Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء '), also spelled San'a or Sana, is a

governorate A governorate is an administrative division of a state. It is headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either State (administrative division), states or province, provinces, the term ''govern ...

of Yemen. Its capital is Sanaa, which is also the national capital. However, the city of Sanaa is not part of the governorate but instead forms the separate governorate of

Amanat Al-Asemah Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء, ' , Yemeni Arabic: ; Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 ''Ṣnʿw''), also spelled Sana'a or Sana, is the capital and largest city in Yemen and the centre of Sanaa Governorate. The city is not part of the Governo ...

. The Governorate covers an area of . As of 2004, the population was 2,918,379 inhabitants. Within this place is Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb or Jabal Hadhur, the highest mountain in the nation and the

Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate ...

Districts

Sanaa Governorate is divided into the following 16 districts. These districts are further divided into sub-districts, and then further subdivided into villages:

Northern

Nihm District Nihm District ( ar, مديرية نهم) is a district of the Sana'a Governorate, Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the ...

Arhab District Arhab District ( ar, مديرية أرحب) is a Districts of Yemen, district of the Sana'a Governorate, Yemen. , the district had a population of 90,038 inhabitants. References

Districts of Sanaa Governorate Arhab District {{Yemen-ge ...

Western

Hamdan District Hamdan District ( ar, مديرية همدان) is a district of the Sana'a Governorate, Yemen. , the district had a population of 85,370 inhabitants. It is named after the ancient Yemeni tribe of Hamdan. Populated places (incomplete list) * Al- ...

Bani Matar District Bani Matar District ( ar, مُدِيْرِيَّة بَنِي مَطَر, Mudīriyyat Banī Maṭar) is a district of the Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. , the district had a population of 100,012 inhabitants. Environment In this district is located ...

(wherein is located Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb or Jabal Hadhur) *

Al Haymah Ad Dakhiliyah District Al Haymah Ad Dakhiliyah District is a district of the Sana'a Governorate, Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian ...

Al Haymah Al Kharijiyah District Al Haymah Al Kharijiyah District is a district of the Sana'a Governorate, Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian ...

Manakhah District Manakhah District ( ar, مديرية مناخة) is a district of the Sana'a Governorate, Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern en ...

Sa'fan District Sa'fan District ( ar, مديرية صعفان) is a district of the Sana'a Governorate, Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern ...

Eastern

Bani Hushaysh District Bani Hushaysh District is a district in Sana'a Governorate, Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, an ...

Sanhan District Sanhan and Bani Bahlul District ( ar, مديرية سنحان وبني بهلول, Sanḥān and Bani Bahlul) is a district of the Sana'a Governorate, Yemen. Its seat is Sanhan. As of 2003, the district had a population of 400,399 inhabitants. Th ...

Bilad Ar Rus District Bilad Ar Rus District ( ar, بلاد الروس) is a district of the Sana'a Governorate, Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern en ...

Attyal District Attyal District () is a district of the Sana'a Governorate, Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, an ...

Jihanah District Jihanah District is a district of the Sana'a Governorate, Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and ...

Al Husn District Al Husn District is a district of the Sana'a Governorate, Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and ...

Khwlan District Khawlan District ( ar, خولان) is a district of the Sanaa Governorate, Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian ...

Bani Dhabyan District Bani Dhabyan District is a district of the Sana'a Governorate, Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, ...

