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Yemen Arab Republic | |||||||||
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1962–1990 | |||||||||
Anthem: "Peace to the Land" (1962–1978) إرادة أمة 'Iiradat 'Uma "A Nation's Will" (1978–1990) | |||||||||
![]() Location of North Yemen (red) | |||||||||
Capital and largest city | Sanaa | ||||||||
Official languages | Arabic | ||||||||
Religion | Islam (official, predominantly Zaydi Shia and Shafi'i Sunni Islam) | ||||||||
Government | Unitary Nasserist Islamic republic under a military junta[1][2] | ||||||||
President | |||||||||
• 1962–1967 (first) | Abdullah al-Sallal | ||||||||
• 1978–1990 (last) | Ali Abdullah Saleh | ||||||||
Prime Minister | |||||||||
• 1962–1963 (first) | Abdullah al-Sallal | ||||||||
• 1983–1990 (last) | Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani | ||||||||
Legislature | Consultative Council | ||||||||
Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||
26 September 1962 | |||||||||
1 December 1970 | |||||||||
22 May 1990 | |||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• Total | 136,000 km2 (53,000 sq mi) | ||||||||
Currency | North Yemeni rial | ||||||||
Time zone | UTC+3 | ||||||||
Calling code | +967 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Yemen |
The Yemen Arab Republic (YAR; Arabic: الجمهورية العربية اليمنية al-Jumhūrīyah al-‘Arabīyah al-Yamanīyah), commonly known as North Yemen or Yemen (Sanaʽa), was a country that existed from 1962 to 1990 in the northwestern part of what is now Yemen.[3] Its capital was at Sanaa. It united with the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (commonly known as South Yemen) on 22 May 1990 to form the current Republic of Yemen.