Sanaa Governorate

Governorate of Yemen

For the capital city of Yemen, see Sanaa.

Governorate in Azal Region, Yemen

Sanaa

صَنْعَاء

Governorate

Coordinates: 15°21′N 44°12′E﻿ / ﻿15.350°N 44.200°E﻿ / 15.350; 44.200
Country| Yemen
Region| Azal Region
Seat| Sanaa
Government

• Governor| Abdul Qawi Sharif (pro-Hadi Government)
Area

• Total

| 15,052 km2 (5,812 sq mi)
Population

(2011)[1]

• Total

| 2,409,000
• Density| 160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Jabal Nuqm or Jabal Nuqum in the area of Sanaa. Local legend has it that after the death of Noah, his son Shem built the city at the base of this mountain.[2]

Sanaa (Arabic: صَنْعَاء Ṣanʿāʾ), also spelled San'a' or Sana, is a governorate of Yemen. Its capital is Sanaa, which is also the national capital. However, the city of Sanaa is not part of the governorate but instead forms the separate governorate of Amanat Al-Asemah. The Governorate covers an area of 13,850 km2 (5,350 sq mi). As of 2004, the population was 2,918,379 inhabitants. Within this place is Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb or Jabal Hadhur,[3][4][5] the highest mountain in the nation and the Arabian Peninsula.[6][7]

## Geography

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### Adjacent governorates

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* Amanat Al-Asemah (Sanaa city)
* Marib Governorate (east)
* Al Bayda Governorate (south)
* Dhamar Governorate (south)
* Raymah Governorate (southwest)
* Al Hudaydah Governorate (west)
* Al Mahwit Governorate (west)
* 'Amran Governorate (northwest)
* Al Jawf Governorate (north)

### Districts

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Sanaa Governorate is divided into the following 16 districts. These districts are further divided into sub-districts, and then further subdivided into villages:

#### Northern

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* Nihm district
* Arhab district

#### Western

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Arabia's highest mountain, Jabal Hadhur[3][4][5] or Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb of the Harazi subrange of the Sarat range,[6][7] is in Bani Matar district[5]

* Hamdan district
* Bani Matar district (wherein is located Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb or Jabal Hadhur)[3][4][5]
* Al Haymah Ad Dakhiliyah district
* Al Haymah Al Kharijiyah district
* Manakhah district
* Sa'fan district

#### Eastern

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* Bani Hushaysh district
* Sanhan district
* Bilad Ar Rus district
* Attyal district
* Jihanah district
* Al Husn district
* Khwlan district
* Bani Dhabyan district

