Governorates of Yemen

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Yemen is divided into 21 governorates (muhafazah):

Division	Arabic	Capital City	Area [1] km²	Pop (2004) [2]	Key
Former North Yemen (Yemen Arab Republic), until 1990
'Amran		'Amran	9,013	877,786	2
Ad Dali'		Ad Dali'	4,448	470,564	4
Al Bayda'		Al Bayda	10,487	577,369	5
Al Hudaydah		Al Hudaydah	15,407	2,157,552	6
Al Jawf		Al Jawf	46,170	443,797	7
Al Mahwit		Al Mahwit	2,452	494,557	9
Amanat Al Asimah		San'a'	126	1,747,834	10
Dhamar		Dhamar	8,705	1,330,108	11
Hajjah		Hajjah	9,376	1,479,568	13
Ibb		Ibb	6,031	2,131,861	14
Ma'rib		Ma'rib	19,529	238,522	16
Raymah			2,239	394,448	17
Sa'dah		Sa'dah	14,364	695,033	18
Sana'a		San'a'	13,730	919,215	19
Ta'izz		Ta'izz	11,573	2,393,425	21
Former South Yemen (People's Democratic Republic of Yemen), until 1990
'Adan	عدن	Aden	825	589,419	1
Abyan	أبين	Zinjibar	20,380	433,819	3
Al Mahrah	المهرة	Al Ghaydah	78,073	88,594	8
Hadramaut	حضرموت	Al Mukalla	195,626	1,028,556	12
Lahij	لحج	Lahij	14,003	722,694	15
Shabwah	شبوة	'Ataq	45,519	470,440	20
Yemen		San'a'	528,076

The governorates are subdivided into 333 districts (muderiah), which are subdivided into 2,210 sub-districts, and then into 38,284 villages (as of 2001).

Before 1990, Yemen existed as two separate entities. For more information, see Historic Governorates of Yemen.

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