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.
Wikipedia
  • Type: State with 470,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of Yemen
  • Also known as: “‘Atak”, “Al Muḩāfaz̧ah ar Rābi‘ah”, “Al Muhafazah ar Rabi`ah”, “Fourth Governorate”, “Gobernacion de Shabwa”, “Gobernación de Shabwa”, “Gobernacion de Shabwah”, “Governació de Shabwa”, “Governació de Shabwah”, “Governatorato di Shabwah”, “Governorate Number four”, “Governorate Number Four”, “IV”, “Muḩāfaz̧at Shabwah”, “Shabwah”, “YE-SH”, “შაბვა”, “शबवाह गवर्नरेट”, and “夏卜瓦省”

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 Amharic to Wu Chinese—“Shabwah Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሻብዋ”
  • Arabic: “شبوة”
  • Arabic: “محافظة شبوة”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şəbva mühafəzəsi”
  • Basque: “Shabwah gobernantzia”
  • Bengali: “সাবাহ গভর্নোরেট”
  • Bulgarian: “Шабуа”
  • Catalan: “Governació de Xabwa”
  • Cebuano: “Shabwah”
  • Chinese: “舍卜沃省”
  • Croatian: “Šabva”
  • Croatian: “Shabwa”
  • Czech: “provincie Šabva”
  • Danish: “Shabwah Governorate”
  • Dutch: “Shabwah”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Ŝabua”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Ŝabŭa”
  • Finnish: “Šabwa”
  • French: “Chabwa”
  • French: “Gouvernorat de Chabwa”
  • French: “Shabwah”
  • Georgian: “შაბვის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “Gouvernement Schabwa”
  • German: “Schabwa”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Σάμπουα”
  • Gujarati: “શેબવા ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hausa: “Shabwa”
  • Hebrew: “שבוה”
  • Hebrew: “שבווה”
  • Hindi: “शबवाह प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Sabva kormányzóság”
  • Hungarian: “Sabva”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Shabwah”
  • Italian: “governatorato di Shabwa”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Shabwa”
  • Japanese: “シャブワ県”
  • Javanese: “Shabwa”
  • Kannada: “ಷಬ್ವಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Kazakh: “Шабва”
  • Kirghiz: “Шабва”
  • Korean: “샤브와주”
  • Latin: “Muhafaza Sabua”
  • 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”
  • Oromo: “Shabwa”
  • Panjabi: “ਸ਼ਬਵਾ”
  • Persian: “استان شبوه”
  • Polish: “Szabwa”
  • Portuguese: “Chabua”
  • Pushto: “شبوه”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Shabwah”
  • Russian: “Шабва”
  • Scots: “Shabwah Govrenorate”
  • Scots: “Shabwah”
  • Serbian: “Шабва”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Šabva”
  • Sinhala: “ශබ්වා පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Šabva”
  • Somali: “Shabwa”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شبوه اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Shabwah”
  • Swahili: “Wilaya ya Shabwah”
  • Swedish: “Shabwa”
  • Swedish: “Shabwah”
  • Tajik: “Шабва”
  • Tamil: “ஷபவாஹ கோவெர்னோரேட்”
  • Tatar: “Шабва”
  • Telugu: “షబ్వా గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการชับวะฮ์”
  • Turkish: “Şabva ili”
  • Turkish: “Şebve”
  • Ukrainian: “Шабва мугафаза”
  • Ukrainian: “Шабва”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ شبوہ”
  • Uzbek: “Shabva”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Shabwah”
  • Wu Chinese: “舍卜沃省”

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