 29 September
                                        1994 and February 2001
                          Legal system: based on Islamic law, Turkish law,
                                        English common law, and local tribal
                                        customary law; has not accepted
                                        compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President Field
                                        Marshall Ali Abdallah SALIH (since
                                        22 May 1990, the former president of
                                        North Yemen, assumed office upon the
                                        merger of North and South Yemen);
                                        Vice President Maj. Gen. Abd al-Rab
                                        Mansur al-HADI (since 3 October
                                        1994)
                                        head of government: Prime Minister
                                        Abd al-Qadir BA JAMAL (since 4 April
                                        2001)
                                        cabinet: Council of Ministers
                                        appointed by the president on the
                                        advice of the prime minister
                                        election results: Ali Abdallah SALIH
                                        elected president; percent of vote -
                                        Ali Abdallah SALIH 96.3%, Najib
                                        Qahtan AL-SHAABI 3.7%
                                        elections: president elected by
                                        direct, popular vote for a seven-
                                        year term (recently extended from a
                                        five-year term by constitutional
                                        amendment); election last held 23
                                        September 1999 (next to be held NA
                                        2006); vice president appointed by
                                        the president; prime minister and
                                        deputy prime ministers appointed by
                                        the president
                    Legislative branch: a new constitutional amendment
                                        ratified on 20 February 2001 created
                                        a bicameral legislature consisting
                                        of a Shura Council (111 seats;
                                        members appointed by the president)
                                        and a House of Representatives (301
                                        seats; members elected by popular
                                        vote to serve six-year terms)
                                        election results: percent of vote by
                                        party - NA%; seats by party - GPC
                                        189, Islah 52, Nasserite Unionist
                                        Party 3, National Arab Socialist
                                        Baath Party 2, independents 54,
                                        election pending 1; seats by party
                                        as of January 2002: GPC 223, Islah
                                        64, Nasserite Unionist Party 3,
                                        National Arab Socialist Baath Party
                                        2, YSP 2, independents 7
                                        elections: last held 27 April 1997
                                        (next to be held 27 April 2003)
                       Judicial branch: Supreme Court
         Political parties and leaders: there are over 12 political parties
                                        active in Yemen, some of the more
                                        prominent are: General People's
                                        Congress or GPC [President Ali
                                        Abdallah SALIH]; Islamic Reform
                                        Grouping or Islah [Shaykh Abdallah
                                        bin Husayn al-AHMAR]; National Arab
                                        Socialist Baath Party [Dr. Qassim
                                        SALAAM]; Nasserite Unionist Party
                                        [Abdel Malik al-MAKHLAFI]; Yemeni
                                        Socialist Party or YSP [Ali Salih
                                        MUQBIL]
                                        note: President SALIH's General
                                        People's Congress or GPC won a
                                        landslide victory in the April 1997
                                        legislative election and no longer
                                        governs in coalition with Shaykh
                                        Abdallah bin Husayn al-AHMAR's
                                        Islamic Reform Grouping or Islah -
                                        the two parties had been in
                                        coalition since the end of the civil
                                        war in 1994; the YSP, a loyal
                                        opposition party, boycotted the
                                        April 1997 legislative election, but
                                        announced that it would participate
                                        in Yemen's first local elections
                                        which were held in February 2001;
                                        these local elections aim to
                                        decentralize political power and are
                                        a key element of the government's
                                        political reform program
          Political pressure groups and NA
                               leaders:
             International organization ACC, AFESD, AL, AMF, CAEU, CCC,
                         participation: ESCWA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO,
                                        ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC,
                                        IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC,
                                        IOM, ITU, NAM, OAS (observer), OIC,
                                        OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO,
                                        UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO,
                                        WTrO (observer)
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Abd al-
                                        Wahhab Abdallah al-HAJRI
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 337-2017
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 965-4760
                                        chancery: Suite 705, 2600 Virginia
                                        Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador Edmund
                                    US: J. HULL (since 17 September 2001)
                                        embassy: Dhahar Himyar Zone,
                                        Sheraton Hotel District, Sanaa
                                        mailing address: P. O. Box 22347,
                                        Sanaa
                                        telephone: [967] (1) 303-161
                                        FAX: [967] (1) 303-182
                      Flag description: three equal horizontal bands of red
                                        (top), white, and black; similar to
                                        the flag of Syria which has two
                                        green stars and of Iraq which has
                                        three green stars (plus an Arabic
                                        inscription) in a horizontal line
                                        centered in the white band; also
                                        similar to the flag of Egypt which
                                        has a heraldic eagle centered in the
                                        white band
  
