Lahij ( ar, لحج ) is a
governorate 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 ...
.
In 2015, the Governorate was subject to the
Lahij insurgency
The Lahij insurgency was a guerrilla war waged by tribesmen loyal to Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi against the Houthis and Yemen Army units loyal to Ali Abdullah Saleh, who controlled most of the Lahij Governorate of Yemen.
In late July, Pro-Hadi f ...
, which was part of the
Yemeni Civil War.
Districts
Lahij Governorate is divided into the following 15 districts. These districts are further divided into sub-districts, and then further subdivided into villages:
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Al Hawtah District
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Al Had District
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Al Madaribah Wa Al Arah District
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Al Maflahy District
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Al Maqatirah District
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Al Milah District
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Al Musaymir District
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Al Qabbaytah District
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Habil Jabr District
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Halimayn District
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Radfan District
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Tuban District
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Tur Al Bahah District
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Yafa'a District
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Yahr District
See also
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Lahij
Lahij or Lahej ( ar, لحج, Laḥj, links=no), also called al-Hawtah, is a city and an area located between Ta'izz and Aden in Yemen. From the 18th to the 20th century, its rulers were of the Abdali branch of the Al-Sallami tribe who trace th ...
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Sultanate of Lahej
References
External links
District subdivision map of Lahij Governorate
Governorates of Yemen
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