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

governorate A governorate or governate is an administrative division headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either states or provinces, the term ''governorate'' is typically used to calque divisions ...

Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, Oman to Oman–Yemen border, the northeast, the south-eastern part ...

. Its capital is

Sanaa Sanaa, officially the Sanaa Municipality, is the ''de jure'' capital and largest city of Yemen. The city is the capital of the Sanaa Governorate, but is not part of the governorate, as it forms a separate administrative unit. At an elevation ...

, 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'' (), also called Jabal Hadhur (), is a mountain of the Harazi subregion of the Sarawat, located in Bani Matar District, Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. It is the highest mountain in the country and the Arabian Peninsula. ...

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

Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula (, , or , , ) or Arabia, is a peninsula in West Asia, situated north-east of Africa on the Arabian plate. At , comparable in size to India, the Arabian Peninsula is the largest peninsula in the world. Geographically, the ...

Geography

Adjacent governorates

* Amanat Al-Asemah (Sanaa city) *

Marib Governorate Marib () is a governorate of Yemen. It is located 173 kilometers to the northeast of Yemen's capital, Sana'a. The population of Marib Governorate comprises 1.2% of the country's total population. The city of Marib is the capital of the governorat ...

(east) *

Al Bayda Governorate Al Bayda Governorate ( '), also spelt ''Al-Baidhah'' or ''Beida'', is one of the governorates ('' muhafazat'') of Yemen. It is located near the centre of the country, around the town of Al Bayda. Its population, according to the 2004 Yemeni cen ...

(south) *

Dhamar Governorate Dhamar (), also spelt ''Thamar'', is a governorate of Yemen located in the central highlands. Etymology Dhamar is named after Dhamar Ali Yahbur, who ruled the area that now comprises Dhamar Governorate as King of Saba', Dhu Raydan, Hadhramau ...

(south) * Raymah Governorate (southwest) *

Al Hudaydah Governorate Al Hudaydah () is a governorate of Yemen. Its capital is Al Hudaydah. The governorate is also sometimes referred to as the Western Coast. With an estimated population of nearly 4 million, it is the third-most populous governorate in Yemen, behind ...

(west) *

Al Mahwit Governorate Al Mahwit ( ') is one of the governorates of Yemen. Geography Adjacent governorates * Hajjah Governorate (north) * Al Hudaydah Governorate (west) * Sanaa Governorate (south, east) * 'Amran Governorate (northeast) Districts Al Mahwit Governo ...

(west) *

'Amran Governorate ʽAmran () is one of the governorates of Yemen. Located in the northwestern side of the country, it is controlled by the Houthi movement in the Yemeni civil war (2014–present). Geography Neighboring governorates * Saada Governorate (north) ...

(northwest) *

Al Jawf Governorate Al Jawf ( ') is a governorate of Yemen. Its capital is Al Hazm. As of April 2020, after the Houthi forces' 2020 offensive, nearly all the governorate is under Houthi control, except for Khabb wa ash Sha'af which is under the control of Al-Q ...

(north)

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 *

Arhab district Arhab District () is a district of the Sana'a Governorate, Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, ...

Western

Hamdan district Hamdan District () is a Districts of Yemen, 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 Banu Hamdan, Hamdan. Populated places (incomplete list) * ...

Bani Matar district Bani Matar District () is a district of the Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. , the district had a population of 100,012 inhabitants. Environment In this district is located Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb or Jabal Hadhur of the Harazi subrange of the Sarat ra ...

(wherein is located

or Jabal Hadhur) *

Al Haymah Ad Dakhiliyah district Al Haymah Ad Dakhiliyah district is a district of the Sana'a Governorate, Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen bo ...

Al Haymah Al Kharijiyah district Al Haymah Al Kharijiyah district is a district of the Sana'a Governorate, Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen bo ...

Manakhah district Manakhah District () is a district of the Sana'a Governorate, Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the nor ...

Sa'fan district Sa'fan District () is a district of the Sana'a Governorate, Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north ...

Eastern

Bani Hushaysh district Bani Hushaysh District is a district in Sana'a Governorate, Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the nort ...

Sanhan district Sanhan and Bani Bahlul District () 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. The former president of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh Ali Abdullah Saleh Affas ...

Bilad Ar Rus district Bilad Ar Rus District () is a district of the Sana'a Governorate, Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the ...

* Attyal district * Jihanah district * Al Husn district * Khwlan district * Bani Dhabyan district

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-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 ( ) is a small village in Sanhan District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. It lies about 15 km from Sanaa, just east of the road to Ta'izz Taiz () is a city in southwestern Yemen. It is located in the Yemeni highlands, near the por ...

*Al-Mahattah * Al-Makarib *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-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 ( ), 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 of the Sanaa plain ...

*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 Hirash *Bayt ʽIsa *Bayt Juhays *Bayt Jurayd * Bayt Kahin *Bayt Katmasar *Bayt Khulaqah *Bayt Mahdam * Bayt Mahfad *Bayt Majraz *Bayt Marran *Bayt Miʽyad * Bayt Naʽamah *Bayt Naʽim *Bayt Qatir * Bayt Radm *Bayt Rijal *Bayt Saʽd *Bayt Shaban *Bayt Shimran * Bayt Shu'ayb *Bayt Shubayl *Bayt Suwa *Bayt Umm Jalli *

Bayt ʽUqab Bayt ʽUqab ( ) is a village in Sanhan District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. History Bayt ʽUqab first appears in historical sources in the year 903 (290 Hijri year, AH). In April or May of that year, the Al Tarif general Ibrahim ibn Khalaf camp ...

Bayt Yaram Bayt Yaram ( ) is a village and historical fortress southwest of Sanaa in Bani Matar District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. History The early 13th-century writer Yaqut al-Hamawi mentions Bayt Yaram (which he vocalizes as ''Bayt Yurām'') as one o ...

*Bayt Zabadan *Bi'R al-Hudhayl *Bid Bida * Daʽan *Fatihat *Ghabir *Ghadran * Ghayman *Ghulah Dhayfan *Ghurabah *Hababah *Habas, Yemen * Haddah *Hadir, Yemen *Hadrami, Sanaʽa *Hadran, Yemen *Hadur *Hafat Idris *Hafid, Yemen *Hajana *

Hajar Saʽid Hajar Saʽid ( ) is a small village in Hamdan District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. It is located by the road from Sanaa to Shibam Kawkaban Shibam Kawkaban () is a Twin cities, double town in Shibam Kawkaban District, Al Mahwit Governorate, ...

*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 *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 ( ) 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 in Arabic poet ...

*Madarah *

Madhbah Madhbah ( ), 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 sources is in 799 ...

*Madhbal *Madid *Madinat Khayan *Madwal *Mafhaq *Mahajil *Mahall Rayd *Mahaqra * Mahwa Aser *Mahwash, Yemen *Malikah, Yemen *Manakhah *Manwar *Masʽud *Masaarde *Masham, Yemen *Masur, Yemen * Masyab *

Matnah Matnah () 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 known mention of M ...

*Matwah *Mawsanah *Melaba *Mughrabi, Yemen * Naʽat, Yemen * Najr *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 ( ), often called simply al-Qaryah, is a village in Bani al-Harith District of Amanat al-Asimah Governorate, Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, ...

*Qaryat al-ʽUrrah as-Sufla *Qaryat ʽAsr al-Asfal *Qataʽ *Quflat ʽUdhr *Qusayr, Yemen * Radman, Yemen *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 *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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