Administrative divisions of Yemen
As of February 2004, Yemen is divided into twenty governorates (muhafazah) and one municipality.[1] 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).
List
| Key | Division | Capital city | Population 2004 census[2] |
Population 2006 est.[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 'Adan | Aden | 589,419 | 634,710 |
| 2 | 'Amran | 'Amran | 877,786 | 909,992 |
| 3 | Abyan | Zinjibar | 433,819 | 454,535 |
| 4 | Ad Dali | Ad Dali' | 470,564 | 504,533 |
| 5 | Al Bayda' | Al Bayda' | 577,369 | 605,303 |
| 6 | Al Hudaydah | Al Hudaydah | 2,157,552 | 2,300,179 |
| 7 | Al Jawf | Al Jawf | 443,797 | 465,737 |
| 8 | Al Mahrah | Al Ghaydah | 88,594 | 96,768 |
| 9 | Al Mahwit | Al Mahwit | 494,557 | 523,236 |
| 10 | Amanat Al Asimah | Sana'a | 1,747,834 | 1,947,139 |
| 11 | Dhamar | Dhamar | 1,330,108 | 1,412,142 |
| 12 | Hadramaut | Al Mukalla | 1,028,556 | 1,092,967 |
| 13 | Hajjah | Hajjah | 1,479,568 | 1,570,872 |
| 14 | Ibb | Ibb | 2,131,861 | 2,238,537 |
| 15 | Lahij | Lahij | 722,694 | 761,160 |
| 16 | Ma'rib | Ma'rib | 238,522 | 251,668 |
| 17 | Raymah | Raymah | 394,448 | 418,659 |
| 18 | Sa'dah | Sa`dah | 695,033 | 746,957 |
| 19 | Sana'a | Sana'a | 919,215 | 957,798 |
| 20 | Shabwah | Ataq | 470,440 | 494,638 |
| 21 | Ta'izz | Ta`izz | 2,393,425 | 2,513,003 |
| 22 | Socotra[4] | Hadibu | 1) | 1) |
1) Soqatra Governorate created in December 2013 from parts of Hadramaut, data included there
Historical subdivisions
Yemen became a unified country in May 1990 after the merger of the northern "Yemen Arab Republic" (North Yemen) and the southern "People's Democratic Republic of Yemen" (South Yemen).
Governorates of South Yemen
Following independence, South Yemen was divided into six governorates (Arabic: muhafazat), with roughly natural boundaries, each given a Roman numeral.
| Numeral | Name | Approximate area (km.²) | Capital |
| I | 'Adan | 6,980 | Aden |
| II | Lahij | 12,766 | Lahij |
| III | Abyan | 21,489 | Zinjibar |
| IV | Shabwah | 73,908 | Ataq |
| V | Hadhramawt | 155,376 | Al Mukalla |
| VI | al-Mahra | 66,350 | Al Ghaydah |
Provinces of North Yemen
Until 1980, North Yemen was split into governorates. In 1980, the country was reorganized into eight provinces (Arabic: liwa).
| Name | Approximate area (km.²) |
| Al-Bayda' | 15,000 |
| Al-Hudaydah | 35,000 |
| Hajjah | 17,000 |
| Ibb | 13,000 |
| Rida' | 10,000 |
| Sa`dah | 18,000 |
| San`a' | 80,000 |
| Ta`izz | 12,000 |
References
- ^ Governorates of Yemen.
- ^ Central Statistical Organisation of Yemen. General Population Housing and Establishment Census 2004 Final Results [1], Statistic Yearbook 2005 of Yemen [2]
- ^ Statistic Yearbook 2006 of Yemen
- ^ https://presidenthadi-gov-ye.info/en/archives/law-establishing-province-of-socotra-archipelago-issued/