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Kingdom of Yemen
Also known as Al-Mamlakah Al-Mutawakkilīyah, Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, North Yemen
historical Arab monarchy
Key facts
- Status
- Member of the United Arab States (1958–1961)
- Capital
- Sanaa (1918–1948) , Taiz (1948–1962)
- Common languages
- Arabic
- Religion
- Zaydi Islam (official) Sunni Islam Judaism
- Government
- Islamic absolute monarchy
- 1918 1948
- Yahya Hamid ed-Din
- 1948 1962
- Ahmad bin Yahya
- 1962 1970
- Muhammad al-Badr
- Independence from the ottoman empire
- 30 October 1918
- 26 september revolution
- 26 September 1962
- Monarchy abolished
- 1 December 1970
- Currency
- North Yemeni rial
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Today part ofYemen Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Yemen (Arabic: المملكة اليمنية, romanized: al-Mamlakah al-Yamanīyah), officially the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (Arabic: المملكة المتوكلية اليمنية, romanized: al-Mamlakah al-Mutawakkilīyah al-Yamanīyah) and also known simply as Yemen or, retrospectively, as North Yemen, was a state that existed between 1918 and 1970 in the northwestern part of the modern country of Yemen. Located in the Middle East, it was bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Aden Protectorate to the south, and the Red Sea to the west. Its capital was Sanaa from 1918 to 1948, then Taiz from 1948 to 1962. Yemen was admitted to the United Nations on 30 September 1947. A republican coup was launched against the government in 1962, leading to the North Yemen Civil War. The royalist government only controlled the northern portions of the country from 1962 to 1970, until a peace deal in 1970 saw it largely dissolved.