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
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 borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...
. Its capital is
Sanaa
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 ...
, 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. 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
''Jabal An-Nabī Shuʿayb'' ( ar, جَبَل ٱلنَّبِي شُعَيْب, lit=Mountain of the Prophet Shuaib), also called ''Jabal Hadhur'' ( ar, جَبَل حَضُوْر, link=no, Jabal Ḥaḍūr), is a mountain of the Harazi subregion of ...
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
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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 ...
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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
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Western
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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 ...
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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
''Jabal An-Nabī Shuʿayb'' ( ar, جَبَل ٱلنَّبِي شُعَيْب, lit=Mountain of the Prophet Shuaib), also called ''Jabal Hadhur'' ( ar, جَبَل حَضُوْر, link=no, Jabal Ḥaḍūr), is a mountain of the Harazi subregion of ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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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-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
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Al-Munaqqab
*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
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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
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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
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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
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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
*At Tawilah
*
ʽAttan
*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
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Bayt ʽAdhran
*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
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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
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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
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Bayt Mahfad
*Bayt Majraz
*Bayt Marran
*Bayt Miʽyad
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Bayt Naʽamah
*Bayt Naʽim
*Bayt Qatir
*Bayt Radm
*Bayt Rijal
*Bayt Saʽd
*Bayt Shaban
*Bayt Shimran
*Bayt Shubayl
*Bayt Suwa
*Bayt Umm Jalli
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Bayt ʽUqab
Bayt ʽUqab ( ar, بيت عقب ) is a village in Sanhan District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen.
History
Bayt ʽUqab first appears in historical sources in the year 903 (290 AH). In April or May of that year, the Al Tarif general Ibrahim ibn K ...
*Bayt Zabadan
*Bi'R al-Hudhayl
*Bid Bida
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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
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 ...
*Ghulah Dhayfan
*Ghurabah
*Hababah
*Habas, Yemen
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Haddah
*Hadir, Yemen
*Hadrami, Sanaʽa
*Hadran, Yemen
*Hadur
*Hafat Idris
*Hafid, Yemen
*Hajana
*
Hajar Saʽid
*Hakam, Yemen
*Halhal
*Hallah, Yemen
*Hamdani, Yemen
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Hamidah
*Hammar
*Hanadan, Yemen
*Harran, Yemen
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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
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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
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Madam, Yemen
*Madarah
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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
*Mahwash, Yemen
*Malikah, Yemen
*Manakhah
*Manwar
*Masʽud
*Masaarde
*Masham, Yemen
*Masur, Yemen
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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 ...
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Matnah
Matnah ( ar, متنة ) is a small village in Bani Matar District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. Located to the southeast of Jabal an-Nabi Shu'ayb, it serves as a stopping place on the road between Sanaa and al-Hudaydah.
History
The earliest k ...
*Matwah
*Mawsanah
*Melaba
*Mughrabi, Yemen
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Naʽat, Yemen
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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. ...
*Naqi al-Fardah
*Naqil Yaslah
*Nuʽḍ
*Numayr, Sanaʽa
*Nusayl Zirajah
*Qahazah
*Qamlan
*Qarat Bani Suwar
*Qaratil
*Qarin, Yemen
*Qarn Hashim
*Qaryat al-Musalli
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Qaryat al-Qabil
Qaryat al-Qabil ( ar, قرية القابل ), often called simply al-Qaryah, is a village in Bani al-Harith District of Amanat al-Asimah Governorate, Yemen. It is the largest settlement in the Wadi Zahr area.
History
The earliest known historic ...
*Qaryat al-ʽUrrah as-Sufla
*Qaryat ʽAsr al-Asfal
*Qataʽ
*Quflat ʽUdhr
*Qusayr, Yemen
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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
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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'a ...
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Raymah
Raymah is a village in western central Yemen. It is located in the Sanaa Governorate
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, th ...
*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
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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
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Suq Bayt Naʽam
*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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sana Governorate
Governorates of Yemen