Populated places

*Ad Da'ir *Ad Dabbat *Ad Dabr *Ad Dahrah *Ad Dar Al Bayda' *Ad Dayʽah *Ad Dilʽ *Ad Dummam *Ad Durub *Ad-Dafa *ʽAdar *ʽAfish *Al ʽAbbasi *Al ʽArashi *Al ʽArid, Yemen *Al ʽArif *Al ʽArus *Al ʽAtm *Al ʽIdiz *Al ʽIrrah *Al ʽUlliyah *Al ʽUrr *Al ʽUruq *Al Abraq, Yemen *Al Aljam *Al Aysar *Al Barar *Al Bashawil *Al Baslan *Al Fisirah *Al Ghalil *Al Ghiras *Al Hajjarah *Al Hajz *Al Hanajir *Al Hanakah *Al Harajah *Al harf *Al Harrah, Yemen *Al Hashishiyah *Al Hatab *Al Hatabah *Al Hatarish *Al Hawiri *Al Hayfah *Al Hijlah *Al-Hijrah *Al-Husayn, Yemen *Al-Jaʽadib *Al-Ja'If *Al-Jaʽr *Al-Jaby *Al-Jahili *Al-Jahiliyah, Sanaʽa *Al-Jalb *Al-Janadib *Al-Jannat *Al-Jarda' *Al-Jayrif *Al-Jiraf *Al-Jirah *Al-Jirmah *Al-Jirwah *Al-Jurn *Al-Kawlah *Al-Khamis *Al-Kharabah, Sanaʽa *Al-Kharibah *Al-Kharifi *Al-Khasamah *Al-Khirah *Al-Lakamah *Al-Lijam *

Al-Lumi Al-Lumi ( ar, اللومي, al-Lūmī) is a small village in Jabal Iyal Yazid District of 'Amran Governorate, Yemen. It is located on the slopes of Jabal Iyal Yazid, 3km north-northeast of Da‘‘an. History The earliest known mention of al- ...

*Al-Maʽinah *Al-Ma'Khadh *Al-Ma'Mar *Al-Maʽshur *Al-Maʽyanah *Al-Madawir *Al-Madlaʽah *Al-Magharib *Al-Mahadhi *Al-Mahajir *

Al-Mahaqirah Al-Mahaqirah ( ar, المحاقرة ) is a small village in Sanhan District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. It lies about 15km from Sanaa, just east of the road to Ta'izz. History The earliest known mention of Matnah in historical sources is in 1 ...

*Al-Mahattah *

Al-Makarib Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء '), also spelled San'a or Sana, is a governorate of Yemen. Its capital is Sanaa, which is also the national capital. However, the city of Sanaa is not part of the governorate but instead forms the separate governorat ...

*Al-Manar, Sanaʽa *Al-Mantar *Al-Maqtuʽ *Al-Marahidah *Al-Marasib *Al-Marzamah *Al-Masajid, Sanaʽa *Al-Masinah *Al-Masnaʽah *Al-Matrat *Al-Mawqaʽ *Al-Mayqaʽ *Al-Miʽzab *Al-Miqash *Al-Miqyadah *Al-Mishraf *

Al-Munaqqab Al-Munaqqab ( ar, المنقب ) is a village in Hamdan District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. It lies to the north of the road between Sanaa and Shibam Kawkaban Shibam Kawkaban ( ar, شبام كَوْكَبَان, Shibām Kawkabān) is a doubl ...

*Al-Qadam *Al-Qadhaf *Al-Qalis *Al-Qarah, Sanaʽa *Al-Qasim, Sanaʽa *Al-Qasr *Al-Qirran *Al-Qufl, Sanaʽa *Al-Qulad *Al-Qurayshi *Al-Waqf, Yemen *Al-Watan, Sanaʽa *Al-Yaʽabir *Al-Yaʽar *ʽAlman *ʽAmad *ʽAmaqah *ʽAmbaq *ʽAmd *Amrash *‘Amri *An Nabat *An Najd *Anib *ʽAqlar *Ar Rabam *

Ar Rahabah Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء '), also spelled San'a or Sana, is a Governorates of Yemen, governorate of Yemen. Its capital is Sanaa, which is also the national capital. However, the city of Sanaa is not part of the governorate but instead forms t ...

*Ar Ramad *

Ar Rawdah, Sanaʽa Ar-Rawdah ( ar, الروضة ), known historically as Rawdat al-Hatim, is a large village located 12km north of Sanaa in Bani al-Harith District of Amanat al-Asimah Governorate, Yemen. Alimahdee Muhammad al-Akwa identified ar-Rawdah with the ...

