Govrenorates o Yemen

Yemen is dividit intae 22 govrenorates (muhafazah) an ane municipality:

A clickable map of Yemen exhibiting its 21 governorates.
Diveesion	Arabic	Caipital Ceety	Aurie km²	Pop (2012)	Key
Umwhile North Yemen (Yemen Arab Republic), till 1990
'Amran	عمران	'Amran	9,587	967,634	2
Ad Dali'	الضالع	Ad Dali'	4,786	597,936	4
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 Jawf	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
Ta'izz	تعز	Ta'izz	12,605	2,817,696	21
Umwhile Sooth Yemen (Fowkdemocratic Republic o Yemen), till 1990
'Adan	عدن	Aden	1,114	589,419	1
Abyan	أبين	Zinjibar	21,939	764,342	3
Al Mahrah	المهرة	Al Ghaydah	82,405	122,453	8
Hadramaut	حضرموت	Al Mukalla	191,737	1,263,754	12
Soqatra	‏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 Govrenorate creatit in Dizember 2013 frae pairts o Hadramaut, data includit thare

The govrenorates are subdividit intae 333 destricts (muderiah), which are subdividit intae 2,210 sub-destricts, and then intae 38,284 veelages (as o 2001).

Afore 1990, Yemen existit as twa separate entities. For mair information, see Admeenistrative diveesions o Yemen.

See an aw

• ISO 3166-2:YE