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Yemen, Governorates
As of
February 2004, Yemen is divided into twenty
governorates (muhafazah) and one
municipality.[1] The size of each governorate in
terms of population is as follows:
|
Division |
Capital City |
Pop
(2004) |
Key |
|
Abyan |
Zinjibar |
??? |
1 |
|
'Adan |
Aden |
1,000,000 |
2 |
|
Ad Dali' |
|
470,460 |
3 |
|
Al Bayda' |
Al
Bayda |
571,778 |
4 |
|
Al Hudaydah |
Al
Hudaydah |
2,161,379 |
5 |
|
Al Jawf |
Al
Jawf |
451,426 |
6 |
|
Al Mahrah |
Al
Ghaydah |
89,093 |
7 |
|
Al Mahwit |
Al
Mahwit |
495,865 |
8 |
|
'Amran |
'Amran |
872,789 |
9 |
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Dhamar |
Dhamar |
1,339,229 |
10 |
|
Hadramaut |
Al
Mukalla |
1,029,462 |
11 |
|
Hajjah |
Hajjah |
1,480,897 |
12 |
|
Ibb |
Ibb |
2,137,546 |
13 |
|
Lahij |
Lahij |
727,203 |
14 |
|
Ma'rib |
Ma'rib |
241,690 |
15 |
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Raymah |
|
395,076 |
not
shown |
|
Sa'dah |
Sa`dah |
693,217 |
16 |
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Sana'a |
San`a' |
918,379 |
17 |
|
Sana'a (capital) |
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1,747,627 |
1 |
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Shabwah |
`Ataq |
466,889 |
18 |
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Ta'izz |
Ta`izz |
2,438,656 |
19 |
The
governorates are subdivided into 333 districts,
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.
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