*Ar Rawnah *Ar Rihabi *ʽAraqah *ʽArjaz *ʽArtam *

Artil Artil ( ar, أرتل ) is a village in Sanhan District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. It is located 2km due south of Bayt Baws. Name According to A.B.D.R. Eagle, ''Artil'' is "manifestly the modern pronunciation" of the name; it is vocalized ''Ar ...

*As Salahi *As Salul *As Sawadayn *As Sirr, Yemen *As Sudah *

As Sunnatayn As Sunnatayn ( ar, السنتين ), also transliterated as al-Sinnatayn, is a village in Khamir District of 'Amran Governorate, Yemen. It is located a bit to the south of Khamir. History Robert T.O. Wilson identified As Sunnatayn with the al- ...

*Asal, Yemen *Ash Sharaf, Sanaʽa *Ash Shiʽb al-Aswad *Ash Shutbah *ʽAshib *

ʽAsr ʽAsr, or Qaryat ʽAsr ( ar, قرية عصر ), also transliterated as ʽAsir, is a western suburb of Sanaa, Yemen, located in Main District of Amanat al-Asimah Governorate. It is located just north of the road to al-Hudaydah, at the western edge ...

*At Tawilah *

ʽAttan ʽAttan ( ar, عطان ), also transliterated as ʽIttan and known historically as ʽAḍudān, is a village in Bani Matar District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. It is a short distance southwest of Sanaa, with the two being separated by a long, low ...

*ʽAwmarah *Az Zaby *Az Zafir *Az Zahrah *Az Zurah *Baʽadan *Bahkah *Bahlul, Yemen *Bahman, Yemen *Bakar, Yemen *Balsanah *Bani ʽAbbad *Bani ʽAbd *Bani ʽAsim *Bani ʽId *Bani ʽUtban *Bani Az Zubayr *Bani Dahman *Bani Dawud *Bani Dud *Bani Hawat *Bani Humi *Bani Jawbah *Bani Malik *Bani Mansur *Bani Marih *Bani Maymun *Bani Murrah *Bani Nukayʽ *Bani Qutran *Bani Sabʽah *Bani Shaddad *Bani Shubati *Bani Sulayman *Bani Sulih *Bani Za'Id *Bani Ziyad *Barhan *Baril, Yemen *Barran, Yemen *Bawʽan *Bayn ʽAmir *Bayt Ad Dayl *Bayt Adh Dhafif *Bayt Adh Dhi'B *

Bayt ʽAdhran Bayt ʽAdhran ( ar, بيت عذران ) is a small village in Bani Matar District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. It is located to the west of Sanaa, at the top of the hills overlooking the western edge of the Sanaa plain. Name and history Accordin ...

*Bayt al-ʽAli *Bayt al-ʽAnsi *Bayt al-Bihar *Bayt al-Ghawi *Bayt al-Hamra' *Bayt al-Hamudi *Bayt al-Haqr *Bayt al-Harithi *Bayt al-Hawiri *Bayt al-Hindawana *Bayt al-Huwayt *Bayt al-Jiddi *Bayt al-Mifdal *Bayt al-Mudʽi *Bayt al-Mushriqi *Bayt al-Qadi *Bayt al-Qamus *Bayt al-Qunayyah *Bayt al-Wishah *Bayt al-Yatim *Bayt al-Yisri *Bayt ʽAmir *Bayt an-Naʽam *Bayt An Nukhayf *Bayt ar-Rubuʽi *Bayt Ar Rumaym *Bayt Arhab *Bayt As Suwaydi *Bayt Az Zafiq *Bayt Az Zaydah *Bayt Az Zubdani *Bayt Az Zuwar *

Bayt Baws Bayt Baws ( ar, بيت بوس ) is a historic village and fortress in Bani Matar District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. It is a largely deserted Jewish settlement. It is located to the south of Sanaa, in a strategic position on the western side of t ...

*Bayt Bi'R Zanir *Bayt Daʽir *Bayt Dahrah *Bayt Fashid *Bayt Ghadir *Bayt Ghawbar *Bayt Habis *Bayt Hadir *

Bayt Hanbas Bayt Hanbas ( ar, بيت حنبص ) is a village in Bani Matar District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. It is located above the Qa al-Nahim plain, in the mountains southwest of Sanaa. History According to the 10th-century writer Abu Muhammad al-Has ...

