Sanaa Governorate#Populated places

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Sanaa

| native_name = {{lang|ar|صَنْعَاء}}

| native_name_lang = ar

| settlement_type = Governorate

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| image_map = Sana'a in Yemen.svg

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| coordinates = {{coord|15|21|N|44|12|E|region:YE-SN_type:adm1st_source:dewiki|display=title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Yemen

| seat_type =

| seat = Sanaa

| government_footnotes =

| leader_party =

| leader_title = Governor

| leader_name = Abdul Qawi Sharif (pro-Hadi Government)

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_total_km2 = 15052

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| population_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Statistical Yearbook 2011|url=http://www.cso-yemen.org/publiction/yearbook2011/population.xls|publisher=Central Statistical Organisation|access-date=24 February 2013}}

| population_total = 2,409,000

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| parts_type = Occupation

| parts_style = para

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| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Azal Region

}}

File:جبل نقم - panoramio.jpg or Jabal Nuqum in the area of Sanaa. Local legend has it that after the death of Noah, his son Shem built the city at the base of this mountain.{{cite book |last=McLaughlin |first=Daniel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eQvhZaEVzjcC&q=jabal+nuqum |title=Yemen |publisher=Bradt Travel Guides |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-8416-2212-5 |page=67 |chapter=3: Sana'a}}]]

Sanaa ({{langx|ar|صَنْعَاء}} {{Transliteration|ar|Ṣanʿāʾ}}), also spelled San'a{{'}} or Sana, is a governorate of Yemen. Its capital is Sanaa, 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 {{cvt|13,850|km²}}. As of 2004, the population was 2,918,379 inhabitants. Within this place is Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb or Jabal Hadhur,{{Cite book |last=زبارة |first=محمد بن محمد بن يحيى اليمني/الصنعاني |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L4dyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT359 |title=نيل الوطر من تراجم رجال اليمن في القرن الثالث عشر 1-2 ج1 |date=1998-01-01 |publisher=Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah (دار الكتب العلمية) |isbn=978-2-7451-2623-8 |language=ar}}{{cite book |publisher=Qatar Digital Library |title=Gazetteer of Arabia |volume=II [1044] (81/688) |url=https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023727632.0x000052 |year=1917 |access-date=2020-04-17}}{{cite web |publisher=Mindat.org |title=Jabal an-Nabī Shu'ayb, Bani Matar, Sanaa, Yemen |url=https://www.mindat.org/feature-72377.html |access-date=2020-04-17}} the highest mountain in the nation and the Arabian Peninsula.{{cite book |author=Robert D. Burrowes |title=Historical Dictionary of Yemen |pages=5–340 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2010 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tjXRfqBv_0UC |isbn=978-0-8108-5528-1}}{{cite book |last=McLaughlin |first=Daniel |title=Yemen |publisher=Bradt Travel Guides |chapter=1: Background |page=3 |isbn=978-1-8416-2212-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eQvhZaEVzjcC |year=2008}}

Geography

=Adjacent governorates=

=Districts=

Sanaa Governorate is divided into the following 16 districts. These districts are further divided into sub-districts, and then further subdivided into villages: