Yemen is the second-largest country in the Arabian peninsula after Saudi Arabia.
=== Administrative divisions ===As of the end of 2004, Yemen was divided into twenty governorates (muhafazat  the latest being Raymah Governorate, which was created during 2004) plus one municipality called "Amanat Al-Asemah" (the latter containing the constitutional capital, Sana'a)
=== Regions and climate ===Yemen can be divided geographically into four main regions: the coastal plains in the west, the western highlands, the eastern highlands, and the Rub' al Khali in the east

