Govrenorates o Yemen
Appearance
Yemen is dividit intae 22 govrenorates (muhafazah) an ane municipality:
Diveesion | Arabic | Caipital Ceety | Aurie [1] km² |
Pop (2012) [2] |
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
[eedit | eedit soorce]References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ http://www.world-gazetteer.com Archived 2013-08-28 at the Wayback Machine, Yemen, divisions
- ↑ Central Statistical Organisation of Yemen. General Population Housing and Establishment Census 2012 Final Results [1] Archived 2013-05-21 at the Wayback Machine, Statistic Yearbook 2005 of Yemen [2] Archived 2010-06-20 at the Wayback Machine