The Republic of Yemen is divided into twenty-one governorates (muhafazah) and one municipality (amanah).
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).!! Population<br>(2013)!! Population<br>Density !! Key
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| Abyan || style="direction:rtl" |
| Zinjibar || align="right" | 21,939 || align="right" | 658,824
| 30.0 || align="right" | 3
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| Aden || style="direction:rtl" |
| Aden || align="right" | 1,114 || align="right" | 1,087,653
| 976.3 || align="right" | 1
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| Al Bayda || style="direction:rtl" |
| Al Bayda || align="right" | 11,193 || align="right" | 835,683
| 74.6 || align="right" | 5
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| Al Hudaydah || style="direction:rtl" |
| Hodeidah || align="right" | 17,509 || align="right" | 3,774,914
| 215.5 || align="right" | 6
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| Al Jawf || style="direction:rtl" |
| Al Hazm || align="right" | 30,620 || align="right" | 663,147
| 21.6 || align="right" | 7
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| Al Mahrah || style="direction:rtl" |
| Al Ghaydah || align="right" | 122,500 || align="right" | 400,000
| 3.2 || align="right" | 8
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| Al Mahwit || style="direction:rtl" |
| Al Mahwit || align="right" | 2,858 || align="right" | 732,360
| 256.2 || align="right" | 9
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| Amanat Al Asimah<sup>a</sup> || style="direction:rtl" |
| Sanaa || align="right" | 126 || align="right" | 1,174,767
| 9,323.5 || align="right" | 10
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| 'Amran || style="direction:rtl" |
| 'Amran || align="right" | 9,587 || align="right" | 1,123,651
| 117.2 || align="right" | 2
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| Dhale || style="direction:rtl" |
| Dhale || align="right" | 4,786 || align="right" | 602,613
| 125.9 || align="right" | 4
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| Dhamar || style="direction:rtl" |
| Dhamar || align="right" | 10,495 || align="right" | 1,697,067
| 161.7 || align="right" | 11
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| Hadramaut || style="direction:rtl" |
| Mukalla || align="right" | 191,737 || align="right" | 1,329,085
| 6.9 || align="right" | 12
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| Hajjah || style="direction:rtl" |
| Hajjah || align="right" | 10,141 || align="right" | 1,887,213
| 186.0 || align="right" | 13
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| Ibb || style="direction:rtl" |
| Ibb || align="right" | 6,484 || align="right" | 3,911,070
| 603.1 || align="right" | 14
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| Lahij || style="direction:rtl" |
| Lahij || align="right" | 15,210 || align="right" | 926,291
| 60.5 || align="right" | 15
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| Ma'rib || style="direction:rtl" |
| Ma'rib || align="right" | 20,023 || align="right" | 504,696
| 25.2 || align="right" | 16
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| Raymah || style="direction:rtl" |
| Al Jabin || align="right" | 3,442 || align="right" | 502,505
| 145.9 || align="right" | 17
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| Saada || style="direction:rtl" |
| Saada || align="right" | 15,022 || align="right" | 987,663
| 65.7 || align="right" | 18
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| Sanaa || style="direction:rtl" |
| Sanaa || align="right" | 15,052 || align="right" | 2,279,665
| 151.4 || align="right" | 19
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| Shabwah || style="direction:rtl" |
| Ataq || align="right" | 47,728 || align="right" | 651,509
| 13.6 || align="right" | 20
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| Socotra Archipelago<sup>b</sup> || style="direction:rtl" |
| Hadibu || align="right" | 2359 || align="right" | 60,000
| 25.4 || align="right" | 22
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| Taiz || style="direction:rtl" |
| Taiz || align="right" | 12,605 || align="right" | 4,554,443
| 361.3 || align="right" | 21
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| Yemen || style="direction:rtl" |
| Sanaa || align="right" | 528,076 || align="right" | 30,109,225
| 57.0 ||
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Notes:<br>
<sup>b</sup> - Socotra Governorate was created in December 2013 from parts of the Hadhramaut Governorate, data included there
See also
- ISO 3166-2:YE