### Populated places

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* Ad Da'ir
* Ad Dabbat
* Ad Dabr
* Ad Dahrah
* Ad Dar Al Bayda'
* Ad Dayʽah
* Ad Dilʽ
* Ad Dummam
* Ad Durub
* Ad-Dafa
* ʽAdar
* ʽAfish
* Al ʽAbbasi
* Al ʽArashi
* Al ʽArid, Yemen
* Al ʽArif
* Al ʽArus
* Al ʽAtm
* Al ʽIdiz
* Al ʽIrrah
* Al ʽUlliyah
* Al ʽUrr
* Al ʽUruq
* Al Abraq, Yemen
* Al Aljam
* Al Aysar
* Al Barar
* Al Bashawil
* Al Baslan
* Al Fisirah
* Al Ghalil
* Al Ghiras
* Al Hajjarah
* Al Hajz
* Al Hanajir
* Al Hanakah
* Al Harajah
* Al harf
* Al Harrah, Yemen
* Al Hashishiyah
* Al Hatab
* Al Hatabah
* Al Hatarish
* Al Hawiri
* Al Hayfah
* Al Hijlah
* Al-Hijrah
* Al-Husayn, Yemen
* Al-Jaʽadib
* Al-Ja'If
* Al-Jaʽr
* Al-Jaby
* Al-Jahili
* Al-Jahiliyah, Sanaʽa
* Al-Jalb
* Al-Janadib
* Al-Jannat
* Al-Jarda'
* Al-Jayrif
* Al-Jiraf
* Al-Jirah
* Al-Jirmah
* Al-Jirwah
* Al-Jurn
* Al-Kawlah
* Al-Khamis
* Al-Kharabah, Sanaʽa
* Al-Kharibah
* Al-Kharifi
* Al-Khasamah
* Al-Khirah
* Al-Lakamah
* Al-Lijam
* Al-Lumi
* Al-Maʽinah
* Al-Ma'Khadh
* Al-Ma'Mar
* Al-Maʽshur
* Al-Maʽyanah
* Al-Madawir
* Al-Madlaʽah
* Al-Magharib
* Al-Mahadhi
* Al-Mahajir
* Al-Mahaqirah
* Al-Mahattah
* Al-Makarib
* Al-Manar, Sanaʽa
* Al-Mantar
* Al-Maqtuʽ
* Al-Marahidah
* Al-Marasib
* Al-Marzamah
* Al-Masajid, Sanaʽa
* Al-Masinah
* Al-Masnaʽah
* Al-Matrat
* Al-Mawqaʽ
* Al-Mayqaʽ
* Al-Miʽzab
* Al-Miqash
* Al-Miqyadah
* Al-Mishraf
* Al-Munaqqab
* Al-Qadam
* Al-Qadhaf
* Al-Qalis
* Al-Qarah, Sanaʽa
* Al-Qasim, Sanaʽa
* Al-Qasr
* Al-Qirran
* Al-Qufl, Sanaʽa
* Al-Qulad
* Al-Qurayshi
* Al-Waqf, Yemen
* Al-Watan, Sanaʽa
* Al-Yaʽabir
* Al-Yaʽar
* ʽAlman
* ʽAmad
* ʽAmaqah
* ʽAmbaq
* ʽAmd
* Amrash
* ‘Amri
* An Nabat
* An Najd
* Anib
* ʽAqlar
* Ar Rabam
* Ar Rahabah
* Ar Ramad
* Ar Rawdah, Sanaʽa
* Ar Rawnah
* Ar Rihabi
* ʽAraqah
* ʽArjaz
* ʽArtam
* Artil
* As Salahi
* As Salul
* As Sawadayn
* As Sirr, Yemen
* As Sudah
* As Sunnatayn
* Asal, Yemen
* Ash Sharaf, Sanaʽa
* Ash Shiʽb al-Aswad
* Ash Shutbah
* ʽAshib
* ʽAsr
* At Tawilah
* ʽAttan
* ʽAwmarah
* Az Zaby
* Az Zafir
* Az Zahrah
* Az Zurah
* Baʽadan
* Bahkah
* Bahlul, Yemen
* Bahman, Yemen
* Bakar, Yemen
* Balsanah
* Bani ʽAbbad
* Bani ʽAbd
* Bani ʽAsim
* Bani ʽId
* Bani ʽUtban
* Bani Az Zubayr
* Bani Dahman
* Bani Dawud
* Bani Dud
* Bani Hawat
* Bani Humi
* Bani Jawbah
* Bani Malik
* Bani Mansur
* Bani Marih
* Bani Maymun
* Bani Murrah
* Bani Nukayʽ
* Bani Qutran
* Bani Sabʽah
* Bani Shaddad
* Bani Shubati
* Bani Sulayman
* Bani Sulih
* Bani Za'Id
* Bani Ziyad
* Barhan
* Baril, Yemen
* Barran, Yemen
* Bawʽan
* Bayn ʽAmir
* Bayt Ad Dayl
* Bayt Adh Dhafif
* Bayt Adh Dhi'B
* Bayt ʽAdhran
* Bayt al-ʽAli
* Bayt al-ʽAnsi
* Bayt al-Bihar
* Bayt al-Ghawi
* Bayt al-Hamra'
* Bayt al-Hamudi
* Bayt al-Haqr
* Bayt al-Harithi
* Bayt al-Hawiri
* Bayt al-Hindawana
* Bayt al-Huwayt
* Bayt al-Jiddi
* Bayt al-Mifdal
