|
Capital:
Sana'a (15°21′N 12°24′E)
Largest City: Sana'a
Area: 203,850 sq mi
Water: Negligible
Population: 20,975,000
(2005 est.)
Official language(s): Arabic
Climate:
mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in
western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily
hot, dry, harsh desert in east
Terrain: narrow coastal plain backed by flat-topped hills
and rugged mountains; dissected upland desert plains in center
slope into the desert interior of the Arabian Peninsula |