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Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Arabian Peninsula : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International, 1961
 * NIS Gazetteer for Yemen at CIA.gov
 * Yemen Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Yemen: Governorates, Major Cities & Villages - Population Statistics at City Population
 * List of Yemen Locations at GeoName
 * Yemen - 10 Largest Cities at GeoName
 * Places in Yemen at Places in the world -- select letter at top of page to narrow search to cities and places
 * Demographics of Yemen at Wikipedia
 * List of cities in Yemen at Wikipedia
 * Outline of Yemen at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Yemen at Wikipedia
 * Biggest Cities In Yemen at WorldAtlas
 * Maps Of Yemen at WorldAtlas
 * Religious Beliefs In Yemen at WorldAtlas

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Yemen Arab Republic : official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names United States Board on Geographic Names, Defense Mapping Agency Topographic Center, Washington, D.C., 1976
 * Gazetteer of historical North-West Yemen in the Islamic Period to 1650 Robert T. O. Wilson, G. Olms, Hildesheim, 1989
 * Yemen Arab Republic Offical Standard Names Defense Mapping Agency Topographic Center, Washington : Office of Geography, Dept. of the Interior, 1976

Why Use Gazetteers
A gazetteer is a dictionary of place-names. Gazetteers list or describe towns and villages, parishes, states, populations, rivers and mountains, and other geographical features. They usually include only the names of places that existed at the time the gazetteer was published. Within a specific geographical area, the place-names are listed in alphabetical order, similar to a dictionary. You can use a gazetteer to locate the places where your family lived and to determine the civil and religious jurisdictions over those places.

There are many places within a country with similar or identical place-names. You will need to use a gazetteer to identify the specific town where your ancestor lived, the state the town was or is in, and the jurisdictions where records about the person was kept.

Gazetteer Contents
Gazetteers may also provide additional information about towns, such as:
 * Different religious denominations
 * Schools, colleges, and universities
 * Major manufacturers, canals, docks, and railroad stations
 * The population size.
 * Boundaries of civil jurisdiction.
 * Ecclesiastical jurisdiction(s)
 * Longitude and latitude.
 * Distances and direction from other from cities.
 * Schools, colleges, and universities.
 * Denominations and number of churches.
 * Historical and biographical information on some individuals (usually high-ranking or famous individuals)