Yemen

Administrative units

muhazafat	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 1994-12-16 census	population 2004-12-16 census	population 2006-12 estimate
source: Ministry of Public Health & Population, Yemen. note: Muhafazat means governorate. note: The area of Ad Dali' and 'Amran is included in other governorates.
Muhafazat Abyan	Zinjibar	24,131	342,628	433,819	454,535
Muhafazat Aden	Aden	7,099	404,257	589,419	634,710
Muhafazat Al-Baida	al Bayda'	10,711	454,608	577,369	605,303
Muhafazat Al-Daleh		note	330,062	470,564	504,533
Muhafazat Al-Hodeidah	al Hudaydah	16,646	1,558,513	2,157,552	2,300,179
Muhafazat Al-Jawf	al Jawf	13,175	347,639	443,797	465,737
Muhafazat Al-Maharah	al Ghaydah	98,249	56,425	88,594	96,768
Muhafazat Al-Mahweet	Al Mahwit	2,501	371,595	494,557	523,236
Sana'a City	San'a'	247	1,003,627	1,747,834	1,947,139
Muhafazat Amran		note	731,873	877,786	909,992
Muhafazat Dhamar	Dhamar	8,745	981,674	1,330,108	1,412,142
Muhafazat Hadramout	al Mukalla	148,178	755,631	1,028,556	1,092,967
Muhafazat Hajjah	Hajjah	10,677	1,091,788	1,479,568	1,570,872
Muhafazat Ibb	Ibb	7,632	1,665,054	2,131,861	2,238,537
Muhafazat Laheg	Lahij	14,836	555,742	722,692	761,160
Muhafazat Mareb	Ma'rib	13,466	181,740	238,522	251,668
Muhafazat Reymah			291,533	394,448	418,659
Muhafazat Sa'adah	Sa'dah	29,617	481,617	695,033	746,957
Muhafazat Sana'a	San'a'	28,977	746,812	919,215	957,798
Muhafazat Shabwah	'Ataq	78,995	364,932	470,635	494,638
Muhafazat Taiz	Ta'izz	14,194	1,870,057	2,393,425	2,513,003
total		528,076	14,587,807	19,684,603	20,900,532

name	population 1994-12-16 census	population 2004-12-16 census
Sana'a	1,003,627	1,527,861
Aden	398,399	570,551
Ta'izz	317,753	458,933
al Hudaydah	298,452	402,560
al Mukalla	94,051	176,942
Dhamar	82,920	144,273
source: Ministry of Public Health & Population, Yemen.