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Category
  
Number
  
Location
  
Republic of Yemen

Governorates of Yemen

Populations
  
(Governorates only): 44,120 (Socotra) –4,554,443 (Taiz)

Areas
  
(Governorates only): 130 km (49 sq mi) (Sana'a) – 99,000 km (38,300 sq mi) (Hadhramaut)

Government
  
Governorate government, National government

Thus the yemeni president receives in all governorates of yemen


Yemen is divided into twenty-one governorates (muhafazah) and one municipality (amanah [أمانة]):

1) Soqatra Governorate created in December 2013 from parts of Hadramaut, data included there

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).

Before 1990, Yemen existed as two separate entities. For more information, see Historic Governorates of Yemen.

References

Governorates of Yemen Wikipedia


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