# What is the size of Yemen? (2024) (theborys.substack.com)

* **Author:** [kspacewalk2](/user?id=kspacewalk2)
* **Score:** 27 points
* **Posted:** 3 hours ago (`49862809`)
* **URL:** https://theborys.substack.com/p/what-is-the-size-of-yemen

### Comments (4)

- **thr0waway001** (3 hours ago | score: 1 | ID: `49863050`):
  > 15 Yemen Road, Yemen

- **mc32** (3 hours ago | score: 1 | ID: `49863071`):
  > This happens more frequently then one imagines.  Quite a few things fail to start from scratch and instead rely on compounded errors over time.  Projections, budgets, etc., are sometimes based on stale information.

- **hbroom** (2 hours ago | score: 1 | ID: `49863197`):
  > Always picture it larger, but it's roughly the size of France. Makes you wonder about logistical challenges there.

- **Aerroon** (2 hours ago | score: 1 | ID: `49863224`):
  > I did not expect this to just be a simple mistake, especially one that's been around for *decades*. Makes you wonder what other kind of basic facts are wrong.
  > 
  > In the age of satellites, computers, Google maps and the like you would think a mistake like this would be impossible to persist for so long.

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