   Economy Yemen
   -------------
                    Economy - overview: Yemen, one of the poorest countries
                                        in the Arab world, reported strong
                                        growth in the mid-1990s with the
                                        onset of oil production, but has
                                        been harmed by periodic declines in
                                        oil prices. Yemen has embarked on an
                                        IMF-supported structural adjustment
                                        program designed to modernize and
                                        streamline the economy, which has
                                        led to substantial foreign debt
                                        relief and restructuring. Aided by
                                        higher oil prices in 1999-2000,
                                        Yemen worked to maintain tight
                                        control over spending and implement
                                        additional components of the IMF
                                        program. A high population growth
                                        rate and internal political
                                        dissension complicate the
                                        government's task.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $14.8
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 4% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $820 (2001
                                        est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 17%
                                        industry: 40%
                                        services: 43% (1998)
         Population below poverty line: NA
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: 3%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: 25.9% (1998)
   Distribution of family income - Gini 33.4 (1998)
                                 index:
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 10% (2001 est.)
                           Labor force: NA
           Labor force - by occupation: most people are employed in
                                        agriculture and herding; services,
                                        construction, industry, and commerce
                                        account for less than one-fourth of
                                        the labor force
                     Unemployment rate: 30% (1995 est.)
                                Budget: revenues: $3 billion
                                        expenditures: $3.1 billion,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $NA (2001 est.)
                            Industries: crude oil production and petroleum
                                        refining; small-scale production of
                                        cotton textiles and leather goods;
                                        food processing; handicrafts; small
                                        aluminum products factory; cement
     Industrial production growth rate: NA%
              Electricity - production: 3.2 billion kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100%
                                        hydro: 0%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 2.976 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: grain, fruits, vegetables, pulses,
                                        qat (mildly narcotic shrub), coffee,
                                        cotton; dairy products, livestock
                                        (sheep, goats, cattle, camels),
                                        poultry; fish
                               Exports: $3.9 billion (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
                 Exports - commodities: crude oil, coffee, dried and salted
                                        fish
                    Exports - partners: Thailand 34%, China 26%, South Korea
                                        14%, Singapore 9%, Japan 3%, Saudi
                                        Arabia 3% (1999)
                               Imports: $3 billion (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
                 Imports - commodities: food and live animals, machinery and
                                        equipment
                    Imports - partners: Saudi Arabia 10%, UAE 8%, France 7%,
                                        US 7%, Italy 6% (1999)
                       Debt - external: $4.7 billion (2001)
              Economic aid - recipient: $176.1 million (1995)
                              Currency: Yemeni rial (YER)
                         Currency code: YER
                        Exchange rates: Yemeni rials per US dollar - 171.860
                                        (December 2001), 168.678 (2001),
                                        161.718 (2000), 155.718 (1999),
                                        135.882 (1998), 129.281 (1997)
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Yemen
   --------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 291,359 (1999)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 32,042 (2000)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: since
                                        unification in 1990, efforts have
                                        been made to create a national
                                        telecommunications network
                                        domestic: the national network
                                        consists of microwave radio relay,
                                        cable, tropospheric scatter, and GSM
                                        cellular mobile telephone systems
                                        international: satellite earth
                                        stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Indian
                                        Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean), 1
                                        Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean
                                        region), and 2 Arabsat; microwave
                                        radio relay to Saudi Arabia and
                                        Djibouti
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 6, FM 1, shortwave 2 (1998)
                                Radios: 1.05 million (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 7 (plus several low-power repeaters)
                                        (1997)
                           Televisions: 470,000 (1997)
                 Internet country code: .ye
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)
                        Internet users: 14,000 (2001)
  
   Transportation Yemen
   --------------------
                              Railways: 0 km
                              Highways: total: 69,263 km
                                        paved: 9,963 km
                                        unpaved: 59,300 km (1999)
                             Waterways: none
                             Pipelines: crude oil 644 km; petroleum products
                                        32 km
                     Ports and harbors: Aden, Al Hudaydah, Al Mukalla, As
                                        Salif, Ras Issa, Mocha, Nishtun
                       Merchant marine: total: 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 15,002 GRT/23,752 DWT
                                        ships by type: cargo 1, petroleum
                                        tanker 3
                                        note: includes some foreign-owned
                                        ships registered here as a flag of
                                        convenience: Hong Kong 2 (2002 est.)
                              Airports: 49 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 14
                                        over 3,047 m: 3
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 1
                                        under 914 m: 1 (2001)
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 35
                                        over 3,047 m: 2
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 13
                                        under 914 m: 4 (2001)
  
   Military Yemen
   --------------
                       Military branches: Army (includes Special Forces,
                                          established in 1999), Navy, Air
                                          Force, Air Defense Forces,
                                          Republican Guard
        Military manpower - military age: 14 years of age (2002 est.)
        Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 4,272,156 (2002
                                          est.)
     Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 2,397,914 (2002
                                 service: est.)
             Military manpower - reaching males: 238,690 (2002 est.)
                   military age annually:
           Military expenditures - dollar $482.5 million (FY01)
                                  figure:
       Military expenditures - percent of 5.2% (FY01)
                                     GDP:
                         Military - note: establishement of a Coast Guard,
                                          scheduled for May 2001, has been
                                          delayed
  
   Transnational Issues Yemen
   --------------------------
               Disputes - international: demarcation of delimited boundary
                                         with Saudi Arabia involves nomadic
                                         tribal affiliations; Yemen has
                                         asserted traditional fishing rights
                                         to islands ceded to Eritrea in ICJ
                                         ruling
  
                                       



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