1, Yemen, located in the southwest of the Arabian Peninsula, adjacent to Saudi Arabia and Oman, with a land area of 528,000 square kilometers, a population of 29.8 million, a total GDP of 20.1 billion US dollars, and a per capita GDP of 634 US dollars. The country is divided into 21 provinces and 1 municipality.
2, Yemen's topography is diverse, including mountains, deserts, plateaus, plains and 113 islands, the south is a tropical arid climate, precipitation is scarce, drinking water is mainly from groundwater, in addition, the country is rich in oil and gold, although oil is not as large as Saudi Arabia's reserves, but it is also quite considerable, is the country's main economic source, of which China is the largest importer.
3, Yemen's current per capita monthly income is between 310 yuan and 430 yuan, in some areas of serious conflict, the income is far below this number, some even 8 yuan a day, but there are also a small number of people, every day into the gold, mainly those mine owners or oil organizers.
4, Sana'a is the capital of Yemen, the largest city, ancient poets once compared Sana'a to "the pearl of Arabia". Divided into the old town and the new town, the old city is in the east side, with many ancient mosques and minarets. Sana'a islamic historical city with a history of 2,500 years, and legend has it that Noah's eldest son, Shem, settled here.
5, Yemenis have the custom of wearing a waist knife, one for self-defense, two for decoration, the local men and women like to chew a leaf, that is, Carter leaf, this leaf can make people hallucinate after chewing, easy to become addicted, many countries have banned it.
6, Aden is the second largest city in Yemen, is an ancient city with a history of 2000 years, a famous port city in ancient times, the geographical location is very important, is the gateway to the Indian Ocean, known as europe, Asia and Africa three continents of maritime traffic rush. The climate here is not hot and cold, and it is a famous summer resort.
7, Yemen's legal tender is the Yemeni rial, divided into coins and banknotes, the maximum denomination of paper money is 1000, the minimum denomination of coins is 1, currently due to the country's extremely serious inflation, the currency is unstable, depreciation speed is fast.
8, the University of Aden is the National Higher Education School of the Republic of Yemen, located in Aden City, the president is concurrently served by the Minister of Education, with 3 vice-presidents to assist the president in academic, administrative and political work. Those with excellent grades can enroll for free.
9, Yemen has a written history of more than 3,000 years, was part of the Arab Empire in the 7th century, and was one of the cradles of ancient civilization in the Arab world. At present, the country has three World Heritage Sites, namely the ancient city of Sana'a,
The ancient city of Shibam, the historical ancient city of Zabid. In particular, the ancient city of Sana'a, where the world's first skyscraper in the 1st century BC, the 100-meter-high Homedam Palace, was located. The entire palace is more than 20 stories high, and the remains of The Palace of Homedan are still preserved to this day.
10, the flag of Yemen is significantly different from the flags of other Arab countries, the flag of the country is a flag composed of red, white and black horizontal stripes, red symbolizes revolution and victory. White symbolizes holiness and purity, and black symbolizes the dark ages of the past.
11, Yemen's fertility rate has always been very high, most families have more than 5 children, some even a dozen. Due to the poor local security, each family will join a tribe in order to protect themselves, the tribe is large and small, equivalent to our village or town, the tribal leader has the absolute right to speak, equivalent to the local earth emperor.
12, Yemen is economically backward, is one of the least developed countries in the world, the agricultural population accounts for 71% of the total population, the economy is heavily dependent on oil, industry is almost non-existent, due to water shortages, local agricultural food can not be self-sufficient, the need for a large number of imports. The only crops that can be exported are cotton and coffee, especially the local mocha, which for many years has been considered the best coffee in the world and whose quality has always been praised.
13, Yemen implements free medical care and education, primary and secondary schools are compulsory education, and universities need excellent grades to be free. Medical care does not require premiums, and the exported oil is used to treat the people free of charge, but the local medical level is limited, and the war is constant, and every hospital is overcrowded.
14, Yemeni people like to spray perfume, as long as there is money in hand, the first time to buy is perfume, the highest etiquette for entertaining guests is to spray perfume on each other. When encountering distinguished guests, they will also grab the sky, and then take out a delicacy to roast the whole lamb for the guests to eat, usually starting from the head.
15, Yemen's local object to the parents' orders, to the age of marriage, parents entrust people to find objects, the bride price is generally three cows or 5 sheep, the status of local women is not high, basically have no right to speak, the prevalence of polygamy.
16, Yemen do not look at the income is not high, but the local price is high outrageous, a pound of rice 12 yuan, a cabbage can sell to 30, bananas 18, beef and mutton slightly cheaper, basically at 22 pounds or so, although the local production of oil, but most of them are exported, coupled with the war and oil refining efficiency in general, local gasoline is not cheap, generally more than 6 yuan a liter.
17, there is no railway in Yemen, there are 6 international airports, Yemen Airlines (YEMENIA) is the only state-owned airline in Yemen, a few years ago South African Airways had stayed in Yemen's aviation business, due to consecutive years of losses, it has long since closed. There are 7 ports, and the Port of Aden is the largest port with two radio stations and two television stations.
18, Yemen house prices in recent years is also rising, in the capital Sana'a and Aden newly built a lot of houses, local houses are generally not high-rise buildings, most of them are single-family buildings, in the first half of this year, the price of local single-family villas reached 18,000 yuan per flat, although the price of this villa compared to the domestic, that is much cheaper, but for the locals, most of them can not afford to buy, buyers are generally local tycoons or foreign capital.
19, the current situation in Yemen is unstable, it is recommended not to go unless necessary, if it is to pan for gold, it is still possible, it is a little dangerous.