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Yemen – sovereign country located on the southern portion of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia. [1] With a population of more than 20 million people, Yemen is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the North, the Red Sea to the West, the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden to the South, and Oman to the east. Yemen's territory includes over 200 islands, the largest of which is Socotra, about 415 kilometres (259 miles) to the south of Yemen, off the coast of Somalia. Yemen is the only republic on the Arabian Peninsula.
Administrative divisions of Yemen Yemen is divided into 21 governorates, subdivided into 333 districts (muderiah) and 2,210 sub-districts.
Governorates of Yemen
Governorate | Arabic | Capital City | Area [2] km2 | Pop (2004) [3] | Map Key |
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'Adan | عدن | Aden | 825 | 589,419 | 1 |
'Amran | عمران | 'Amran | 9,013 | 877,786 | 2 |
Abyan | أبين | Zinjibar | 20,380 | 433,819 | 3 |
Ad Dali' | الضالع | Ad Dali' | 4,448 | 470,564 | 4 |
Al Bayda' | البيضاء | Al Bayda | 10,487 | 577,369 | 5 |
Al Hudaydah | الحديدة | Al Hudaydah | 15,407 | 2,157,552 | 6 |
Al Jawf | الجوف | Al Jawf | 46,170 | 443,797 | 7 |
Al Mahrah | المهرة | Al Ghaydah | 78,073 | 88,594 | 8 |
Al Mahwit | المحويت | Al Mahwit | 2,452 | 494,557 | 9 |
Amanat Al Asimah | أَمَانَة ٱلْعَاصِمَة | San'a' | 126 | 1,747,834 | 10 |
Dhamar | ذمار | Dhamar | 8,705 | 1,330,108 | 11 |
Hadramaut | حضرموت | Mukalla | 195,626 | 1,028,556 | 12 |
Hajjah | حجة | Hajjah | 9,376 | 1,479,568 | 13 |
Ibb | إب | Ibb | 6,031 | 2,131,861 | 14 |
Lahij | لحج | Lahij | 14,003 | 722,694 | 15 |
Ma'rib | مأرب | Ma'rib | 19,529 | 238,522 | 16 |
Raymah | ريمة | Hajjah | 2,239 | 394,448 | 17 |
Sa'dah | صعدة | Sa'dah | 14,364 | 695,033 | 18 |
Sana'a | محافظة صنعاء | San'a' | 13,730 | 919,215 | 19 |
Shabwah | شبوة | Ataq | 45,519 | 470,440 | 20 |
Ta'izz | تعز | Ta'izz | 11,573 | 2,393,425 | 21 |
Socotra | سقطرى | Hadibou | 3,796 | 175,020 | 22 |
International organization membership of Yemen The Republic of Yemen is a member of: [1]
The Yemeni Armed Forces are the military forces of the Republic of Yemen. They include the Yemeni Army, Yemeni Navy and the Yemeni Air Force. Since the start of the current civil war in 2014, the armed forces have been divided; at first between loyalists of the former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and pro-Yemeni government forces of president Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi; as of 2024, between the internationally recognized Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), and the Houthi-led Supreme Political Council (SPC). Per the constitution, the President of Yemen serves as the commander-in-chief. Currently, the presidency and supreme command of the armed forces is disputed between Rashad al-Alimi, Chairman of the PLC, and Mahdi al-Mashat, chairman of the SPC. Before the civil war, the united military was headquartered in the country's capital, Sana’a.
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