GOVERNORATES OF YEMEN

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Yemen is divided into 21 governorates (''muhafazah''):

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 Hazm Al Jawf	451,426	6
Al Mahrah	Al Ghaydah	89,093	7
Al Mahwit	Al Mahwit	495,865	8
'Amran		872,789	9
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
Raymah		395,076	not shown
Sa'dah	Sa`dah	693,217	16
Sana'a	San`a'	918,379	17
Sana'a (capital)		1,747,627	not shown
Shabwah	`Ataq	466,889	18
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. For more information, see Historic Governorates of Yemen.