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During
this period, poverty, ignorance, injustice and a series of deadly
diseases prevailed in the country. The circle of isolation was not
broken until the Eternal Revolution of the 26th September against
the Imamate rule and the Revolution of the 14th October 1962, and
the South achieved independence from Britain in 1967.
From
1962 North Yemen became known as the Yemen Arab Republic, with its
capital in Sana'a, while the South of Yemen became known as the
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen with its capital in Aden.
Twenty years after the British evacuation on 30th November 1967, the
constitution of the existing Republic of Yemen was signed on 30th
November, 1987. This event crowned pro- longed efforts to unify the
country. On 22nd May 1990, there was great news, Yemen became united
and was named the Republic of Yemen. The historic city of Sana'a was
named the capital of the unified Yemen, and a new era in Yemen's
history began.
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