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Shabwah Governorate

Shabwah is a governorate of . Its main town is . It was named after the ancient south Arabian city of . During the Yemeni Civil War in 2015, the province became a battleground.
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  • Type: State with 470,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of Yemen
  • Also known as: “Al Muḩāfaz̧ah ar Rābi‘ah”, “Al Muhafazah ar Rabi`ah”, “Fourth Governorate”, “Governorate Number four”, “Governorate Number Four”, “IV”, “Muḩāfaz̧at Shabwah”, and “Shabwah”

Shabwah Governorate

Latitude
14.9274° or 14° 55′ 39″ north
Longitude
46.6085° or 46° 36′ 31″ east
Population
470,000
Elevation
1,273 metres (4,177 feet)
Open location code
7H68WJG5+X9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 663081629
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
70935
Wiki­data ID
Q328180
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Shabwah Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شبوة”
  • Arabic: “محافظة شبوة”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şəbva mühafəzəsi”
  • Bengali: “সাবাহ গভর্নোরেট”
  • Bulgarian: “Шабуа”
  • Catalan: “Governació de Shabwa”
  • Catalan: “Governació de Shabwah”
  • Catalan: “Governació de Xabwa”
  • Cebuano: “Shabwah”
  • Chinese: “Shabwah Séng”
  • Chinese: “夏卜瓦省”
  • Chinese: “舍卜沃省”
  • Croatian: “Šabva”
  • Croatian: “Shabwa”
  • Czech: “provincie Šabva”
  • Danish: “Shabwah Governorate”
  • Dutch: “Shabwah”
  • Esperanto: “‘Atak”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Ŝabua”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Ŝabŭa”
  • Finnish: “Šabwa”
  • French: “Chabwa”
  • French: “Gouvernorat de Chabwa”
  • French: “Shabwah”
  • Georgian: “შაბვა”
  • Georgian: “შაბვის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “Gouvernement Schabwa”
  • German: “Schabwa”
  • German: “YE-SH”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Σάμπουα”
  • Gujarati: “શેબવા ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hebrew: “שבוה”
  • Hebrew: “שבווה”
  • Hindi: “शबवाह गवर्नरेट”
  • Hindi: “शबवाह प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Sabva kormányzóság”
  • Hungarian: “Sabva”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Shabwah”
  • Italian: “governatorato di Shabwa”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Shabwa”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Shabwah”
  • Japanese: “シャブワ県”
  • Kannada: “ಷಬ್ವಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Korean: “샤브와주”
  • Latvian: “Šebvas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Šabvos gubernija”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Shabwah”
  • Malay: “Shabwah Governorate”
  • Marathi: “शबवा गव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Shabwah Séng”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shabwah”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shabwah guvernement”
  • Norwegian: “Shabwah”
  • Persian: “استان شبوه”
  • Persian: “شبوه”
  • Polish: “Szabwa”
  • Portuguese: “Chabua”
  • Portuguese: “Shabwah”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Shabwah”
  • Russian: “Шабва”
  • Scots: “Shabwah Govrenorate”
  • Scots: “Shabwah”
  • Serbian: “Шабва”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Šabva”
  • Sinhala: “ශබ්වා පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Šabva”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شبوه اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Shabwa”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Shabwa”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Shabwah”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Shabwah”
  • Swahili: “Wilaya ya Shabwah”
  • Swedish: “Shabwa”
  • Swedish: “Shabwah”
  • Tamil: “ஷபவாஹ கோவெர்னோரேட்”
  • Telugu: “షబ్వా గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการชับวะฮ์”
  • Turkish: “Şabva ili”
  • Turkish: “Şebve”
  • Ukrainian: “Шабва мугафаза”
  • Ukrainian: “Шабва”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ شبوہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Shabwah”
  • Wu Chinese: “舍卜沃省”

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