Regions in Yemen
Please note that unfortunately population data are not available for all regions in Yemen.
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Primary administrative regions in Yemen
There are 22 regions in Yemen in the primary administrative level.| Region | No | Population | Capital | Capital population |
| Abyan Muḩāfaz̧at Abyan | 1. | 494,849 | Zinjibar Zinjibār | 19,879 |
| Ad Dali' Muḩāfaz̧at aḑ Ḑāli‘ | 2. | 569,000 | Dhalie Dhalie | 14,760 |
| Aden Muḩāfaz̧at ‘Adan | 3. | 731,000 | Aden Aden | 550,602 |
| Al Jawf Muḩāfaz̧at al Jawf | 4. | 532,000 | Al Hazm Al Ḩazm | 18,241 |
| Al Mahrah Al Mahrah | 5. | 133,873 | Al Ghayzah Al Ghayz̧ah | 10,948 |
| Al Mahwit Al Maḩwīt | 6. | 597,000 | Al Mahwit Al Maḩwīt | 10,593 |
| Amanat Al Asimah Amanat Al Asimah | 7. | 1,947,139 | - | - |
| Dhamar Muḩāfaz̧at Dhamār | 8. | 1,603,000 | Dhamar Dhamār | 160,114 |
| Hajjah Muḩāfaz̧at Ḩajjah | 9. | 1,782,000 | Hajjah Ḩajjah | 43,549 |
| Ibb Ibb | 10. | 2,560,000 | Ibb Ibb | 234,837 |
| Lahij Muḩāfaz̧at Laḩij | 11. | 752,102 | Lahij Laḩij | 23,375 |
| Ma'rib Muḩāfaz̧at Ma’rib | 12. | 288,000 | Ma'rib Ma'rib | 16,794 |
| Muhafazat al Bayda' Muḩāfaz̧at al Bayḑā’ | 13. | 695,000 | Al Bayda' Al Bayḑā’ | 37,821 |
| Muhafazat al Hudaydah Muḩāfaz̧at al Ḩudaydah | 14. | 2,621,000 | Al Hudaydah Al Ḩudaydah | 617,871 |
| Muhafazat Hadramawt Muḩāfaz̧at Ḩaḑramawt | 15. | 1,255,000 | Al Mukalla Al Mukallā | 258,132 |
| Omran Muḩāfaz̧at ‘Amrān | 16. | - | '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 Sanaa | 19. | 1,109,000 | Sanaa Sanaa | 1,937,451 |
| Shabwah Shabwah | 20. | 446,431 | Ataq Ataq | 37,315 |
| Soqatra Governorate Socotra | 21. | 44,000 | - | - |
| Ta'izz Muḩāfaz̧at Ta‘izz | 22. | 2,613,947 | Ta`izz Ta‘izz | 615,222 |