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Taiz Governorate
Governorate of Yemen
Taiz (Arabic: تَعِزّ, romanized: Taʿizz) is a governorate of Yemen. Its capital Taiz, the third-largest city in Yemen, is among the most important commercial centres in the country, owing to its proximity to farmland, the Red Sea port of Mokha and Taiz International Airport.
Geography
Taiz Governorate has an extraordinarily diverse geography. The western half is part of the Tihamah coastal plain and has an exceedingly hot, humid and arid climate. The eastern half is very mountainous, with the major peak being 3,070-metre-high Jabal Sabir, near Taiz city. These mountains trap the moisture created by an upper-level wind reversal between April and October, so that annual rainfall increases from 200 millimetres (8 inches) in the foothills to more than 1,000 millimetres (40 inches) near Jebel Saber. Temperatures in the highlands remain high during the daytime, but at the highest elevations they can fall to -5 °C (23 °F) overnight.
Mountain ranges
The governorate has many mountains ranging in height from 1,000 to 3,200 metres. The most important mountains are Jabal Sabir, Jabal Habashi, Jabal Samaʿa, Jabal Qadas, Jabal As-Silw, the mountains of al-Wazi'iyah and the Mountains of Shar'ab and Maqbanah.
Streams
There are many streams (wadi Arabic: وادي), perennial and seasonal:
Perennial streams
Wadi Rasian, in Mawza, Shara'b Ar Rawnah, al-Makha and Maqbanah.
Wadi Warzan, in Khadir and al-Mawasit.
Wadi al-Dhabab, in al-Mawasit and Hayfan.
Wadi Ar-Ram, in al-Mafalis region, Hayfan.
Wadi al-Dhabab, in Sabir al-Mawadim.
Wadi al-Ashroh or Wadi al-Barakani, in al-Mawasit.
Wadi al-Janah, in al-Wazi'iyah.
Wadi al-Lahya, in Mawza.
Seasonal streams
Streams that only run in the wet season are:
Adjacent governorates
Al Hudaydah Governorate (north)
Ibb Governorate (north)
Dhale Governorate (northeast)
Lahij Governorate (southeast)
Districts
Taiz Governorate is divided into 23 districts, each divided into sub-districts, and then into villages:
Al Mukha District
Al Ma'afer District
Al Mawasit District
Al Misrakh District
Al Mudhaffar District
Al Qahirah District
Al Wazi'iyah District
As Silw District
Ash Shamayatayn District
At Ta'iziyah District
Dhubab District
Dimnat Khadir District
Hayfan District
Jabal Habashy District
Maqbanah District
Mashra'a Wa Hadnan District
Mawiyah District
Mawza District
Sabir Al Mawadim District
Salh District
Sama District
Shara'b Ar Rawnah District
Shara'b As Salam District
Economy
In the Tihamah region, irrigated crops include cotton, sorghum and sesame. Mangoes, papayas and bananas are the major crops of the western escarpment, and further up coffee and khat are grown. Although wine is prohibited in Islam, grapes are grown to produce raisins.
Wildlife
The most common wild animals are hyenas, rock hyrax, rabbits, hedgehog, and monkeys. The most common wild birds are vultures, falcons, partridges, owls, pigeons, hoopoes, bulbuls.
Regions
Shamir: (Arabic: شمير) also called "Shamir Maqbanah". It is a mountainous region part of Maqbanah district.
Al-Hugariyyah: (Arabic: الحجرية) It is the largest region in Taiz governorate. It is sometimes mistakenly called al-Hujariah district. The region is part of As-Silw, al-Ma'afer, Hayfan, Sama', al-Mawasit, Jabal Habashy, Dimnat Khadir, and al-Wazi'iyah districts.
Islands
Perim
Jazirat Ziadi
Notable people
Mohsen Ayed, journalist and author