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 ...
of
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
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Amanat Al-Asemah (Sanaa city)
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Marib Governorate (east)
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Al Bayda Governorate (south)
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Dhamar Governorate (south)
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Raymah Governorate (southwest)
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Al Hudaydah Governorate (west)
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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)
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'Amran Governorate (northwest)
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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
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Nihm district
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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
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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)
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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
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)
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Bilad Ar Rus district
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Attyal district
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Jihanah district
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Al Husn district
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Khwlan district
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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
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Al-Lumi
*Al-Maʽinah
*Al-Ma'Khadh
*Al-Ma'Mar
*Al-Maʽshur
*Al-Maʽyanah
*Al-Madawir
*Al-Madlaʽah
*Al-Magharib
*Al-Mahadhi
*Al-Mahajir
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Al-Mahaqirah
*Al-Mahattah
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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
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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
*Ar Ramad
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Ar Rawdah, Sanaʽa
*Ar Rawnah
*Ar Rihabi
*ʽAraqah
*ʽArjaz
*ʽArtam
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Artil
*As Salahi
*As Salul
*As Sawadayn
*As Sirr, Yemen
*As Sudah
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As Sunnatayn
*Asal, Yemen
*Ash Sharaf, Sanaʽa
*Ash Shiʽb al-Aswad
*Ash Shutbah
*ʽAshib
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ʽAsr
*At Tawilah
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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 Bi'R Zanir
*Bayt Daʽir
*Bayt Dahrah
*Bayt Fashid
*Bayt Ghadir
*Bayt Ghawbar
*Bayt Habis
*Bayt Hadir
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Bayt Hanbas
*Bayt Hirash
*Bayt ʽIsa
*Bayt Juhays
*Bayt Jurayd
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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
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Bayt Radm
*Bayt Rijal
*Bayt Saʽd
*Bayt Shaban
*Bayt Shimran
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Bayt Shu'ayb
*Bayt Shubayl
*Bayt Suwa
*Bayt Umm Jalli
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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 ...
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Bayt Yaram
*Bayt Zabadan
*Bi'R al-Hudhayl
*Bid Bida
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Daʽan
*Fatihat
*Ghabir
*Ghadran
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Ghayman
*Ghulah Dhayfan
*Ghurabah
*Hababah
*Habas, Yemen
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Haddah
*Hadir, Yemen
*Hadrami, Sanaʽa
*Hadran, Yemen
*Hadur
*Hafat Idris
*Hafid, Yemen
*Hajana
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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
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Haz, Yemen
*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
*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
*Madhbal
*Madid
*Madinat Khayan
*Madwal
*Mafhaq
*Mahajil
*Mahall Rayd
*Mahaqra
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Mahwa Aser
*Mahwash, Yemen
*Malikah, Yemen
*Manakhah
*Manwar
*Masʽud
*Masaarde
*Masham, Yemen
*Masur, Yemen
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Masyab
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Matnah
*Matwah
*Mawsanah
*Melaba
*Mughrabi, Yemen
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Naʽat, Yemen
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Najr
*Naqi al-Fardah
*Naqil Yaslah
*Nuʽḍ
*Numayr, Sanaʽa
*Nusayl Zirajah
*Qahazah
*Qamlan
*Qarat Bani Suwar
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Qaratil
*Qarin, Yemen
*Qarn Hashim
*Qaryat al-Musalli
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Qaryat al-Qabil
*Qaryat al-ʽUrrah as-Sufla
*Qaryat ʽAsr al-Asfal
*Qataʽ
*Quflat ʽUdhr
*Qusayr, Yemen
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Radman, Yemen
*Rahabah
*Raju, Yemen
*Rakab
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Rayʽan
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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
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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
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Governorates of Yemen