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Yemen (i /ˈjɛmən/, Arabic: اليَمَن‎ Al Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen (Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية‎ Al Jumhūriyyah al Yamaniyyah), is a country located in the Middle East. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east.

Yemen has a land area of 555,000 square kilometers and a population of approximately 24 million (2010). Its capital and largest city is Sana'a. Yemen's territory includes over 200 islands, the largest of which is Socotra, about 415 km to the south of mainland Yemen, off the coast of Somalia. It is the only state in the Arabian Peninsula to have a purely republican form of government.