Location: Yemen

As of the end of 2004, Yemen was divided into twenty governorates (muhafazat – the latest being Raymah Governorate, which was created during 2004) plus one municipality called "Amanat Al-Asemah" (the latter containing the constitutional capital, Sana'a). An additional governorate (Soqatra Governorate) was created in December 2013 comprising Socotra Island (bottom-right corner of map), previously part of Hadramaut Governorate. The governorates are subdivided into 333 districts (muderiah), which are subdivided into 2,210 sub-districts, and then into 38,284 villages (as of 2001).
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Yemeni Governates |
Governates:
- Saada
- Al Jawf
- Hadhramaut
- Al Mahrah
- Hajjah
- 'Amran
- Al Mahwit
- Amanat Al Asimah (Sana'a City)
- Sana'a
- Ma'rib
- Al Hudaydah
- Raymah
- Dhamar
- Ibb
- Dhale
- Al Bayda
- Shabwah
- Taiz
- Lahij
- Abyan
- Aden
- Socotra
In 2014, a constitutional panel decided to divide the country into six regions—four in the north, two in the south, and capital Sana'a outside of any region—creating a federalist model of governance.[296] This federal proposal was a contributing factor toward the Houthis' subsequent coup d'état against the government.
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