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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]
Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. It is located in the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast. It shares maritime borders with Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia. Covering 555,000 square kilometres and having a coastline of approximately 2,000 kilometres, Yemen is the second-largest Arab sovereign state on the Arabian Peninsula. Sanaa is its constitutionally stated capital and largest city. The country's population is estimated to be 34.4 million as of 2023. Yemen is a member of the Arab League, the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
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