Saada Governorate

Sa'dah
صَعْدَة
Governorate
Coordinates: 16°58′N 44°43′E / 16.967°N 44.717°E / 16.967; 44.717
CountryYemen
RegionAzal Region
SeatSaada
Government
 • GovernorHadi Tarshan (in-exile)
Area
 • Total11,375 km2 (4,392 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total1,038,000
 • Density91/km2 (240/sq mi)

Saada (Arabic: صَعْدَة, romanizedṢaʿdah) or Sa'dah is one of the governorates of Yemen. The governorate's seat and the largest city is Saada. It is the epicentre of Zaydism[2] and where the Houthi group originates from.[3]: 1008 

  1. ^ "Statistical Yearbook 2011". Central Statistical Organisation. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Sa‘da in the North Yemeni Context" Salmoni, Barak A., Bryce Loidolt, and Madeleine Wells. Regime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon, pp. 19–44. JSTOR. Accessed 10 August 2021.
  3. ^ Freeman, Jack (2009). "The al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen". Studies in Conflict & Terrorism. 32 (11): 1008–1019. doi:10.1080/10576100903262716. ISSN 1057-610X.