*Bayt Hirash *Bayt ʽIsa *Bayt Juhays *Bayt Jurayd *Bayt Kahin *Bayt Katmasar *Bayt Khulaqah *Bayt Mahdam *

Bayt Mahfad Bayt Mahfad ( ar, بيت محفد ), also spelled Bayt Mahfid, is a village in Bani Matar District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. History The 10th-century writer al-Hamdani mentions the palaces of Bayt Mahfad along with those of nearby Bayt Han ...

*Bayt Majraz *Bayt Marran *Bayt Miʽyad *

Bayt Naʽamah Bayt Naʽamah ( ar, بيت نعامة ) is a village in Bani Matar District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. It is located on a small western outcrop of Jabal Ayban, about 10 km west of Sanaa. Name According to the 10th-century author al-Ham ...

*Bayt Naʽim *Bayt Qatir *Bayt Radm *Bayt Rijal *Bayt Saʽd *Bayt Shaban *Bayt Shimran *Bayt Shubayl *Bayt Suwa *Bayt Umm Jalli * Bayt ʽUqab *Bayt Zabadan *Bi'R al-Hudhayl *Bid Bida *

Daʽan Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء '), also spelled San'a or Sana, is a governorate of Yemen. Its capital is Sanaa, which is also the national capital. However, the city of Sanaa is not part of the governorate but instead forms the separate governorat ...

*Fatihat *Ghabir *Ghadran * Ghayman *Ghulah Dhayfan *Ghurabah *Hababah *Habas, Yemen *

Haddah Haddah ( ar, حدة ) is an affluent suburb of Sanaa, Yemen, located about 8 km southwest of central Sanaa in Sanhan District of Sanaa Governorate. It has been described as "the Beverly Hills of Sanaa" — a first-world enclave in a third-worl ...

*Hadir, Yemen *Hadrami, Sanaʽa *Hadran, Yemen *Hadur *Hafat Idris *Hafid, Yemen *Hajana *

Hajar Saʽid Hajar Saʽid ( ar, حجر سعيد ) is a small village in Hamdan District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. It is located by the road from Sanaa to Shibam Kawkaban. History Hajar Saʽid is first mentioned in the '' Ghayat al-amani'' of Yahya ibn al- ...

*Hakam, Yemen *Halhal *Hallah, Yemen *Hamdani, Yemen * Hamidah *Hammar *Hanadan, Yemen *Harran, Yemen *

Haz, Yemen Haz ( ar, حاز ) is a large village in Hamdan District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. It is an old settlement, with archaeological remains dating back to the pre-Islamic period, and it is also mentioned by name in pre-Islamic inscriptions. During t ...

*Hijrat al-Kibs *Husn Mashmal *Hutaib *Ibn Hajib *ʽIlaf *ʽIman *ʽInad *ʽIyal Musa *Ja'If Hamdan *Jaʽlal *Jabal ʽUras *Jabal al-Mururah *

Jadar, Yemen Jadar ( ar, جدر), also transliterated as Jidr or Jadir, is a village in Bani al-Harith District of Amanat al-Asimah Governorate, Yemen. It consists of two parts, Jidr al-A‘la and Jidr al-Asfal. History According to the 10th-century writer ...

*Jawb *Jidr al-Aʽla *Jidr al-Asfal *Jihanah *Jiharine *Jirban *Kabar, Yemen *Karin, Yemen *Khadarah *Khalaqah *Khamar *Kharab As Sanaf *Khiwan *Kushar *Lakamat al-Kuruf *Lakamat al-Miʽqab *Luluwah *

Madam, Yemen Madam ( ar, مدام ) is a village in Hamdan District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. History Madam is mentioned by the 10th-century writer Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani in his '' Sifat Jazirat al-Arab'', in a section about places mentioned ...

