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Abyan Governorate

Abyan is a governorate of . The Abyan region was historically part of the Fadhli Sultanate. It was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army militant group.
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  • Type: State with 434,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of Yemen
  • Also known as: “Abyan”, “Al Muhafazah ath Thalithah”, “Al Muḩāfaz̧ah ath Thālithah”, “Governorate Number Three”, “III”, “Muḩāfaz̧at Abyan”, and “Third Governorate”
  • Neighbors:

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ahl Fashshash.

Village
is a village in south-western . It is located in the Abyan Governorate. Its nearest airport is Aden International Airport.

Abyan Governorate

Latitude
13.7862° or 13° 47′ 10″ north
Longitude
46.1418° or 46° 8′ 30″ east
Population
434,000
Elevation
1,254 metres (4,114 feet)
Open location code
7H58Q4PR+FP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2281453884
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
80425
Wiki­data ID
Q241774
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Abyan Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أبين”
  • Arabic: “ابين”
  • Arabic: “محافظة أبين”
  • Armenian: “Աբյան նահանգապետություն”
  • Asturian: “Abyan”
  • Asturian: “Gobernación de Abyan”
  • Azerbaijani: “Abya mühafazası”
  • Basque: “Abyan gobernantzia”
  • Belarusian: “Аб’ян”
  • Bengali: “আবিয়ান গভর্নোরেট”
  • Bulgarian: “Абян”
  • Catalan: “Abyan”
  • Catalan: “Governació d’Abyan”
  • Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at Abyan”
  • Chinese: “Abyan Séng”
  • Chinese: “阿比扬省”
  • Chinese: “阿比揚”
  • Chinese: “阿比揚省”
  • Croatian: “Abjan”
  • Croatian: “Abyan(Muhafaza)”
  • Croatian: “Abyan”
  • Czech: “Abjan”
  • Czech: “provincie Abjan”
  • Danish: “Abyan Governorate”
  • Dutch: “Abyan”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة ابيان”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة ابين”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Abjan”
  • Esperanto: “Zinĝibar”
  • Finnish: “Abyan”
  • French: “Abyan”
  • French: “Abyane”
  • Georgian: “აბიანი”
  • Georgian: “აბიანის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “Abjan”
  • German: “Abyan”
  • German: “Gouvernement Abyan”
  • German: “YE-AB”
  • Greek: “Αμπγιάν”
  • Gujarati: “અબ્યાન ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hebrew: “אביאן”
  • Hebrew: “אבין”
  • Hindi: “अबयन प्रान्त”
  • Hindi: “अबयान”
  • Hungarian: “Abjan kormányzóság”
  • Hungarian: “Abjan”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Abyan”
  • Italian: “Abyan”
  • Italian: “governatorato di Abyan”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Abyan”
  • Japanese: “アビヤン県”
  • Kannada: “ಅಬ್ಯಾನ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Korean: “아브얀주”
  • Latvian: “Abjānas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Abjano gubernija”
  • Luxembourgish: “Gouvernement Abyan”
  • Malay: “Abyan Governorate”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Abyan”
  • Marathi: “अब्यानं गव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Abyan Séng”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Abyan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Abyan guvernement”
  • Norwegian: “Abyan”
  • Persian: “ابین”
  • Persian: “استان ابین”
  • Polish: “Abjan”
  • Portuguese: “Abyan”
  • Romanian: “Abyan”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Abyan”
  • Russian: “Абьян”
  • Scots: “Abyan Govrenorate”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Abjan”
  • Sinhala: “අබ්යන් පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Abjan”
  • Slovenian: “Abyan”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Abjan”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Abyan”
  • Slovenian: “YE-AB”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ابین اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Abyan”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Abyan”
  • Swahili: “Abyan”
  • Swahili: “Wilaya ya Abyan”
  • Swedish: “Abyan”
  • Swedish: “Muhafazat Abyan”
  • Tamil: “அபயன் கோவெர்னோரே”
  • Telugu: “అబ్యాన్ గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการอับยัน”
  • Turkish: “Abyan ili”
  • Turkish: “Abyan”
  • Ukrainian: “Аб’ян мугафаза”
  • Ukrainian: “Аб’ян”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ ابین”
  • Uzbek: “Abyan”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Abyan”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿比扬省”

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