Everything about North Yemen totally explained
Flag of North Yemen:
Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1927–1962)]]
Flag of North Yemen:
Yemen Arab Republic (1962–1990)]]
North Yemen is a term currently used to designate both the
Yemen Arab Republic (
1962–
1990) and its predecessor, the
Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (
1918–
1962), that exercised
sovereignty over the territory that's now the northern part of the state of
Yemen in southern
Arabia.
Neither state was ever self-designated "North Yemen" and the term only came into general use when the
Federation of South Arabia gained independence as the
People's Republic of South Yemen in
1967 making such a distinction necessary. Prior to 1967, both states were known in short form simply as "Yemen." In
1970, South Yemen changed its name to the
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen thus eliminating any directional reference in either of the Yemens' official names but the existence of two Yemens preserved the North Yemen and South Yemen designations in popular parlance. Alternate forms were "Yemen (Sanaa)" for North Yemen and "Yemen (Aden)" for South Yemen after their respective capital cities.
The merger of the two Yemens in
1990 ended the term's association with an independent state but "North Yemen" continues to be used to refer to the area of the former Yemen Arab Republic and its history and,
anachronistically, to pre-1967 polities and events (for example, the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen or the
North Yemen Civil War).
Basic information
- Area: 195,000 km² (75,290 sq mi)
- Population (1990 estimate): 7,160,981
- Population density (1990 estimate): 36.7 /km² (95.1 /sq mi)
- Language: Arabic
- Capital: Sana'a
- Currency: North Yemeni rial
- Calling code: +967
- ISO Country Codes: YE, YEM, 886
- Historical dates:
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