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The people of Yanuban are predominantly culturally Arab, speak Arabic, and most practice {{wpl|Sunni Islam}}. | The people of Yanuban are predominantly culturally Arab, speak Arabic, and most practice {{wpl|Sunni Islam}}. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
Yanuban means place of the south in Arabic and is named such because | Yanuban means place of the south in Arabic and is named such because during the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]] it was determined that the {{wp|Tropic of Capricorn}} bisects the land. In Arabic the Tropic of Capricorn in the "Southern Orbit", as such Yanuban is transliterated as "the place crossed by the Southern Orbit". | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
=== Golden Age === | === Golden Age === | ||
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=== Religious Demographics === | === Religious Demographics === | ||
Yanuban is 80% Muslim, 60% of whom follow Sunni Islam, 25% are Shiite, and 15% are Sufis. Of the remaining 20%, around 9% are Jewish, 6% are [[[[Mercantile Reform Protestant]]t]], 4% are [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], 1% are other (Old Gods, agnostic, or irreligious). | Yanuban is 80% Muslim, 60% of whom follow Sunni Islam, 25% are Shiite, and 15% are Sufis. Of the remaining 20%, around 9% are Jewish, 6% are [[[[Mercantile Reform Protestant]]t]], 4% are [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], 1% are other (Old Gods, agnostic, or irreligious). | ||
==Military== | ==Military== | ||
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The National Gendarmerie of Yanuban is the national police force of the country. It has approximately 285,400 members and is equipped and trained in the same way as the infantry in the army. Gendarmes are specially trained in riot suppression and as such also carry long batons or truncheons in addition to their FN FALS. The Gendarmerie is organized into 12 geographical police districts, whose size and staffing depends on the number of residents; as well as a Mobile Gendarmerie who have APCs and riot suppression vehicles. | The National Gendarmerie of Yanuban is the national police force of the country. It has approximately 285,400 members and is equipped and trained in the same way as the infantry in the army. Gendarmes are specially trained in riot suppression and as such also carry long batons or truncheons in addition to their FN FALS. The Gendarmerie is organized into 12 geographical police districts, whose size and staffing depends on the number of residents; as well as a Mobile Gendarmerie who have APCs and riot suppression vehicles. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||