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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
 * Biggest Cities In Yemen at WorldAtlas
 * Demographics of Yemen at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Yemen at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about Yemen at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Yemen at Places in the world
 * List of cities in Yemen at Wikipedia
 * List of Yemen Locations at GeoName
 * Maps Of Yemen at WorldAtlas
 * NIS Gazetteer for Yemen at CIA.gov
 * Outline of Yemen at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Yemen at Wikipedia
 * Religious Beliefs In Yemen at WorldAtlas
 * Yemen - 10 Largest Cities at GeoName
 * Yemen Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Yemen: Governorates, Major Cities & Villages - Population Statistics at City Population

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Gazetteer of historical North-West Yemen in the Islamic Period to 1650 Robert T. O. Wilson, G. Olms, Hildesheim, 1989
 * 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

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)