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2.  14 00 N 15 00 E  Physical place: Sandy fertile coasts to beautiful mountains and then to the desserts of the Arabian Peninsula.  Movement: Movement, 50 airports, and 75,000 km of paved roads.

3.  1994- YEMEN HAS A CIVIL WAR WHICH CRIPPLES THE COUNTRIES REPUTATION  1995- END OF Yemen civil war, and people start to rebuild their country  1997- Yemen is first allowed to vote for their leader

4. My country is developing. 8% of people own cars 22 people per thousand have a television 62.9 years old is the average lifespan. 76 per thousand babies born die 50.2 percent of the population cannot read

5.  The main religion in Yemen is Sunni Muslims that is about 65% and 35% Sati Muslims.  Arabic has always been their language, 90% of people speak Arabic and 10% of people speak English.  May 1 st is the day of independence or the day that the Yemenis finally had the freedom to chose their leader.

6.  They have a Democratic government.  The group that is currently in control is the Democratic party  Ali Abdulla Salih is the president of Yemen.

7.  There are 25,567,156 people in Yemen  Life expectancy for males and females is 62.9 years  Literacy rate for male and female is 50.2%.

8.  Yemen people love to dance. It’s one of there favorite pastimes.  They also love to sculpt.  There favorite material to sculpt would have to be bronze.  There favorite sport is football or in America they call it soccer.  Finally they love plays and Operas. In a country without T.V’s they like this as entertainment.

9.  “Yemen” CultureGrams World Edition. 2009. ProQuest LLC and Brigham Young university. 6 Mar 2009 http://online.culturegrams.com>http://online.culturegrams.com  Sager, Robert, Helgren, David M., and Brooks, Alison S. People, Places, and Change. 1 st ed. Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003.  “Yemen.”Central Intelligence Agency. 2009.CIA. 6 Mar 2009. http://cia.gov>http://cia.gov