Governorates

Since February 2004, Yemen has been divided into twenty governorates and one municipality, as shown in the table below.

Governate Population
Aden 1,000,000
Al Bayda' 571,778
Al Dali' 470,460
Al Hudaydah 2,161,379
Al Jawf 451,426
Al Mahrah 89,093
Al Mahwit 495,865
Amran 872,789
Dhamar 1,339,229
Hadramawt 1,029,462
Hajjah 1,480,897
Ibb 2,137,546
Lahij 727,203
Ma'rib 241,690
Raimah 395,076
Sa'dah 693,217
San'a' 918,379
San'a' City (municipality) 1,747,627
Shabwah 466,889
Socotra 43,000
Ta'izz 2,438,656