Governorates of Yemen
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Yemen is divided into 21 governorates (muhafazah):
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| Division | Arabic | Capital City | Area [1] km² |
Pop (2004) [2] |
Key | ||||||||||||||
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| Former North Yemen (Yemen Arab Republic), until 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 'Amran | 'Amran | 9,013 | 877,786 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Ad Dali' | Ad Dali' | 4,448 | 470,564 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Al Bayda' | Al Bayda | 10,487 | 577,369 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Al Hudaydah | Al Hudaydah | 15,407 | 2,157,552 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Al Jawf | Al Jawf | 46,170 | 443,797 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Al Mahwit | Al Mahwit | 2,452 | 494,557 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Amanat Al Asimah | San'a' | 126 | 1,747,834 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| Dhamar | Dhamar | 8,705 | 1,330,108 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| Hajjah | Hajjah | 9,376 | 1,479,568 | 13 | |||||||||||||||
| Ibb | Ibb | 6,031 | 2,131,861 | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| Ma'rib | Ma'rib | 19,529 | 238,522 | 16 | |||||||||||||||
| Raymah | 2,239 | 394,448 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sa'dah | Sa'dah | 14,364 | 695,033 | 18 | |||||||||||||||
| Sana'a | San'a' | 13,730 | 919,215 | 19 | |||||||||||||||
| Ta'izz | Ta'izz | 11,573 | 2,393,425 | 21 | |||||||||||||||
| Former South Yemen (People's Democratic Republic of Yemen), until 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 'Adan | عدن | Aden | 825 | 589,419 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Abyan | أبين | Zinjibar | 20,380 | 433,819 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Al Mahrah | المهرة | Al Ghaydah | 78,073 | 88,594 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Hadramaut | حضرموت | Al Mukalla | 195,626 | 1,028,556 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Lahij | لحج | Lahij | 14,003 | 722,694 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Shabwah | شبوة | 'Ataq | 45,519 | 470,440 | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Yemen | San'a' | 528,076 | |||||||||||||||||
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
References
- ^ http://www.world-gazetteer.com, Yemen, divisions
- ^ Central Statistical Organisation of Yemen. General Population Housing and Establishment Census 2004 Final Results [1], Statistic Yearbook 2005 of Yemen [2]