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 reunification in 1990, Yemen existed as two separate countries. 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

Name in
English		Name in
Arabic		CapitalArea
(km2)[3]		Population
(2013)[2]		Population
Density		Key
Abyanأبين Zinjibar21,939658,824 30.03
Adenعدن Aden1,1141,087,653 976.31
Al Baydaالبيضاء Al Bayda11,193835,683 74.65
Al Hudaydahالحديدة Hodeidah17,5093,774,914 215.56
Al Jawfالجوف Al Hazm30,620663,147 21.67
Al Mahrahالمهرة Al Ghaydah122,500400,000 3.28
Al Mahwitالمحويت Al Mahwit2,858732,360 256.29
Amanat Al Asimahaأمانة العاصمة Sanaa1261,174,767 9,323.510
'Amranعمران 'Amran9,5871,123,651 117.22
Dhaleالضالع Dhale4,786602,613 125.94
Dhamarذمار Dhamar10,4951,697,067 161.711
Hadramautحضرموت Mukalla191,7371,329,085 6.912
Hajjahحجة Hajjah10,1411,887,213 186.013
Ibbإب Ibb6,4843,911,070 603.114
Lahijلحج Lahij15,210926,291 60.515
Ma'ribمأرب Ma'rib20,023504,696 25.216
Raymahريمة Al Jabin3,442502,505 145.917
Saadaصعدة Saada15,022987,663 65.718
Sanaaصنعاء Sanaa15,0522,279,665 151.419
Shabwahشبوة Ataq47,728651,509 13.620
Socotra Archipelagobمحافظة أرخبيل سقطرى Hadibu235960,000 25.422
Taizتعز Taiz12,6054,554,443 361.321
Yemenاليَمَن Sanaa528,07630,109,225 57.0

Notes:
b - Socotra Governorate was created in December 2013 from parts of the Hadhramaut Governorate, data included there

See also

References

  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. 1 2 Central Statistical Organisation of Yemen. Statistic Yearbook 2013 of Yemen 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
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governorates_of_Yemen