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Governorates of Yemen

List of subdivisions in Yemen


Summary

List of subdivisions in Yemen

FieldValue
nameGovernorates of Yemen
محافظات اليمن
alt_nameMuhafazah
map
categoryUnitary state
territoryRepublic of Yemen
current_number21 governorates, 1 municipality
population_range(Governorates only): 44,120 (Socotra) – 4,554,443 (Taiz)
area_range(Governorates only): 49 sqmi (Sana'a) – 38300 sqmi (Hadhramaut)
governmentGovernorate government, National government
subdivisionDistrict

محافظات اليمن The Republic of Yemen is divided into twenty-one governorates (muhafazah) and one municipality (amanah):

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).

Before reunification in 1990, Yemen existed as two separate countries. South Yemen consisted of modern Aden, Abyan, Mahrah, Dhale, Hadramaut, Socotra, Lahij, and Shabwah Governorates, while the rest made up North Yemen. For more information, see Historic Governorates of Yemen.

List of governorates

Name in
EnglishName in
ArabicCapitalArea
(km2)url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912231841/http://www.cso-yemen.org/content.php?lng=english&id=661date=12 September 2015}}. 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.Population
DensityKey
AbyanأبينZinjibar21,939658,82430.03
AdenعدنAden1,1141,087,653976.31
Al BaydaالبيضاءAl Bayda11,193835,68374.65
Al HudaydahالحديدةHodeidah17,5093,774,914215.56
Al JawfالجوفAl Hazm30,620663,14721.67
Al MahrahالمهرةAl Ghaydah122,500400,0003.28
Al MahwitالمحويتAl Mahwit2,858732,360256.29
Amanat Al Asimahaأمانة العاصمةSanaa1261,174,7679,323.510
'Amranعمران'Amran9,5871,123,651117.22
DhaleالضالعDhale4,786602,613125.94
DhamarذمارDhamar10,4951,697,067161.711
HadramautحضرموتMukalla191,7371,329,0856.912
HajjahحجةHajjah10,1411,887,213186.013
IbbإبIbb6,4843,911,070603.114
LahijلحجLahij15,210926,29160.515
Ma'ribمأربMa'rib20,023504,69625.216
RaymahريمةAl Jabin3,442502,505145.917
SaadaصعدةSaada15,022987,66365.718
SanaaصنعاءSanaa15,0522,279,665151.419
ShabwahشبوةAtaq47,728651,50913.620
Socotra Archipelagobمحافظة أرخبيل سقطرىHadibu235960,00025.422
TaizتعزTaiz12,6054,554,443361.321
YemenاليَمَنSanaa528,07630,109,22557.0

Notes:

b - Socotra Governorate was created in December 2013 from parts of the Hadhramaut Governorate, data included there

References

References

  1. منصور, رانيا. (2017-10-21). "Yemeni Governorates".
  2. [http://www.world-gazetteer.com/ ctv.ca] Yemen, divisions
  3. link. (12 September 2015. 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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