The city is the administrative division which falls under the division of the directorate in the urban, which is the centre of the provinces and the centre of districts as well as every urban population with a population of (5,000) or more people and a basic service or more available.
thumb|250px|alt=A map of Yemen, with several major cities and neighboring countries/bodies of water named and marked.|Map of Yemen
thumb|right|250px|[[Sanaa, capital of Yemen]]
thumb|right|250px|[[Taiz]]
thumb|right|250px|[[Aden, Yemen|Aden]]
thumb|right|250px|[[Mukalla]]
Here is a list of cities in Yemen:
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+ Cities in Yemen
!rowspan="2"| Rank
!colspan="2"| Name
!colspan="2"| Population
!rowspan="2"| Governorate
|-
! Transcription !! Arabic !! Census 1994 !! Estimate 2005
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|align="right" | 1. || Sanaa || align=right | || align="right" | 954,448 || align="right" | 2,431,649 || Sanaa (Capital District)
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|align="right" | 2. || Taiz || align=right | || align="right" | 317,571 || align="right" | 596,672 || Taiz
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|align="right" | 3. || Hodeidah || align=right | || align="right" | 298,452 || align="right" | 548,433 || Al Hudaydah
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|align="right" | 4. || Aden || align=right | || align="right" | 398,294 || align="right" | 507,355 || Aden
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|align="right" | 5. || Ibb || align=right | || align="right" | 103,312 || align="right" | 225,611 || Ibb
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|align="right" | 6. || Dhamar || align=right | || align="right" | 82,920 || align="right" | 160,114 || Dhamar
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|align="right" | 7. || Mukalla || align=right | || align="right" | 122,359 || align="right" | 144,137 || Hadhramaut
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|align="right" | 8. || Seiyun || align=right | || align="right" | 111,728 || align="right" | 120,137 || Hadhramaut
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| align="right" | 9. || Zinjibar|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 50,346 || align="right" | 70,801 ||Abyan
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| align="right" | 10. || Sayyan|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 58,383 || align="right" | 69,993 ||Sanaa
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| align="right" | 11. ||Ash Shihr|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 48,577 || align="right" | 68,313 ||Hadhramaut
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| align="right" | 12. ||Sahar|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 27,621 || align="right" | 60,487 ||Sanaa
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| align="right" | 13. ||Saada|| align="right" ||| align="right" | ? || align="right" | 51,870 ||Saada
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| align="right" | 14. || Zabid|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 44,239 || align="right" | 50,781 ||Al Hudaydah
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| align="right" | 15. || Hajjah|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 24,645 || align="right" | 46,568 ||Hajjah
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| align="right" | 16. || Bajil District|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 40,561 || align="right" | 46,005 ||Al Hudaydah
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| align="right" | 17. || Dhi as-Sufal|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 31,963 || align="right" | 44,949 ||Ibb
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| align="right" | 18. || Rada'a|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 39,227 || align="right" | 44,755 ||Al Bayda'
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| align="right" | 19. || Bait al-Faqih|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 28,773 || align="right" | 41,652 ||Al Hudaydah
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| align="right" | 20. || al-Marawi'a|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 30,504 || align="right" | 39,911 ||Al Hudaydah
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| align="right" | 21. ||Yarim|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 27,802 || align="right" | 34,805 ||Ibb
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| align="right" | 22. || Al Bayda'|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 19,294 || align="right" | 33,175 ||Al Bayda'
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| align="right" | 23. ||'Amran|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 28,212 || align="right" | 31,497 ||Sanaa
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| align="right" | 24. ||Lahij|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 19,006 || align="right" | 26,728 ||Lahij
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| align="right" | 25. || Abs|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 18,320 || align="right" | 25,763 ||Hajjah
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| align="right" | 26. ||Harad|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 15,710 || align="right" | 22,093 ||Hajjah
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| align="right" | 27. || Dimnat Chadir|| align="right" | || align="right" | 15,651 || align="right" | 22,010 ||Taiz
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| align="right" | 28. || Ataq|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 13,995 || align="right" | 19,681 ||Shabwah
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| align="right" | 29. || al-Mahabischa|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 12,918 || align="right" | 18,166 ||Hajjah
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| align="right" | 30. || Baihan|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 12,685 || align="right" | 17,839 ||Shabwah
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| align="right" | 31. || Marib|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 6,996 || align="right" | 16,794 ||Ma'rib
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| align="right" | 32. || Thula|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 11,564 || align="right" | 16,262 ||'Amran
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| align="right" | 33. || Az Zaydiyah|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 13,912 || align="right" | 16,246 ||Al Hudaydah
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| align="right" | 34. || Mudiyah|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 11,071 || align="right" | 15,569 ||Abyan
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| align="right" | 35. ||Khamir|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 10,903 || align="right" | 15,333 ||'Amran
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| align="right" | 36. || Hais|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 10,678 || align="right" | 15,016 ||Taiz
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| align="right" | 37. || Ad-Dahi|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 10,496 || align="right" | 14,760 ||Al Hudaydah
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| align="right" | 38. ||Mocha|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 10,355 || align="right" | 14,562 ||Taiz
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| align="right" | 39. || Al Ghaydah|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 7,785 || align="right" | 10,948 ||Al Mahrah
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| align="right" | 40. ||Al Mahwit|| align="right" ||| align="right" | 9,060 || align="right" | 10,593 ||Al Mahwit
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