Governorates of Yemen

{{short description|List of type of bureaucratic division in Yemen}}

{{Infobox subdivision type

| name = Governorates of Yemen
{{lang|ar|محافظات اليمن}}

| alt_name = Muhafazah

| map = {{Governorates of Yemen Image Map}}

| category = Unitary state

| territory = Republic of Yemen

| start_date =

| current_number = 21 governorates, 1 municipality

| number_date =

| population_range = (Governorates only): 44,120 (Socotra) – 4,554,443 (Taiz)

| area_range = (Governorates only): {{Convert|49|sqmi|km2|order=flip|abbr=on}} (Sana'a) – {{Convert|38300|sqmi|km2|order=flip|abbr=on}} (Hadhramaut)

| government = Governorate government, National government

| subdivision = District

}}

{{Politics of Yemen}}

The Republic of Yemen is divided into twenty-one governorates (muhafazah) and one municipality (amanah):{{Cite web |last=منصور |first=رانيا |date=2017-10-21 |title=Yemeni Governorates |url=https://almoheet.net/yemeni-governorates/ |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=موسوعة المحيط |language=ar |archive-date=20 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420193548/https://almoheet.net/yemeni-governorates/ |url-status=dead }}

The governorates are subdivided into 333 districts (muderiah), which are subdivided into 1,996 sub-districts, and then into 40,793 villages and 88,817 sub villages (as of 2013).

Before 1990, Yemen existed as two separate entities. South Yemen consisted of modern Aden, Abyan, Mahrah, Dhale, Hadramaut, Socotra, Lahij, and Shabwah Governorates, while the rest made up North Yemen. For more information, see Historic Governorates of Yemen.