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Guide to Yemen ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

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Yemen is located in the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, Oman to the east, the Red Sea to the west, and the Gulf of Aden to the south. Throughout its history, Yemen has seen periods of independent rule by kingdoms such as Saba and Himyar anciently and later the Zaydi Imamate after the rise of Islam. Colonial influences have included the Ottoman Empire and the British Empire before becoming the Republic of Yemen in 1990. The main spoken language is Arabic.

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Genealogy records are kept on the governorate level in the Yemen.

Governorates

Yemen is divided into 22 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah):

1. Saada
2. Al Jawf
3. Hadhramaut (mainland) and Socotra (off-shore)
4. Al Mahrah
5. Hajjah
6. 'Amran
7. Al Mahwit
8. Amanat Al Asimah (Sana'a City)
9. Sana'a
10. Ma'rib
11. Al Hudaydah
12. Raymah
13. Dhamar
14. Ibb
15. Dhale
16. Al Bayda
17. Shabwah
18. Taiz
19. Lahij
20. Abyan
21. Aden
22. Socotra

• For electoral and administrative purposes, the capital city of Sanaa is treated as an additional governorate.