page_title: Sanaa
section_title: Districts
hierarchical_section_title: Sanaa / Geography and climate / Districts
caption_attribution_description: The 1000-year old Bab Al-Yemen (the Gate of Yemen) at the city centre of the capital Sana'a.
context_page_description: Sanaa, also spelled Sanaʽa or Sana, is the largest city in Yemen and the centre of Sanaa Governorate. The city is not part of the Governorate, but forms the separate administrative district of "Amanat Al-Asemah". Under the Yemeni constitution, Sanaʽa is the capital of the country, although the seat of the Yemeni government moved to Aden in the aftermath of the Houthi occupation. Aden was declared as the temporary capital by President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi in March 2015.
  Sanaʽa is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. At an elevation of 2,300 metres, it is also one of the highest capital cities in the world and is next to the Sarawat Mountains of Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb and Jabal Tiyal, considered to be the highest mountains in the country and amongst the highest in the region. Sanaʽa has a population of approximately 3,937,500, making it Yemen's largest city.
  The Old City of Sanaʽa, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has a distinctive architectural character, most notably expressed in its multi-storey buildings decorated with geometric patterns. In the conflict that raged in 2015, bombs hit UNESCO sites in the old city.
context_section_description: Generally, Sanaʽa is divided into two parts: the Old City District ("al-Qadeemah") and the new city ("al-Jadid.") The former is much smaller and retains the city's ancient heritage and mercantile way-of-living while the latter is an urban sprawl with many suburbs and modern buildings. The newer parts of the city were largely developed in the 1960s and onward when Sanaʽa was chosen as the republican capital.
  The following are the list of districts in the city:
  
  
   
  New City
  Al Wahdah District
  As Sabain District
  Assafi'yah District
  At Tahrir District
  Ath'thaorah District
  Az'zal District
  Bani Al Harith District
  Ma'ain District
  Shu'aub District
   
  Old City
  Old City District
caption: The 1,000-year-old Bab Al-Yemen (Gate of The Yemen) at the centre of the old town
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