Governorates and districts of Yemen

As of February 2004, Yemen is divided into twenty governorates (muhafazah) and one municipality. The population of each governorate is listed in the table below.

Division	Capital City	Population 2004 Census	Population 2006 est	Key
'Adan	Aden	589,419	634,710	1
'Amran	'Amran	877,786	909,992	2
Abyan	Zinjibar	433,819	454,535	3
Ad Dali		470,564	504,533	4
Al Bayda'	Al Bayda	577,369	605,303	5
Al Hudaydah	Al Hudaydah	2,157,552	2,300,179	6
Al Jawf	Al Jawf	443,797	465,737	7
Al Mahrah	Al Ghaydah	88,594	96,768	8
Al Mahwit	Al Mahwit	494,557	523,236	9
Amanat Al Asimah	Sanaa	1,747,834	1,947,139	10
Dhamar	Dhamar	1,330,108	1,412,142	11
Hadramaut	Al Mukalla	1,028,556	1,092,967	12
Hajjah	Hajjah	1,479,568	1,570,872	13
Ibb	Ibb	2,131,861	2,238,537	14
Lahij	Lahij	722,694	761,160	15
Ma'rib	Ma'rib	238,522	251,668	16
Raymah		394,448	418,659	17
Sa'dah	Sa`dah	695,033	746,957	18
Sana'a	San`a'	919,215	957,798	19
Shabwah	`Ataq	470,440	494,638	20
Ta'izz	Ta`izz	2,393,425	2,513,003	21

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