Category Unitary state Number 21 governorates | Location Republic of Yemen | |
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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(Text) CC BY-SA