*Madarah *

Madhbah Madhbah ( ar, مذبح ), also called Madinat al-Layl or "the city of the night", is a suburb of Sanaa, Yemen, located in the Bani al-Harith District of Amanat al-Asimah Governorate. History The first known mention of Madhbah in historical s ...

*Madhbal *Madid *Madinat Khayan *Madwal *Mafhaq *Mahajil *Mahall Rayd *Mahaqra *

Mahwa Aser Mahwa 'Aser ( ar, محوى عصر) is a slum community in San‘a’, the capital city of Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end o ...

*Mahwash, Yemen *Malikah, Yemen *Manakhah *Manwar *Masʽud *Masaarde *Masham, Yemen *Masur, Yemen *

Masyab Masyab, also Musayyib ( ar, مسيب ), is a village in Bani Matar District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. It is located on the northeastern side of Jabal an-Nabi Shu'ayb. Name and history According to the 10th-century writer al-Hamdani, Masyab ...

* Matnah *Matwah *Mawsanah *Melaba *Mughrabi, Yemen *

Naʽat, Yemen Naʽat (), also transliterated as Naʽit, is a village in Kharif District of 'Amran Governorate, Yemen. It is located on Jabal Thanayn, on the eastern side of the al-Bawn plain and close to Raydah. History Naʽat is an ancient settlement, with p ...

Najr Najr ( ar, نجر ) is a village in Iyal Surayh District of 'Amran Governorate, Yemen. It is located just to the south of 'Amran, on a small hill at the lower end of the Wadi Khuzamir. History There are pre-Islamic ruins at Najr. Robert T.O. W ...

*Naqi al-Fardah *Naqil Yaslah *Nuʽḍ *Numayr, Sanaʽa *Nusayl Zirajah *Qahazah *Qamlan *Qarat Bani Suwar *Qaratil *Qarin, Yemen *Qarn Hashim *Qaryat al-Musalli * Qaryat al-Qabil *Qaryat al-ʽUrrah as-Sufla *Qaryat ʽAsr al-Asfal *Qataʽ *Quflat ʽUdhr *Qusayr, Yemen *

Radman, Yemen Radman ( ar, ردمان ) is a small village in Al Haymah Ad Dakhiliyah District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. It is located on the mountain of the same name, near Jabal an-Nabi Shu'ayb. History The earliest known mention of Radman in historical ...

*Rahabah *Raju, Yemen *Rakab *

Rayʽan Rayʽan ( ar, رَيْعَان ) is a village in Hamdan District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. It is located a short distance from the head of the Wadi Dahr near Bayt Naʽam, so that all the water coming down to the wadi from Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb ...

* Raymah *Rayshan *Rayshan Bani Matar *Riham *Rohm As Sufla *Ruhayqah *Ruhm al-ʽUlya *Ruhm As Sufla *Ruhub *Safia, Yemen *Samaʽ *Sanaʽa *Sanaf *Sanhan, Yemen *Sarf *Sawad, Yemen *Saʽwan *Sayh, Yemen *

Sayyan Sayyan is a small town in western central Yemen. It is located in the San‘a’ Governorate, to the southeast by road from Sana'a Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء, ' , Yemeni Arabic: ; Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 ''Ṣnʿw''), also sp ...

*Shamlan, Yemen *Sharaf, Yemen *Shararah *Shatbi *Shaybirah *Sinaf *Sinan, Yemen *Sinwan *Sirwan, Yemen *Suʽut *Subar *Sudan, Yemen *Sudum *Sumayr *Suq al-Jumʽah *Suq As Sabt *

Suq Bayt Naʽam Suq Bayt Naʽam ( ar, سوق بيت نعم ), also called simply Bayt Naʽam and known historically as Bayt Anʽam, is a village in Hamdan District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. It is located at the uppermost part of the Wadi Dahr, where the water f ...

*Suq Buʽan *Suryan *Thalsa' *Tubr *Tuzan *ʽUruq *ʽUwayrah *Waʽla *Waʽlan *Wadi al-Bi'R *Wadi al-Jar *Wadi Har *Waqash *Wasit, Sanaʽa *Wasl *Yashiʽ *Zijān

References

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