Hadhramaut Governorate
Hadhramaut Governorate [lower-alpha 1] (Arabic: حضرموت Ḥaḍramawt) is a governorate of Yemen. Lying within the large historical region of Hadhramaut, it is the country's largest governorate.
Hadhramaut
محافظة حضرموت | |
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Governorate | |
| Hadhramaut Governorate | |
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| Country |  Yemen |
| Region |  Hadramout Region |
| Seat | Mukalla |
| Government | |
| • Body | Hadramout National Council |
| • Governor | Mabkhoot bin Mubarak bin Madhi[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 191,737 km2 (74,030 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 1st place |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,255,000 |
| • Density | 12/km2 (30/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | YE-HD |
Hadramout's capital Al-Mukalla
The Arabian peninsula in 1914
The capital of Hadhramut is the city of Mukalla. Other cities in Hadhramaut include the historical towns of Shibam, Sena, Seiyun, Tarim, and Ash Shihr.
The Socotra Archipelago was transferred from the Aden Governorate to the Hadhramaut Governorate in 2004. It was subsequently separated to form the newly created Soqatra Governorate in December 2013.
Geography
Adjacent governorates
- Al Mahrah Governorate (east)
- Al Jawf Governorate (west)
- Marib Governorate (west)
- Shabwah Governorate (south and west)
Districts
Al Hami coastal town
Hadhramaut Governorate is divided into the following 28 districts, after the creation of Socotra Governorate in December 2013. These districts are further divided into sub-districts, and then further subdivided into villages:
- Ad Dis District
- Adh Dhlia'ah District
- Al Abr District
- Mukalla District
- Mukalla City District
- Al Qaf District
- Al Qatn District
- Amd District
- Ar Raydah Wa Qusayar District
- As Sawm District
- Ash Shihr District
- Brom Mayfa District
- Daw'an District
- Ghayl Ba Wazir District
- Ghayl Bin Yamin District
- Hagr As Sai'ar District
- Hajr District
- Hawrah District
- Huraidhah District
- Rakhyah District
- Rumah District
- Sah District
- Sayun District
- Shibam District
- Tarim District
- Thamud District
- Yabuth District
- Zamakh wa Manwakh District
Two districts have formed in the new Socotra Governorate since December 2013:
- Hidaybu District
- Qulensya Wa Abd Al Kuri District
Villages
- Abu Diyan
- Ad Dirah
- Ad Dufah
- Ad-Duruʽ
- Al-Bahth
- Al-Bayda'
- Al-Buhayrah
- Al-Buqayrayn
- Al Dahama
- Al-Fardah
- Al-Gharah
- Al-Ghaydah al-Khadra'
- Al-Ghuwayr
- Al-Ghuyaydah
- Al-Hadah
- Al-Hadiyah
- Al-Hamid
- Al-Harshiyat
- Al-Hasusah
- Al-Hawatiyiah
- Al-Hawtah
- Al-Haylah
- Al-Hazm
- Al-Hidbah
- Al-Huraydah
- Al-Huwaylah
- Al-Jidfirah
- Al-Juhayl
- Al-Juwadah
- Al-Kawdah
- Al-Kharabah, Al Qatn District.
- Al-Khirbah
- Al-Khubbah
- Al-Lisb
- Al-Madudah
- Al-Mashhad
- Al-Mawsaf
- Al-Mekrab
- Al-Mirad
- Al-Mukhtabi'Ah
- Al-Mutaywil
- Al-Qatn
- Al-Qawz
- Al-Qaʽudah
- Al-Qumrah
- Al-Qurayn
- Al-Quzah
- Al-Wasitah
- Al-Wulayjat
- Al-ʽAdiyaḥ
- Al-ʽAsila
- Al-ʽUqaymah
- Anqorah
- An Najil
- An-Naqʽah
- An-Nuʽayr
- Ar Rabwah
- Ar Rawuk
- Ar Ribat
- Ar Ridah Ash Sharqiyiah
- Ar Rihib
- Ar Rubah
- Ar Rujaydah
- Ar Rukayb
- Ar Ujaydah
- Ard Ar Raydah
- As Sabikhat
- As Sadarah
- As Sawm
- As Sihib
- As Simah
- As Sirrayn
- As Sufal
- As Suwayri
- Asfal al-ʽAyn
- Ash Shajar
- Az Zaghfah, Ash Shihr District.
- 'Atud, Adh Dhlia'ah District.
- Ba Hafar
- Ba Hudhayl
- Barwaj, Al Qatn District.
- Bayt Qishn
- Budah
- Burayyirah
- Buwaysh
- Diyar Bani Thabit
- Fayl
- Findah
- Fughmah
- Fuwah
- Ghuraf
- Ghurib
- Hadbat as-Suqʽan
- Hadun
- Haid al-Jazil
- Hawtat As Sadah
- Haynan
- Hazm Haynan
- Husun As Salasil
- Husun As Sufayra'
- Husun Bin Humam
- Jarb al-Fiqr
- Jarif
- Jarshah
- Jaʽʽarah
- Jidfaʽah
- Jilʽah
- Juʽaymah
- Juwat al-al-Muhanna
- Kalbut
- Kaydam Ba Masdus
- Khabarah
- Khashamir
- Khubayah
- Khudaysh
- Khumayr
- Labah
- Lahmas
- Lahrum
- Larmi
- Libnat Ba Rushayd
- Lubayb
- Luqnah
- Mahasin
- Mahmidah
- Manawirah
- Mankhar
- Maryamah
- Maṣnaʽah
- Masnaʽat al-Qaʽ
- Mawla Matar
- Mawshah
- Minwakh
- Miʽyan al-Masajid
- Mudhaynib
- Murabbaʽ Ba Ghamis
- Nafhun
- Niʽaydah
- Numayr
- Qarʽan[3]
- Qarn Bin ʽAdwan[3]
- Qusayʽir[3]
- Rijlat al-ʽIjlah[3]
- Safulah
- Sharj Al az-Zuʽ[3]
- Sharj al-Bin Salim
- Shiʽb an-Nur[3]
- Tawban
- Yashhar
- Yuwan
- Zukaykah
- Zulumah
- ʽAjlaniyah
- ʽAnaq
- ʽArd as-Suqayr
- ʽArd ʽAbd'Allah
- ʽAyn Barad
- ʽUqran
- ʽUrum
- Wasit
See also
- Hadhramaut Mountains
Notes
- also spelled Hadramawt or Hadramout
References
- "Yemen swears in new governors for Hadhramout, Socotra". Reuters. 2022-08-01. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
- "Statistical Yearbook 2011". Central Statistical Organisation. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
- Towns and villages in the Hadhramaut Governorate
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