Yemeni unification

Unification of Yemen

Part of the end of the Cold War
North & South Yemen, prior to the Yemeni unification
Native name	al-waḥda al-Yamaniyya الوحدة اليمنية
Date	22 May 1990 (1990-05-22)
Location	North Yemen  South Yemen
Cause	Arab nationalism First Yemenite War Second Yemenite War Discovery of a oil in Shabwa and Marib Dissolution of the Soviet Union
Outcome	Unification of Yemen Sanaa becomes the capital of unified Yemen The Yemeni rial becomes the official currency of unified Yemen The South's "United Republic" became the country's national anthem

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The Yemeni unification (Arabic: الوحدة اليمنية, romanized: al-waḥda l-Yamaniyya) took place on 22 May 1990, when the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) was united with the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen), forming the Republic of Yemen.^[1]