Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen is a country located south west of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. With an area of about 527970 square kilometers, located north of Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Oman to the East Coast South to the Arabian Sea and the western coast of the Red Sea. Its capital and largest city is Sanaa, Yemen has more than 200 islands in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea including Socotra Island. And is the only country in the Arabic Peninsula with a Republic. The Yemeni Constitution provides for a democratic State and adopted political pluralism and a free economic system and its commitment to the international charters and covenants set forth in the Universal Declaration of human rights and that Islamic law is the main source of legislation [4] Yemen was the first country in the Arabic Peninsula allowed women the right to vote in 1967 [5] achieved unity of Yemen between Yemeni Arabic Republic and the Republic of Yemens May 22 1990. Yemen is a member of the Arabic League from 1945 and the United Nations in 1947, the non-aligned movement and the OIC.
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