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What Kind of Yemen?

Federal governments and unitary governments are the most com-

mon methods of administration used in the countries of the world
today.
In unitary governments, the country is an inseparable whole. Even
if it has cities and provinces, they are merely administrative regions
and are governed by officials appointed by the central government.
The central government makes administrative, judicial and financial
decisions that impact the entire country. As a matter of fact, this is how

the system works currently in Yemen.

Yemen was divided into 21
governorates. In 2013, the
archipelago of Socotra, which
was previously a part of Hadra-
maut, became the 22nd gover-
norate. Socotra Governorate
can be seen in the bottom right
corner of the map. The gover-
norates are subdivided into
333 districts, 2,210 sub-dis-
tricts and 38,234 villages

1. Sa'dah 7. Al Mahwit 12. Raymah 18. Taiz
2. Al Jawf 8. Amanat Al 13. Dhamar 19. Lahij
3. Hadramaut Asimah (Sana'a) 14. Ibb 20. Abyan
4. Al Mahrah 9. Sana'a 15. Dhale 21. Aden
5. Hajjah 10. Ma'rib 16. Al Bayda 22. Socotra
6. 'Amran 11. Al Hudaybah 17. Shabwah

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