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Sanaa Governorate

Sanaa, also spelled San'a' or Sana, is a governorate of . The capital is , which is also the national capital. However, the city of Sanaa is not part of the governorate but instead forms the separate governorate of Amanat Al-Asemah.
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  • Type: State with 919,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of Yemen
  • Also known as: “Liwa of Sana’a”, “Muḩāfaz̧at Şan‘ā’”, “Province of San‘a”, “Province of San`a”, “Şan‘ā’”, “San`a‘”, “Sana’a Governorate”, and “Sanaa”
  • Neighbors:

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jihanah and Ghayman.

Town
Sanaa, also spelled San'a' or Sana, is a governorate of . The capital is , which is also the national capital. However, the city of Sanaa is not part of the governorate but instead forms the separate governorate of Amanat Al-Asemah.

Town
Sanaa, also spelled San'a' or Sana, is a governorate of . The capital is , which is also the national capital. However, the city of Sanaa is not part of the governorate but instead forms the separate governorate of Amanat Al-Asemah.

Village
Sanaa, also spelled San'a' or Sana, is a governorate of . The capital is , which is also the national capital. However, the city of Sanaa is not part of the governorate but instead forms the separate governorate of Amanat Al-Asemah.

Sanaa Governorate

Latitude
15.2607° or 15° 15′ 39″ north
Longitude
44.4249° or 44° 25′ 30″ east
Population
919,000
Elevation
2,501 metres (8,205 feet)
Open location code
7H767C6F+7X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 663081623
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
71132
Wiki­data ID
Q388291
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Sanaa Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “صنعاء”
  • Arabic: “محافظة صنعاء”
  • Azerbaijani: “Səna mühafəzəsi”
  • Belarusian: “Сана”
  • Bulgarian: “Сана”
  • Catalan: “Governació de Sanà”
  • Cebuano: “Sanaa”
  • Chinese: “Sana’a Séng”
  • Chinese: “沙那省”
  • Chinese: “萨那省”
  • Chinese: “薩那省”
  • Croatian: “Sana”
  • Czech: “provincie San’á”
  • Czech: “Saná”
  • Dutch: “Sanaa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة صنعاء”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Sanao”
  • Finnish: “Sanaa”
  • French: “Gouvernorat de Sanaa”
  • French: “Muhafadat Sanaa”
  • French: “Sana’a”
  • French: “Sanaa”
  • Georgian: “სანა”
  • Georgian: “სანის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “Gouvernement Sanaa”
  • German: “Sanʿā‘”
  • German: “YE-SN”
  • Hebrew: “צנעא”
  • Hindi: “सनआ प्रान्त”
  • Hindi: “सनआ मुहाफ़ज़ाह”
  • Hungarian: “Szanaa kormányzóság”
  • Hungarian: “Szanaa”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Sana’a”
  • Italian: “governatorato di San’a‘”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di San’a”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Sana’a”
  • Japanese: “サナア県”
  • Korean: “사나주”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Sanaa”
  • Maltese: “Governorat ta‘ Sana’a”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sana’a Séng”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sanaá”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sana guvernement”
  • Norwegian: “Sanaá”
  • Persian: “استان صنعا”
  • Persian: “استان صَنعا”
  • Persian: “استان صَنعاء”
  • Persian: “صنعا”
  • Polish: “Sana”
  • Portuguese: “Sana”
  • Portuguese: “Saná”
  • Portuguese: “Sanaá”
  • Portuguese: “Sanyyan”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Sana’a”
  • Russian: “Сана”
  • Scots: “Sana’a Govrenorate”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sana”
  • Slovak: “provincia Saná”
  • Slovenian: “guvernat Sana”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Sana”
  • South Azerbaijani: “صنعا اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Sana’a”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Sana’a”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Sana”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Saná”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Sana”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Saná”
  • Spanish: “Sana”
  • Spanish: “Saná”
  • Swahili: “Wilaya ya San‘a’”
  • Swahili: “Wilaya ya Sana’a”
  • Swedish: “Guvernementet Sana’a”
  • Swedish: “Provinsen Sanaa”
  • Swedish: “Sana’a”
  • Swedish: “Sanaa”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการซานา”
  • Turkish: “San’a ili”
  • Turkish: “San’a”
  • Ukrainian: “Сана”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ صنعاء”
  • Wu Chinese: “萨那省”
  • Yiddish: “סאנא”

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