Capital:Sanaa
Population:20,727,063
Area:527,970 sq km
Climate:mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east
Languages:Arabic
Currency:Yemeni rial (YER)
Government:republic
Religions:Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu
Source: CIA World Factbook 2007
