Sanaa Governorate

Sanaa (Arabic: صَنْعَاء Ṣanʿāʾ), also spelled San'a' or Sana, is a governorate of Yemen.

The Governorate covers an area of 13,850 km2 (5,350 sq mi).

Within this place is Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb or Jabal Hadhur,[3][4][5] the highest mountain in the nation and the Arabian Peninsula.

[6][7] Sanaa Governorate is divided into the following 16 districts.

These districts are further divided into sub-districts, and then further subdivided into villages:

Jabal Nuqm or Jabal Nuqum in the area of Sanaa. Local legend has it that after the death of Noah , his son Shem built the city at the base of this mountain. [ 2 ]