As of February 2004, Yemen is divided into twenty governorates (muhafazat) and one municipality called "Amanat Al-Asemah" (the latter containing the capital, Sana'a)
Yemen is located in Southwest Asia at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula between Oman and Saudi Arabia.
Situated on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia, Yemen is a Middle Eastern country comprised of the formerly separate republics of North and South Yemen.