Samantha Barley

Location: Middle East; between Oman and Saudi Arabia, and boarding Arabian Sea Coordinates North, East Landforms: Coastline, Mountain range, Desert Water Systems: On the coast of Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea Natural Resources: petroleum, fish, rock salt, marble; small deposits of coal, gold, lead, nickel, and copper

Leopard Sand Cat Afghan Fox Dolphins Bats Baboon Yemeni Mouse Striped hyaena Arctic wolf

Yemen is a Republic President Ali Abdallah Saleh Longest serving leader in recent times President since May Former president of North Yemen Re-elected for a 7 year term in September 2006

In 1990 Traditional North Yemen and South Yemen who was Marxist merged There were years of border wars A brief civil war in 1994 which ended with the southerners breaking away and a still unified Yemen Since 2009 a clash between government Yemen troops and Houthi rebels Killed hundreds of people Displaces a quarter of a million

Major exports include Crude oil, coffee, dried and salted fish, liquefied natural gas $5.55 billion in exports in 2009 Yemen is # 101 in the world in dollar amount of exports

Arabic is the spoken language The main religion is Muslim Sunni and Shia A few Jewish, Christian, and Hindu followers

Sana’a The capital Old historical building Al-Hoteip In the mountains Goal for Ismaeli pilgrims Site of ismaelitic saint’s grave Al-Hodeidah Famous harbor in Red Seas

Alzahra Tours, Places to visit. ATA. (March 20, 2010) Glen Allison, Yemen. National Geographic. /countries/yemen-guide/ (March 20, 2010) Mammals native to Yemen. Google. animals.html (March 20, 2010) March 17, Yemen country profile. News: BBC. (March 20, 2010) March 4, Yemen. Middle East:: Yemen: Central Intelligence Agency. (March 19, 2010)