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