1990 merger of North and South Yemen into modern Yemen
Unification of Yemen|
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Divided_Yemen.svg/240px-Divided_Yemen.svg.png) North & South Yemen, prior to the Yemeni unification |
Native name | al-waḥda al-Yamaniyyaالوحدة اليمنية |
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Date | 22 May 1990 (1990-05-22) |
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Location | North Yemen
South Yemen |
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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]