Governorates of Yemen
محافظات اليمن
  • Also known as:
  • Muhafazah
A clickable map of Yemen exhibiting its 21 governorates.
A clickable map of Yemen exhibiting its 21 governorates.
CategoryUnitary state
LocationRepublic of Yemen
Number21 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)
Government
Subdivisions

Yemen is divided into twenty-one governorates (muhafazah) and one municipality (amanah):[1]

Name in
English		Name in
Arabic		CapitalArea
(km2)[2]		Population
(2013)[3]		Population
Density		KeyFederal
Region
Abyanأبين Zinjibar21,939658,824 30.03Aden
Adenعدن Aden1,1141,087,653 976.31Aden
Al Baydaالبيضاء Al Bayda11,193835,683 74.65Sheba
Al Hudaydahالحديدة Al Hudaydah17,5093,774,914 215.56Tahamah
Al Jawfالجوف Al Hazm30,620663,147 21.67Sheba
Al Mahrahالمهرة Al Ghaydah122,500400,000 3.28Hadramaut
Al Mahwitالمحويت Al Mahwit2,858732,360 256.29Tahamah
Amanat Al Asimahaأمانة العاصمة Sana'a1261,174,767 9,323.510N/A
'Amranعمران 'Amran9,5871,123,651 117.22Azal
Dhaleالضالع Dhale4,786602,613 125.94Aden
Dhamarذمار Dhamar10,4951,697,067 161.711Azal
Hadramautحضرموت Mukalla191,7371,329,085 6.912Hadramaut
Hajjahحجة Hajjah10,1411,887,213 186.013Tahamah
Ibbإب Ibb6,4843,911,070 603.114Al Janad
Lahijلحج Lahij15,210926,291 60.515Aden
Ma'ribمأرب Ma'rib20,023504,696 25.216Sheba
Raymahريمة Al-Jabin3,442502,505 145.917Tahamah
Sa'dahصعدة Sa'dah15,022987,663 65.718Azal
Sana'aصنعاء Sana'a15,0522,279,665 151.419Azal
Shabwahشبوة Ataq47,728651,509 13.620Hadramaut
Socotra Archipelagobمحافظة أرخبيل سقطرى Hadibu2,35960,000 40.922Hadramaut
Taizتعز Taiz12,6054,554,443 361.321Al Janad
Yemenاليَمَن Sana'a528,07630,109,225 57.0

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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ منصور, رانيا (21 October 2017). "Yemeni Governorates". موسوعة المحيط (in Arabic). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. ↑ ctv.ca Yemen, divisions
  3. 1 2 Central Statistical Organisation of Yemen. Statistic Yearbook 2013 of Yemen Archived 12 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. The fields in the population.xls file are decimals (though they appear as whole numbers). To get the figures in the table, they were multiplied by 1000. Accessed 13 January 2016.

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