Regions in Yemen
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You can sort the regions in Yemen alphabeticallyby population by capitals of the regionsby capitals population
Primary administrative regions in Yemen
There are 22 regions in Yemen in the primary administrative level.| Region | No | Population | Capital | Capital population |
| Amanat Alasimah Amanat alasimah | 1. | 1,947,139 | Sanaa Sanaa | 1,937,451 |
| Aden Governorate Number One | 2. | 731,000 | Aden Aden | 863,000 |
| Al Hudaydah Muḩāfaz̧at al Ḩudaydah | 3. | 2,621,000 | Al Hudaydah Al Ḩudaydah | 617,871 |
| Ta'izz Muḩāfaz̧at Ta‘izz | 4. | 2,613,947 | Taiz Taiz | 615,222 |
| Muhafazat Hadramaout Hadhramaut Governorate | 5. | 1,255,000 | Mukalla Mukalla | 566,000 |
| Ibb Governorate Ibb | 6. | 2,560,000 | Ibb Ibb | 234,837 |
| Dhamar Muḩāfaz̧at Dhamār | 7. | 1,603,000 | Dhamar Dhamār | 160,114 |
| Omran Muḩāfaz̧at ‘Amrān | 8. | 1,061,000 | 'Amran ‘Amrān | 90,792 |
| Sa'dah Muḩāfaz̧at Şa‘dah | 9. | 838,000 | Sa'dah Sa'dah | 51,870 |
| Hajjah Muḩāfaz̧at Ḩajjah | 10. | 1,782,000 | Hajjah Ḩajjah | 43,549 |
| Al Bayda Al Bayda Governorate | 11. | 695,000 | Al Bayda Al Bayda | 37,821 |
| Shabwah Shabwah | 12. | 446,431 | Ataq Ataq | 37,315 |
| Lahij Muḩāfaz̧at Laḩij | 13. | 752,102 | Lahij Laḩij | 23,375 |
| Abyan Governorate Muḩāfaz̧at Abyan | 14. | 494,849 | Zinjibar Zinjibār | 19,879 |
| Al Jawf Muḩāfaz̧at al Jawf | 15. | 532,000 | Al Hazm Al Ḩazm | 18,241 |
| Ma'rib Muḩāfaz̧at Ma’rib | 16. | 288,000 | Ma'rib Ma'rib | 16,794 |
| Ad Dali' Muḩāfaz̧at aḑ Ḑāli‘ | 17. | 569,000 | Ad Dali` Aḑ Ḑāli‘ | 14,760 |
| Al Mahrah Governorate Al Mahrah | 18. | 133,873 | Al Ghayzah Al Ghayz̧ah | 10,948 |
| Al Mahwit Governorate Al Maḩwīt | 19. | 597,000 | Al Mahwit Al Maḩwīt | 10,593 |
| Raymah Muḩāfaz̧at Raymah | 20. | 394,448 | Al Jabin Al Jabīn | - |
| Sanaa Governorate Sanaa | 21. | 1,109,000 | - | - |
| Soqatra Socotra | 22. | 44,000 | - | - |