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Al Jawf Governorate

Al Jawf is a governorate of . Its capital is . As of April 2020, after the Houthi forces' 2020 offensive, nearly all the governorate is under Houthi control, except for which is under the control of Al-Qaeda.
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  • Type: State with 444,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of Yemen
  • Also known as: “Al Jawf”, “Al-Jawf Governorate”, “Al-Jawf Province”, “Aljauf”, “Jawf”, “Muhafazat al Jawf”, “Muḥāfaẓat al-Jawf”, “Qada‘ al Jawf”, and “Qaḑā’ al Jawf”

Al Jawf Governorate

Latitude
16.6897° or 16° 41′ 23″ north
Longitude
45.6116° or 45° 36′ 42″ east
Population
444,000
Elevation
1,131 metres (3,711 feet)
Open location code
7H87MJQ6+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 663081630
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
74222
Wiki­data ID
Q328128
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Al Jawf Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “al-Jawf”
  • Arabic: “Jawf”
  • Arabic: “Muḥāfaẓat al-Jawf”
  • Arabic: “الجوف”
  • Arabic: “محافظة الجوف”
  • Basque: “Al Jawf gobernantzia”
  • Belarusian: “Эль-Джауф”
  • Bengali: “আল জাওয়াফ গভর্নরেট”
  • Bengali: “আল জাওয়াফ গভর্নোরেট”
  • Bulgarian: “Ал Джауф”
  • Bulgarian: “Джауф”
  • Catalan: “Governació d’Al Jawf”
  • Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at al Jawf”
  • Chinese: “Al Jawf Séng”
  • Chinese: “焦夫省”
  • Croatian: “Al Jawf”
  • Croatian: “Al-Džauf”
  • Czech: “provincie al-Džauf”
  • Danish: “Al Jawf Governorate”
  • Dutch: “Al Jawf”
  • Esperanto: “Al Hazm”
  • Esperanto: “Al-Ĝauf”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Al Ĝauf”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Al Ĝaŭf”
  • Finnish: “Al Jawf”
  • French: “Al Jawf”
  • Georgian: “ელ-ჯაუფი”
  • Georgian: “ელ-ჯაუფის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “al-Dschauf”
  • German: “Gouvernement al-Dschauf”
  • German: “YE-JA”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Αλ Ζάουφ”
  • Gujarati: “અલ જૌફ ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hebrew: “אל ג’וף”
  • Hebrew: “אל-ג’וף”
  • Hebrew: “אלג’וף”
  • Hebrew: “ג’וף”
  • Hebrew: “גוף”
  • Hindi: “अल जौफ गवर्नरेट”
  • Hindi: “अल-जौफ़ प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Dzsauf kormányzóság”
  • Hungarian: “El-Dzsauf”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Al-Jawf”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Al Jawf”
  • Italian: “governatorato di al-Jawf”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di al-Jawf”
  • Japanese: “ジャウフ県”
  • Kannada: “ಅಲ್ ಜಾವ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Korean: “자우프주”
  • Latvian: “Džaufas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Al Džafo gubernija”
  • Malay: “Al Jawf Governorate”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Al Jawf”
  • Marathi: “अल जौफ गव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Al Jawf Séng”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al Jawf”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al Jawf guvernement”
  • Norwegian: “Al Jawf”
  • Persian: “استان جوف”
  • Persian: “جوف”
  • Polish: “Al-Dżauf”
  • Portuguese: “Al Jawf”
  • Portuguese: “Jaufe”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Al Jawf”
  • Russian: “Эль-Джауф”
  • Scots: “Al Jawf Govrenorate”
  • Serbian: “Ел Џауф”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Al Džauf”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Al-Džauf”
  • Sinhala: “අල් ජෝෆ් පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Al Džauf”
  • Slovenian: “Al Jawf”
  • Slovenian: “guvernat Al Džauf”
  • Slovenian: “YE-Ja”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Al Jawf”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Al Jawf”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Al Yawf”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Al Yawf”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Yauf”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Yauf”
  • Swahili: “Wilaya ya Al Jawf”
  • Swedish: “al-Jawf”
  • Swedish: “Al-Jawf”
  • Swedish: “Muhafazat Al Jawf”
  • Tamil: “அல் ஜாவ்ப் கோவெர்னோரே”
  • Telugu: “అల్ జాాఫ్ గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการอัลเญาฟ์”
  • Turkish: “El Cavf ili”
  • Turkish: “El-Cevf”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Джауф”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ الجوف”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Al Jawf”
  • Wu Chinese: “焦夫省 (也门)”
  • Wu Chinese: “焦夫省（也门）”
  • Wu Chinese: “焦夫省”

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