Governorates of Yemen

Governorates of Yemen محافظات اليمن
Also known as: Muhafazah

Category	Unitary state
Location	Republic of Yemen
Number	21 governorates
Populations	(Governorates only):44,120 (Socotra) – 2,885,000 (Taiz)
Areas	(Governorates only):49 square miles (130 km²) (Sana'a) - 38,300 square miles (99,000 km²) (Hadhramaut)
Government	Governorance government, National government
Subdivisions	District

Yemen

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Yemen is divided into twenty-one governorates (muhafazah) and one municipality (amanah [أمانة]):

Division	Arabic	Capital city	Area ^[1] km²	Pop (2012) ^[2]	Key
Former North Yemen (Yemen Arab Republic), until 1990
'Amran	عمران	'Amran	9,587	967,634	2
Al Bayda	البيضاء	Al Bayda	11,193	660,105	5
Al Hudaydah	الحديدة	Al Hudaydah	17,509	2,687,674	6
Al Jawf	الجوف	Al Hazm	30,620	534,408	7
Al Mahwit	المحويت	Al Mahwit	2,858	599,340	9
Amanat Al Asimah	أمانة العاصمة	Sana'a	126	2,575,347	10
Dhamar	ذمار	Dhamar	9,495	1,645,436	11
Hajjah	حجة	Hajjah	10,141	1,811,394	13
Ibb	إب	Ibb	6,484	2,505,816	14
Ma'rib	مأرب	Ma'rib	20,023	291,403	16
Raymah	ريمة	Raymah	2,442	483,196	17
Sa'dah	صعدة	Sa'dah	15,022	887,482	18
Sana'a	صنعاء	Sana'a	15,052	1,042,468	19
Taiz	تعز	Taiz	12,605	2,817,696	21
Former South Yemen (People's Democratic Republic of Yemen), until 1990
Aden	عدن	Aden	1,114	589,419	1
Abyan	أبين	Zinjibar	21,939	764,342	3
Dhale	الضالع	Dhale	4,786	597,936	4
Al Mahrah	المهرة	Al Ghaydah	82,405	122,453	8
Hadramaut	حضرموت	Al Mukalla	191,737	1,263,754	12
Socotra	محافظة أرخبيل سقطرى	Hadibu	...¹⁾	...¹⁾	22
Lahij	لحج	Lahij	15,210	865,791	15
Shabwah	شبوة	Ataq	47,728	546,467	20
Yemen	اليَمَن	Sana'a	528,076	24,259,561	TOTAL

¹⁾ Soqatra Governorate created in December 2013 from parts of Hadramaut, data included there

The governorates are subdivided into 333 districts (muderiah), which are subdivided into 2,210 sub-districts, and then into 38,284 villages (as of 2001).

Before 1990, Yemen existed as two separate entities. For more information, see Historic Governorates of Yemen.

References

^ http://www.world-gazetteer.com Yemen, divisions
^ Central Statistical Organisation of Yemen. General Population Housing and Establishment Census 2012 Final Results [3], Statistic Yearbook 2005 of Yemen [4]

Governorates of Yemen

Abyan Aden Al Mahrah Hadramaut Lahij Shabwah Ad Dali' 'Amran Al Bayda Al Hudaydah Al Jawf Al Mahwit Amanat Al Asimah Dhamar Hajjah Ibb Ma'rib Raymah Saada Sana'a Taiz Socotra

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