Al Bayda Governorate ( ar, مُحَافَظَة ٱلْبَيْضَاء '), also spelt ''Al-Baidhah'' or ''Beida'', is one of the
governorates (''
muhafazat
A ' ( ; ) is a first-level administrative division of many Arab countries, and a second-level administrative division in Saudi Arabia. The term is usually translated to "governorate", and occasionally to "province". It comes from the Arabic roo ...
'') 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 north and Oman to the northeast and ...
. It is located near the centre of the country, around the town of
Al Bayda. Its population, according to the 2004 Yemeni census, was 571,778.
Governors
Districts
Al Bayda Governorate is divided into the following 20 districts. These districts are further divided into sub-districts, and then further subdivided into villages:
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Al A'rsh District
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Al Bayda District
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Al Bayda City District
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Al Malagim District
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Al Quraishyah District
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Ar Ryashyyah District
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As Sawadiyah District
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As Sawma'ah District
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Ash Sharyah District
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At Taffah District
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Az Zahir District
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Dhi Na'im District
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Maswarah District
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Mukayras District
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Na'man District
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Nati' District
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Rada'a District
Rada'a District ( ar, مُدِيْرِيَّة رَدَاع) is a district of the Al Bayda Governorate, Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 56,382 inhabitants. The district's largest city is Rada'a, east of Dhamar, as the crow fl ...
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Radman Al Awad District
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Sabah District
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Wald Rabi' District
References
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Governorates of Yemen
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