Governorates of Yemen

List of type of bureaucratic division in Yemen

Governorates of Yemen
محافظات اليمن

* Also known as:
* Muhafazah

A clickable map of Yemen exhibiting its 21 governorates.
Category| Unitary state
Location| Republic of Yemen
Number| 21 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|

* Governorate government, National government

Subdivisions|

* District

This article is part of a series on the

Politics of
Yemen
Member State of the Arab League

Constitution

* Legal system
* Human rights
* LGBT rights

Executive

* Presidential Leadership Council (PLC)
* Chairman:
* Rashad al-Alimi
* Deputy Chairmen:
* Tareq Saleh
* Sultan Ali al-Arada
* Aidarus al-Zoubaidi
* Abdullah al-Alimi Bawazeer
* Prime Minister: Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak

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* Supreme Political Council (SPC)
in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen
* Chairman: Mahdi al-Mashat
* Deputy Chairmen: Sadeq Rass
* Prime Minister: Ahmed al-Rahawi

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● Cabinet of Yemen

Legislature

* House of Representatives
* Speaker: Sultan al-Barakani (GPC)

Administrative divisions

* Governorates
* Districts

Elections

• 2012 president

(next president)

• 2003 parliament

(next parliament)

* * *

Political parties

Foreign relations

Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Shaya Al-Zindani

* * *

Diplomatic missions of / in Yemen

* * *

* Passport
* Visa requirements
* Visa policy

Yemen portal

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

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).[2]

Before 1990, Yemen existed as two separate entities. 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

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Name in
English | Name in
Arabic | Capital | Area
(km2)[3] | Population
(2013)[2] | Population
Density | Key | Federal
Region

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Abyan | أبين | Zinjibar | 21,939 | 658,824  | 30.0 | 3 | Aden
Aden | عدن | Aden | 1,114 | 1,087,653  | 976.3 | 1 | Aden
Al Bayda | البيضاء | Al Bayda | 11,193 | 835,683  | 74.6 | 5 | Sheba
Al Hudaydah | الحديدة | Al Hudaydah | 17,509 | 3,774,914  | 215.5 | 6 | Tahamah
Al Jawf | الجوف | Al Hazm | 30,620 | 663,147  | 21.6 | 7 | Sheba
Al Mahrah | المهرة | Al Ghaydah | 122,500 | 400,000  | 3.2 | 8 | Hadramaut
Al Mahwit | المحويت | Al Mahwit | 2,858 | 732,360  | 256.2 | 9 | Tahamah
Amanat Al Asimaha | أمانة العاصمة | Sana'a | 126 | 1,174,767  | 9,323.5 | 10 | N/A
'Amran | عمران | 'Amran | 9,587 | 1,123,651  | 117.2 | 2 | Azal
Dhale | الضالع | Dhale | 4,786 | 602,613  | 125.9 | 4 | Aden
Dhamar | ذمار | Dhamar | 10,495 | 1,697,067  | 161.7 | 11 | Azal
Hadramaut | حضرموت | Mukalla | 191,737 | 1,329,085  | 6.9 | 12 | Hadramaut
Hajjah | حجة | Hajjah | 10,141 | 1,887,213  | 186.0 | 13 | Tahamah
Ibb | إب | Ibb | 6,484 | 3,911,070  | 603.1 | 14 | Al Janad
Lahij | لحج | Lahij | 15,210 | 926,291  | 60.5 | 15 | Aden
Ma'rib | مأرب | Ma'rib | 20,023 | 504,696  | 25.2 | 16 | Sheba
Raymah | ريمة | Al-Jabin | 3,442 | 502,505  | 145.9 | 17 | Tahamah
Sa'dah | صعدة | Sa'dah | 15,022 | 987,663  | 65.7 | 18 | Azal
Sana'a | صنعاء | Sana'a | 15,052 | 2,279,665  | 151.4 | 19 | Azal
Shabwah | شبوة | Ataq | 47,728 | 651,509  | 13.6 | 20 | Hadramaut
Socotra Archipelagob | محافظة أرخبيل سقطرى | Hadibu | 2359 | 60,000  | 25.4 | 22 | Hadramaut
Taiz | تعز | Taiz | 12,605 | 4,554,443  | 361.3 | 21 | Al Janad
Yemen | اليَمَن | Sana'a | 528,076 | 30,109,225  | 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

## See also

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* Yemen portal

* ISO 3166-2:YE

## References

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1. ^ منصور, رانيا (21 October 2017). "Yemeni Governorates". موسوعة المحيط (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 20 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
2. ^ a b Central Statistical Organisation of Yemen. Statistic Yearbook 2013 of Yemen [1] 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.
3. ^ ctv.ca Yemen, divisions

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Governorates of Yemen

* Abyan
* Aden
* Al Mahrah
* Hadramaut
* Lahij
* Shabwah
* Dhale
* 'Amran
* Al Bayda
* Al Hudaydah
* Al Jawf
* Al Mahwit
* Amanat Al Asimah
* Dhamar
* Hajjah
* Ibb
* Ma'rib
* Raymah
* Saada
* Sanaa
* Taiz
* Socotra

* Yemen portal

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