* Bayt al-Mudʽi
* Bayt al-Mushriqi
* Bayt al-Qadi
* Bayt al-Qamus
* Bayt al-Qunayyah
* Bayt al-Wishah
* Bayt al-Yatim
* Bayt al-Yisri
* Bayt ʽAmir
* Bayt an-Naʽam
* Bayt An Nukhayf
* Bayt ar-Rubuʽi
* Bayt Ar Rumaym
* Bayt Arhab
* Bayt As Suwaydi
* Bayt Az Zafiq
* Bayt Az Zaydah
* Bayt Az Zubdani
* Bayt Az Zuwar
* Bayt Baws
* Bayt Bi'R Zanir
* Bayt Daʽir
* Bayt Dahrah
* Bayt Fashid
* Bayt Ghadir
* Bayt Ghawbar
* Bayt Habis
* Bayt Hadir
* Bayt Hanbas
* Bayt Hirash
* Bayt ʽIsa
* Bayt Juhays
* Bayt Jurayd
* Bayt Kahin
* Bayt Katmasar
* Bayt Khulaqah
* Bayt Mahdam
* Bayt Mahfad
* Bayt Majraz
* Bayt Marran
* Bayt Miʽyad
* Bayt Naʽamah
* Bayt Naʽim
* Bayt Qatir
* Bayt Radm
* Bayt Rijal
* Bayt Saʽd
* Bayt Shaban
* Bayt Shimran
* Bayt Shu'ayb
* Bayt Shubayl
* Bayt Suwa
* Bayt Umm Jalli
* Bayt ʽUqab
* Bayt Yaram
* Bayt Zabadan
* Bi'R al-Hudhayl
* Bid Bida
* Daʽan
* Fatihat
* Ghabir
* Ghadran
* Ghayman
* Ghulah Dhayfan
* Ghurabah
* Hababah
* Habas, Yemen
* Haddah
* Hadir, Yemen
* Hadrami, Sanaʽa
* Hadran, Yemen
* Hadur
* Hafat Idris
* Hafid, Yemen
* Hajana
* Hajar Saʽid
* Hakam, Yemen
* Halhal
* Hallah, Yemen
* Hamdani, Yemen
* Hamidah
* Hammar
* Hanadan, Yemen
* Harran, Yemen
* Haz, Yemen
* Hijrat al-Kibs
* Husn Mashmal
* Hutaib
* Ibn Hajib
* ʽIlaf
* ʽIman
* ʽInad
* ʽIyal Musa
* Ja'If Hamdan
* Jaʽlal
* Jabal ʽUras
* Jabal al-Mururah
* Jadar, Yemen
* Jawb
* Jidr al-Aʽla
* Jidr al-Asfal
* Jihanah
* Jiharine
* Jirban
* Kabar, Yemen
* Karin, Yemen
* Khadarah
* Khalaqah
* Khamar
* Kharab As Sanaf
* Khiwan
* Kushar
* Lakamat al-Kuruf
* Lakamat al-Miʽqab
* Luluwah
* Madam, Yemen
* Madarah
* Madhbah
* Madhbal
* Madid
* Madinat Khayan
* Madwal
* Mafhaq
* Mahajil
* Mahall Rayd
* Mahaqra
* Mahwa Aser
* Mahwash, Yemen
* Malikah, Yemen
* Manakhah
* Manwar
* Masʽud
* Masaarde
* Masham, Yemen
* Masur, Yemen
* Masyab
* Matnah
* Matwah
* Mawsanah
* Melaba
* Mughrabi, Yemen
* Naʽat, Yemen
* Najr
* Naqi al-Fardah
* Naqil Yaslah
* Nuʽḍ
* Numayr, Sanaʽa
* Nusayl Zirajah
* Qahazah
* Qamlan
* Qarat Bani Suwar
* Qaratil
* Qarin, Yemen
* Qarn Hashim
* Qaryat al-Musalli
* Qaryat al-Qabil
* Qaryat al-ʽUrrah as-Sufla
* Qaryat ʽAsr al-Asfal
* Qataʽ
* Quflat ʽUdhr
* Qusayr, Yemen
* Radman, Yemen
* Rahabah
* Raju, Yemen
* Rakab
* Rayʽan
* Raymah
* Rayshan
* Rayshan Bani Matar
* Riham
* Rohm As Sufla
* Ruhayqah
* Ruhm al-ʽUlya
* Ruhm As Sufla
* Ruhub
* Safia, Yemen
* Samaʽ
* Sanaʽa
* Sanaf
* Sanhan, Yemen
* Sarf
* Sawad, Yemen
* Saʽwan
* Sayh, Yemen
* Sayyan
* Shamlan, Yemen
* Sharaf, Yemen
* Shararah
* Shatbi
* Shaybirah
* Sinaf
* Sinan, Yemen
* Sinwan
* Sirwan, Yemen
* Suʽut
* Subar
* Sudan, Yemen
* Sudum
* Sumayr
* Suq al-Jumʽah
* Suq As Sabt
* Suq Bayt Naʽam
* Suq Buʽan
* Suryan
* Thalsa'
* Tubr
* Tuzan
* ʽUruq
* ʽUwayrah
* Waʽla
* Waʽlan
* Wadi al-Bi'R
* Wadi al-Jar
* Wadi Har
* Waqash
* Wasit, Sanaʽa
* Wasl
* Yashiʽ
* Zijān

