Governorates of Yemen
List of type of bureaucratic division in Yemen / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yemen is divided into twenty-one governorates (muhafazah) and one municipality (amanah):[1]
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Name in English | Name in Arabic | Capital | Area (km2)[2] | Population (2013)[3] | Population Density | Key | Federal Region |
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Abyan | أبين | Zinjibar | 21,939 | 658,824 | 30.0 | 3 | Aden |
Aden | عدن | Aden | 1,114 | 1,087,653 | 976.3 | 1 | Aden |
Al Bayda | البيضاء | Al Bayda | 11,193 | 835,683 | 74.6 | 5 | Sheba |
Al Hudaydah | الحديدة | Al Hudaydah | 17,509 | 3,774,914 | 215.5 | 6 | Tahamah |
Al Jawf | الجوف | Al Hazm | 30,620 | 663,147 | 21.6 | 7 | Sheba |
Al Mahrah | المهرة | Al Ghaydah | 122,500 | 400,000 | 3.2 | 8 | Hadramaut |
Al Mahwit | المحويت | Al Mahwit | 2,858 | 732,360 | 256.2 | 9 | Tahamah |
Amanat Al Asimaha | أمانة العاصمة | Sana'a | 126 | 1,174,767 | 9,323.5 | 10 | N/A |
'Amran | عمران | 'Amran | 9,587 | 1,123,651 | 117.2 | 2 | Azal |
Dhale | الضالع | Dhale | 4,786 | 602,613 | 125.9 | 4 | Aden |
Dhamar | ذمار | Dhamar | 10,495 | 1,697,067 | 161.7 | 11 | Azal |
Hadramaut | حضرموت | Mukalla | 191,737 | 1,329,085 | 6.9 | 12 | Hadramaut |
Hajjah | حجة | Hajjah | 10,141 | 1,887,213 | 186.0 | 13 | Tahamah |
Ibb | إب | Ibb | 6,484 | 3,911,070 | 603.1 | 14 | Al Janad |
Lahij | لحج | Lahij | 15,210 | 926,291 | 60.5 | 15 | Aden |
Ma'rib | مأرب | Ma'rib | 20,023 | 504,696 | 25.2 | 16 | Sheba |
Raymah | ريمة | Al-Jabin | 3,442 | 502,505 | 145.9 | 17 | Tahamah |
Sa'dah | صعدة | Sa'dah | 15,022 | 987,663 | 65.7 | 18 | Azal |
Sana'a | صنعاء | Sana'a | 15,052 | 2,279,665 | 151.4 | 19 | Azal |
Shabwah | شبوة | Ataq | 47,728 | 651,509 | 13.6 | 20 | Hadramaut |
Socotra Archipelagob | محافظة أرخبيل سقطرى | Hadibu | 2,359 | 60,000 | 40.9 | 22 | Hadramaut |
Taiz | تعز | Taiz | 12,605 | 4,554,443 | 361.3 | 21 | Al Janad |
Yemen | اليَمَن | Sana'a | 528,076 | 30,109,225 | 57.0 |
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Category | Unitary state |
Location | Republic of Yemen |
Number | 21 governorates, 1 municipality |
Populations | (Governorates only): 44,120 (Socotra) – 4,554,443 (Taiz) |
Areas | (Governorates only): 130 km2 (49 sq mi) (Sana'a) – 99,000 km2 (38,300 sq mi) (Hadhramaut) |
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Notes:
a - Also known as Sanaa City, it is not part of any federal region
b - Socotra Governorate was created in December 2013 from parts of the Hadhramaut Governorate, data included there
The governorates are subdivided into 333 districts (muderiah), which are subdivided into 1,996 sub-districts, and then into 40,793 villages and 88,817 sub villages (as of 2013).[3]
Before 1990, Yemen existed as two separate entities. South Yemen consisted of modern Aden, Abyan, Al Mahrah, Dhale, Hadramaut, Socotra, Lahij, and Shabwah Governorates, while the rest made up North Yemen. For more information, see Historic Governorates of Yemen.