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 |
| Sanaa Governorate Sanaa | 1. | 1,109,000 | - | - |
| Soqatra Socotra | 2. | 44,000 | - | - |
| Omran Muḩāfaz̧at ‘Amrān | 3. | 1,061,000 | 'Amran ‘Amrān | 90,792 |
| Ad Dali' Muḩāfaz̧at aḑ Ḑāli‘ | 4. | 569,000 | Ad Dali` Aḑ Ḑāli‘ | 14,760 |
| Aden Governorate Number One | 5. | 731,000 | Aden Aden | 863,000 |
| Al Bayda Al Bayda Governorate | 6. | 695,000 | Al Bayda Al Bayda | 37,821 |
| Al Mahrah Governorate Al Mahrah | 7. | 133,873 | Al Ghayzah Al Ghayz̧ah | 10,948 |
| Al Jawf Muḩāfaz̧at al Jawf | 8. | 532,000 | Al Hazm Al Ḩazm | 18,241 |
| Al Hudaydah Muḩāfaz̧at al Ḩudaydah | 9. | 2,621,000 | Al Hudaydah Al Ḩudaydah | 617,871 |
| Raymah Muḩāfaz̧at Raymah | 10. | 394,448 | Al Jabin Al Jabīn | - |
| Al Mahwit Governorate Al Maḩwīt | 11. | 597,000 | Al Mahwit Al Maḩwīt | 10,593 |
| Shabwah Shabwah | 12. | 446,431 | Ataq Ataq | 37,315 |
| Dhamar Muḩāfaz̧at Dhamār | 13. | 1,603,000 | Dhamar Dhamār | 160,114 |
| Hajjah Muḩāfaz̧at Ḩajjah | 14. | 1,782,000 | Hajjah Ḩajjah | 43,549 |
| Ibb Governorate Ibb | 15. | 2,560,000 | Ibb Ibb | 234,837 |
| Lahij Muḩāfaz̧at Laḩij | 16. | 752,102 | Lahij Laḩij | 23,375 |
| Ma'rib Muḩāfaz̧at Ma’rib | 17. | 288,000 | Ma'rib Ma'rib | 16,794 |
| Muhafazat Hadramaout Hadhramaut Governorate | 18. | 1,255,000 | Mukalla Mukalla | 566,000 |
| Sa'dah Muḩāfaz̧at Şa‘dah | 19. | 838,000 | Sa'dah Sa'dah | 51,870 |
| Amanat Alasimah Amanat alasimah | 20. | 1,947,139 | Sanaa Sanaa | 1,937,451 |
| Ta'izz Muḩāfaz̧at Ta‘izz | 21. | 2,613,947 | Taiz Taiz | 615,222 |
| Abyan Governorate Muḩāfaz̧at Abyan | 22. | 494,849 | Zinjibar Zinjibār | 19,879 |