Yemen: Yemen People Profile 2012
2012/04/06
Yemen People Profile 2012
People in northern Yemen, unlike those in most other parts of the Arabian peninsula, were settled in villages and towns. In southern Yemen, the Bedouin, traditionally a nomadic people, filling the interior, coastal areas are largely resolved. The largest cities are Sana, the capital, Aden, Ta'izz and Hodeida.
The Yemenis are Arabs. Almost all are Muslims, belonging to one of two main groups Zaydis, who are a sect of the Shi'ite branch of Islam, and Shafiis, who are a sect of the Sunni branch. The north is divided almost equally between Zaidis and Shafiis, almost everyone in the south are Shafiis. A smaller Shiite group in the northeast of the Ismaili sect.
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