I just learned that North Yemen was southwest of South Yemen. I always assumed that North Yemen was the one to the north.

@MLE_online It really cooked my childhood noodle that there was once an Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt, and Upper Egypt was below Lower Egypt on the map

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_and_Lower_Egypt

@jalefkowit @MLE_online This convention is not uncommon. In central Dublin, Dorset Street Lower is the end closer to the mouth of the Liffey than Dorset Street Upper.