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Place nameYemen
Other namesal-Jumhuriyah al-Yamaniyah, Al-Yaman, Republic of Yemen, Yemen, Republic of, République du Yémen, Jemen, Yémen, Iêmen, YEM, YE, ISO887, YM00, Yemeni
Latitude15.5
Longitude47.5
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
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Area was seat of Minaean & other ancient kingdoms; traded with Babylon, then with Egypt by 14th cen. BC; settled by Romans, Jews, Abyssinian Christians & Persians 1st-6th cen.; Islam arrived 628; Ayyubids, Rasulids & Yemeni tribesmen ruled 12-16th cen.; official language is Arabic, though English is also widely used.
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