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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:	32,042 (2000)
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
Radio broadcast stations:	AM 6, FM 1, shortwave 2 (1998)
Television broadcast stations:	7 (plus several low-power repeaters) (1997)
Internet country code:	.ye
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):	1 (2000)
Internet users:	17,000 (2002)

*Yemen telecommunications data is from CIA World Factbook.