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Yemen is Arabia's Undiscovered gem. It is a country where you can find the world's oldest skyscrapers, spectacular mountaintop villages, pristine coral reefs, and stunningly gorgeous trees unseen anywhere else on earth. You can journey through one of the world's largest expanse of sand, or marvel at greenery so lush you'd wonder if you were in Arabia.
People play various kinds of sports in Yemen. Yemen people are known for their ardent love for sports. They mainly play games like football, motor sports, water sports, basketball, winter sports, golf, racket sports and so on. Many people also practice martial arts, scouting, athletics and other such sports at Yemen.
Yemen's main environmental problems have long been scarcity of water, soil erosion, and desertification. Water pollution is a problem due to contaminates from the oil industry, untreated sewage, and salinization The nation has 4.1 cubic kilometers of renewable water resources with 92% used for farming activity and 1% for industrial purposes.
Virtually all citizens of Yemen are Muslims, and belong to the Zaydi order of Shi'a Islam or to the Shafi'i order of Sunni Islam. There are also approximately 3,000 Christians, 400 Jews and an extreme minority of Hindus.
Politics of Yemen takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, where the President of Yemen is the head of state, while the Prime Minister of Yemen (who is appointed by the President) is the head of government. Although it is notionally a multi-party system, in reality it is completely dominated by one party, the General People's Congress, and has been since unification. Executive power is exercised by the government.
Yemen has metal resources which include gold, lead, nickel and copper. Fossil fuels are present of petroleum, as well as small deposits of coal. There are other natural resources including rock salt, marble, fish, and fertile soil in western part of the country.
Oil production in the Yemen is in the region of 320,000 barrels per day and has not changed radically over the past few years. The current production is from the Yemen Hunt fields in Marib and Canadian Occidental’s Masila field, both discovered prior to the exploration boom in the early 1990s. Production from the Shabwa Block 4 fields, discovered by the Russians and operated by Nimr Petroleum is, at present, suspended.
The armed forces of Yemen include the Yemen Army (includes Republican Guard), Navy (includes Marines), Yemen Air Force (Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Yamaniya; includes Air Defense Force) (2008). A major reorganization of the armed forces continues. The unified air forces and air defenses are now under one command. The navy has concentration in Aden. Total armed forces manning numbers about 89,500, including conscripts.
Yemen Industries basically aim at the maximization of profits. In the northern part of Yemen, the key industry is based on food processing. Apart from this, the other major Yemen Industries are based on textiles, jewelry, building materials and glass making. It is assumed that the tea suppliers occupy a significant position in the market of Yemen and the Yementon Tea is the most popular one among the residents of Yemen.
