Saada Governorate

Sa'dah

صَعْدَة
Sa'dah صَعْدَة
Governorate
	Coordinates: 16°58′N 44°43′E / 16.967°N 44.717°E
Country	Yemen
Region	Azal Region
Seat	Saada
Government
• Governor	Hadi Tarshan (in-exile)
Area
• Total	11,375 km2 (4,392 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,038,000
• Density	91/km2 (240/sq mi)

Saada (Arabic: صَعْدَة, romanized: Ṣaʿdah) 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

^ "Statistical Yearbook 2011". Central Statistical Organisation. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
^ "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.
^ 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.

[yearbook2011-1] "Statistical Yearbook 2011". Central Statistical Organisation. Retrieved 20 February 2019.

[north-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.

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