## References

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1. ^ "Statistical Yearbook 2011". Central Statistical Organisation. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
2. ^ McLaughlin, Daniel (2008). "3: Sana'a". Yemen. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 67\. ISBN 978-1-8416-2212-5.
3. ^ a b c زبارة, محمد بن محمد بن يحيى اليمني/الصنعاني (1998-01-01). نيل الوطر من تراجم رجال اليمن في القرن الثالث عشر 1-2 ج1 (in Arabic). Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah (دار الكتب العلمية). ISBN 978-2-7451-2623-8.
4. ^ a b c Gazetteer of Arabia. Vol. II [1044] (81/688). Qatar Digital Library. 1917. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
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Places adjacent to Sanaa Governorate

| 'Amran Governorate |  | Al Jawf Governorate

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Al Mahwit Governorate |

Sanaʽa Governorate (surrounds Sanaʽa)

| Ma'rib Governorate
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Al Hudaydah Governorate
Raymah Governorate | Dhamar Governorate | Al Bayda' Governorate

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Sanaa Governorate

Capital: Sanaa

Districts|

| Al Haymah Ad Dakhiliyah district|

* Bani Amr
* Bani al-Sayagh
* Al-Ahbub
* Al-Jada'an
* Bani Muhalhil
* Blad al-Qabayl
* Bani al-Nimri
* Bani Yousef (Sanaa)
* Bani al-Hudhyfi

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Al Haymah Al Kharijiyah district|

* Mafhaq (Sanaa)
* Bani Mansour (Sanaa)
* Al-Arwsh
* Wahbi (Sanaa)
* Al-Sawfah
* Bayt al-Aliyai
* Al-Jahadib
* Darwan (Sanaa)
* Sahah
* Yada'a
* Bani Sulaiman (Al Haymah Al Kharijiyah)
* Al-Raba'a
* Al-Mikhlaf
* Al-Ajaz
* Bayt Ibn Mahdi
* Bani Bajair
* Bani Juhdab
* Bani Mohamed
* Bani Arwah
* Julalah
* Al-Sads
* Al-Hatb
* Al-Mahyam
* Al-Amour
* Bayt al-Jarydi
* Bani Walid (Sanaa)
* Bani al-Qalam
* Dhabi Siham
* Bani Faras
* Bani Shamhan

Al Husn district|

* Al-Yamanyah al-Allya

Arhab district|

* Bani Ali (Sanaa)
* Iyal Abdillah
* Al-Mansur (Sanaa)
* Shakir (Sanaa)
* Bayt Marran (Sanaa)
* Bani Hakam
* Al-Zubayrat
* Bani Sulaiman (Arhab)
* Habar (Sanaa)
* Zindan (Sanaa)
* Al-Khamis (Sanaa)
* Sha'ab (Sanaa)
* Al-Thulth (Sanaa)
* Hizam
* Bani Murah

Attyal district|

* Bani Siham
* Bani Jabr (Sanaa)
* Al-Sahman
* Jabal al-Lawz (Sanaa)
* Qarwa al-Tyyal

Bani Dhabyan district|

* Bani Dhabyan

Bani Hushaysh district|

* Iyal Malik
* Sa'awan
* Saraf
* Dhi Marmar
* Adhran
* Rajm (Sanaa)
* Al-Sharafh
* Al-Abna' (Sanaa)
* Al-Rawnah

Bani Matar district|

* Bani Qais (Sanaa)
* Diyan (Sanaa)
* Jabal al-Nabi Shua'ib
* Al-Arous
* Janab (Sanaa)
* Bani al-Ra'i
* Shihab al-Asfal
* Shihab al-Alla
* Al-Hadab (Sanaa)
* Al-Thulth (Bani Matar)
* Al-Barwayh
* Baniswar
* Haza Sahman
* Baqlan

Bilad Ar Rus district|

* Raba'al-Abs
* Wa'alan
* Al-Raba al-Sharqi
* Raba' Awlad Hassan

Hamdan district|

* Raba' Hamdan
* Wada'ah
* Jashm
* Bani Makram

Jihanah district|

* Maswar
* Al-Yamanyah al-Sufla
* Hadhar
* Qarwa'
* Sahman Jihanah

Khawlan district|

* Al-Arwsh (Khawlan)
* Habab Al Hantash
* Bani Shadad
* Al-Makir al-Laghba

Manakhah district|

* Manakhah (Sanaa)
* Da'wah (Sanaa)
* Bani Hassan and Hussein
* Bani Barh
* Bani Ishaq
* Bani Ismail
* Al-Aghmur
* Al-Sads and Bani Atta
* Bani Khatab
* Al-Magharb al-Allya
* Al-Magharb al-Sufla
* Hasban
* Lahab
* Al-Ya'abr
* Bani Muqatl
* Hawzan
* Masar (Sanaa)

Nihm district|

* Iyal Sayad
* Iyal Mansour
* Al-Hanashat
* Iyal Ghafir
* Marhabah (Sanaa)

Sa'fan district|

* Mutwah
* Al-Magharib (Sanaa)
* Bani Jarbin
* Al-Jarawh
* Bani Ishaq (Sa'fan)
* Bani Araf
* Madwal (Sanaa)
* Al-Daraf

Sanhan and Bani Bahlul district|

* Al-Hams al-Adani
* Al-Khums al-Khams
* Wadi Jabib
* Wadi Janah
* Khams al-Wadi al-Awsat
* Sarfah and Dajah
* Anaqah
* Wadi al-Ajbar
* Al-Raba al-Gharbi
* Al-Farwat
* Qa'a al-Hibab

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