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15 00 N, 48 00 E
Regional Information

Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia

Capital City

Sanaa
Regional Relationships

Saudi Arabia has reinforced its concrete-filled security barrier along sections of the fully demarcated border with Yemen to stem illegal cross-border activities.
Environmental: Goals/Challenges/Agreements

Challenges

Very limited natural fresh water resources; inadequate supplies of potable water; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification

International Agreements

Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection
Humanitarian Projects
Native Languages

Arabic
Climate

Mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east