Yemen is divided into twenty-one governorates and one municipality : Notes:a - Also known as Sanaa City, it is not part of any federal regionb - Socotra Governorate was created in December 2013 from parts of the Hadhramaut Governorate, data included there The governorates are subdivided into 333 districts, which are subdivided into 1,996 sub-districts, and then into 40,793 villages and 88,817 sub villages. Wikipedia