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 states or provinces, the term ''governorate'' is often used in translation from ...

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 north and Oman to the northeast 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 Gover ...

, 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 or Jabal Hadhur, the highest mountain in the nation and the

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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 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 ...

* Arhab District

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 Hamdan ( ar, حمدان ') is a name of ...

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 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 Sana ...

* Al Haymah Al Kharijiyah District * Manakhah District *

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, a ...

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 Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is ...

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, a ...

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 Arabi ...

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 Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situat ...

*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 governora ...

*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 do ...

*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 *Ar Ramad * Ar Rawdah, Sanaʽa *Ar Rawnah *Ar Rihabi *ʽAraqah *ʽArjaz *ʽArtam * Artil *As Salahi *As Salul *As Sawadayn *As Sirr, Yemen *As Sudah * As Sunnatayn *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 ed ...

*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 * 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 * Bayt Baws *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 Bani Matar District ( ar, مُدِيْرِيَّة بَنِي مَطَر, Mudīriyyat Banī Maṭar) is a district of the Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. , the district had a popul ...

*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 Bani Matar District ( ar, مُدِيْرِيَّة بَنِي مَطَر, Mudīriyyat Banī Maṭar) is a district of the Sanaa Governorate, Yemen ...

*Bayt Majraz *Bayt Marran *Bayt Miʽyad * Bayt Naʽamah *Bayt Naʽim *Bayt Qatir *Bayt Radm *Bayt Rijal *Bayt Saʽd *Bayt Shaban *Bayt Shimran *Bayt Shubayl *Bayt Suwa *Bayt Umm Jalli *

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 * Daʽan *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 ...

*Hadir, Yemen *Hadrami, Sanaʽa *Hadran, Yemen *Hadur *Hafat Idris *Hafid, Yemen *Hajana * Hajar Saʽid *Hakam, Yemen *Halhal *Hallah, Yemen *Hamdani, Yemen * Hamidah *Hammar *Hanadan, Yemen *Harran, Yemen * Haz, Yemen *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 mention ...

*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 so ...

*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. Mahwa Aser is home to an estimated 17,000 people who live in informal housing without access to sanitation. The poor living conditions in the slum ha ...

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

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 * Naʽat, Yemen *

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. Wi ...

*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-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 *

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 historica ...

*Rahabah *Raju, Yemen *Rakab * Rayʽan * 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 spe ...

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

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