Yemen, Republic of
Yemen, Republic ofA country in the south of the peninsula of Arabia, bordering on Saudi Arabia and Oman on the north.
Physical.
Behind the western, Red Sea, coast are high mountains. The lower-lying eastern part has a coast on the Gulf of Aden. Mostly hot desert, these are areas where cotton can be grown.Economy.
In the north, agriculture, mainly sheep- and goat-raising, cotton, coffee, the narcotic qat, and other food crops, was the mainstay of the economy until oil production began in 1986 . However, further oil exploration is jeopardized by a border dispute with Saudi Arabia. In the south, which was formerly a one-party communist republic with a centrally planned economy heavily dependent on Soviet aid, agriculture is the principal economic activity. Production of the chief crops (cotton, millet, and wheat) is limited by lack of arable land and irrigation. Other than the oil refinery in the...[The entire page is 718 words long]
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