Abyan (Arabic: أبين) is a governorate of Yemen. The Abyan region was historically part of the Fadhli Sultanate. It was a former base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group. The Arabic language (Arabic: ‎ translit: ), or simply Arabic (Arabic: ‎ translit: ), is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... Yemen is divided into 19 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah): Abyan Adan Ad Dali Al Bayda Al Hudaydah Al Jawf Al Mahrah Al Mahwit Amran Dhamar Hadhramaut Hajjah Ibb Lahij Marib Sadah Sanaá Shabwah Taizz note: there may be one additional governorate of the capital city of Sana... The Fadhli Sultanate (Arabic:السلطنة الفضلية) existed unil 1967. ... The Aden-Abyan Islamic Army is a terrorist group based in southern Yemen. ... It has been suggested that Political terrorism be merged into this article or section. ...

Governorates of Yemen
Abyan | 'Adan | Ad Dali' | Al Bayda' | Al Hudaydah | Al Jawf | Al Mahrah | Al Mahwit | 'Amran | Dhamar | Hadhramaut | Hajjah | Ibb | Lahij | Ma'rib | Sa'dah | Sanaá | Shabwah | Ta'izz