A city is an administrative division falling under the urban mudiriyah subdivision; it comprises governorate and district centers, as well as any urban population cluster with 5,000 or more inhabitants that possesses one or more basic services.
+ Cities in Yemen Rank Name Population Governorate Transcription Arabic Census 1994 Estimate 2005 1. Sanaa 954,448 2,431,649 Sanaa (Capital District) 2. Taiz 317,571 596,672 Taiz 3. Hodeidah 298,452 548,433 Al Hudaydah 4. Aden 398,294 507,355 Aden 5. Ibb 103,312 225,611 Ibb 6. Dhamar 82,920 160,114 Dhamar 7. Mukalla 122,359 144,137 Hadhramaut 8. Seiyun 111,728 120,137 Hadhramaut 9. Zinjibar 50,346 70,801 Abyan 10. Sayyan 58,383 69,993 Sanaa 11. Ash Shihr 48,577 68,313 Hadhramaut 12. Sahar 27,621 60,487 Sanaa 13. Saada ? 51,870 Saada 14. Zabid 44,239 50,781 Al Hudaydah 15. Hajjah 24,645 46,568 Hajjah 16. Bajil District 40,561 46,005 Al Hudaydah 17. Dhi as-Sufal 31,963 44,949 Ibb 18. Rada'a 39,227 44,755 Al Bayda' 19. Bait al-Faqih 28,773 41,652 Al Hudaydah 20. al-Marawi'a 30,504 39,911 Al Hudaydah 21. Yarim 27,802 34,805 Ibb 22. Al Bayda' 19,294 33,175 Al Bayda' 23. 'Amran 28,212 31,497 Sanaa 24. Lahij 19,006 26,728 Lahij 25. Abs 18,320 25,763 Hajjah 26. Harad 15,710 22,093 Hajjah 27. Dimnat Chadir 15,651 22,010 Taiz 28. Ataq 13,995 19,681 Shabwah 29. al-Mahabischa 12,918 18,166 Hajjah 30. Baihan 12,685 17,839 Shabwah 31. Marib 6,996 16,794 Ma'rib 32. Thula 11,564 16,262 'Amran 33. Az Zaydiyah 13,912 16,246 Al Hudaydah 34. Mudiyah 11,071 15,569 Abyan 35. Khamir 10,903 15,333 'Amran 36. Hais 10,678 15,016 Taiz 37. Ad-Dahi 10,496 14,760 Al Hudaydah 38. Mocha 10,355 14,562 Taiz 39. Al Ghaydah 7,785 10,948 Al Mahrah 40. Al Mahwit 9,060 10,593 Al Mahwit