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Capital: sanaa
Country name
: conventional long form: republic of yemen conventional short form: yemen local long form: al jumhuriyah al yamaniyah local short form: al yaman former: yemen arab republic [yemen (sanaa) or north yemen] and people's democratic republic of yemen [yemen (aden) or south yemen]
National holiday: unification day. 22 may (1990)
Government type
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republic
Administrative divisions: 19 governorates (muhafazat. singular - muhafazah); abyan. 'adan. ad dali'. al bayda'. al hudaydah. al jawf. al mahrah. al mahwit. 'amran. dhamar. hadramawt. hajjah. ibb. lahij. ma'rib. sa'dah. san'a'. shabwah. ta'izz note: for electoral and administrative purposes. the capital city of sanaa is treated as an additional governorate |
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Independence:
22 may 1990 (republic of yemen 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]); note - previously north yemen had become independent in november of 1918 (from the ottoman empire) and south yemen had become independent on 30 november 1967 (from the uk)
Political parties and leaders: there are more than 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]; nasserite unionist party [abdel malik al-makhlafi]; national arab socialist ba'th party [dr. qassim salaam]; 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. represents the remnants of the former south yemeni leadership; leaders of the 1994 secessionist movement have been pardoned by president salih and some are now returning to yemen from exile
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Political pressure groups and leaders:
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International organization participation
: afesd. amf. caeu. fao. g-77. iaea. ibrd. icao. icct (signatory). icftu. icrm. ida. idb. ifad. ifc. ifrcs. ilo. imf. imo. interpol. ioc. iom. iso (correspondent). itu. las. miga. minustah. nam. oas (observer). oic. onub. opcw. un. unctad. unesco. unhcr. unido. unmis. unoci. upu. wco. wftu. who. wipo. wmo. wtoo. wto (observer)
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