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| YEMEN FACTS |
| Population:
20 million (UN, 2003)
|
| Capital:
Sanaa |
| Major language:
Arabic |
| Major religion:
Islam |
| Life expectancy:
59 years (men), 61 years (women) (UN) |
| Monetary unit:
1 Yemeni riyal = 100 fils |
| Main exports:
Crude oil, cotton, coffee, fish |
| Average annual income:
US $450 (World Bank, 2001) |
| Internet domain:
.ye |
| International dialling code:
967 |
|
|
Yemen Telecommunication* |
|
Telephones - main lines in use:
|
291,359 (1999) |
|
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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32,042 (2000) |
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Telephone system:
|
general
assessment: since unification in 1990, efforts have been made to
create a national telecommunications network
domestic: the national network consists of microwave radio relay, cable, tropospheric
scatter, and GSM cellular mobile telephone systems
international: satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic
Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 2 Arabsat; microwave radio relay to
Saudi Arabia and Djibouti
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|
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 6, FM 1, shortwave 2 (1998) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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7 (plus several low-power repeaters) (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.ye
|
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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1 (2000)
|
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Internet users:
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17,000 (2002) |
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*Yemen telecommunications data is from CIA World Factbook.
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