Governorates of Yemen
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| Governorates of Yemen محافظات اليمن |
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| Also known as: Muhafazah |
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| 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 |
| This article is part of a series on the politics and government of 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 |
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| 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.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ http://www.world-gazetteer.com, Yemen, divisions
- ^ Central Statistical Organisation of Yemen. General Population Housing and Establishment Census 2012 Final Results [1], Statistic Yearbook 2005 of Yemen [2]
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