• 22 governorates

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The governorates of Yemen, from Saada in the north to Socotra out at sea.

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Write the name of each numbered governorate.Answer key

  1. Hadhramaut
  2. Al Mahrah
  3. Socotra
  4. Shabwah
  5. Al Hudaydah
  6. Saada
  7. Al Jawf
  8. Taiz
  9. Aden
  10. Sanaa City
  11. Sanaa Governorate
  12. Marib
  13. Abyan
  14. Lahij
  15. Hajjah
  16. Amran
  17. Al Bayda
  18. Dhamar
  19. Ibb
  20. Dhale
  21. Al Mahwit
  22. Raymah

Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2. Licence: public domain.

Each governorate is a button. Use the arrow keys to move between them and Enter to choose. Names are read out in Study, and once a governorate is answered.

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  1. Hadhramaut The largest governorate, in the east.
  2. Al Mahrah The far east, next to Oman.
  3. Socotra An island group far off the south coast.
  4. Shabwah On the south coast, west of Hadhramaut.
  5. Al Hudaydah The long strip along the Red Sea coast.
  6. Saada The northwest corner, on the border with Saudi Arabia.
  7. Al Jawf In the north, east of Saada.
  8. Taiz The southwest corner of the country.
  9. Aden A small governorate on the south coast, with a ring.
  10. Sanaa City The capital city, a unit of its own.
  11. Sanaa Governorate The land around the capital city.
  12. Marib Inland, between Al Jawf and Shabwah.
  13. Abyan On the south coast, east of Aden.
  14. Lahij On the south coast, around Aden.
  15. Hajjah On the Red Sea, between Saada and Al Hudaydah.
  16. Amran North of Sanaa, between Hajjah and Al Jawf.
  17. Al Bayda Inland, northwest of Abyan.
  18. Dhamar South of Sanaa Governorate.
  19. Ibb Between Dhamar and Taiz.
  20. Dhale A small governorate north of Lahij.
  21. Al Mahwit A small governorate west of Sanaa.
  22. Raymah A small governorate between Al Hudaydah and Dhamar.

How this list was compiled: Items made on 2026-10-01; ids and points are Natural Earth's. The 21 governorates and Sanaa City are today's units: the count and every name were compared on 2026-10-01 with the United Nations humanitarian office's boundary table for Yemen, whose source is Yemen's Central Statistical Organization (22 first-level units, reviewed 23 December 2024, https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-yem), with the list of ISO 3166-2 codes for Yemen as Wikipedia prints it (one municipality and 21 governorates, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:YE) and with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governorates_of_Yemen. Natural Earth has 21 units and draws the Socotra islands with Hadhramaut, as they were until 2013; the spec cuts the islands out as the Socotra governorate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socotra_Governorate), so no line on land is added and none is out of date. Labels are common English forms; the spellings of the source and of the United Nations table are accepted. Sanaa alone is accepted for neither Sanaa City nor Sanaa Governorate. Positions in the detail lines were read from the drawing. The rings of Aden and Sanaa City were placed by hand, below Aden and above Sanaa City, clear of the numbers around them. Four names are written on the map in a shorter form (Sanaa, Bayda, Mahwit, Hudaydah); the answer key and the questions use the full names. No disputed area lies in the frame of the drawing; it shows administrative units and says nothing about who controls them. Neighbors, seas and the constitutional capital: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen, read 2026-10-01. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

The drawing: Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_0_countries (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_0_countries.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection centered on 14.8°N 45.7°E. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

How it works

This blank map of Yemen shows its governorates and Sanaa City, from Al Hudaydah on the Red Sea to Al Mahrah beside Oman, with Socotra out at sea. Switch Borders off for the outline without the governorate lines.

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The sheet opens blank. Choose Numbered to put a number on each of the 22 areas, or Named for their names, then press Print this map; the answer key prints on its own sheet.

Small in the west, large in the east

Most governorates are small and crowd the western end of the country, around Sanaa. The east is three large ones: Shabwah, Hadhramaut and Al Mahrah. Sanaa City and Aden are so small that each has a ring. Socotra, an island group, lies far off the south coast, at the lower right.

  • Sanaa is on the map twice: Sanaa City is the capital, and Sanaa Governorate is the land around it.
  • Names crowd each other in the west on the Named map. Numbered, with the answer key, reads more easily there.

Questions and answers

How many governorates does Yemen have?

Twenty-one, plus Sanaa City, a municipality with the same rank, so the map numbers 22 areas. Socotra, the newest, was part of Hadhramaut until 2013.

What is the capital of Yemen?

Sanaa, the constitutional capital and the largest city. On the map it is Sanaa City, a small area of its own marked with a ring.

Where is Socotra on the map?

At the lower right, far off the south coast. Socotra is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean and a governorate of its own.

Which countries border Yemen?

Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast. The Red Sea lies to the west, the Gulf of Aden on the south and the Arabian Sea to the east.

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