return {
lang = "ar",
["AB"] = {name="Abyan",altnames={"Abyan Govrenorate"}},
["AD"] = {name="Aden",isoname="‘Adan",altnames={"Aden Govrenorate"}},
["AM"] = {name="'Amran",isoname="‘Amrān",altnames={"'Amran Governorate"}},
["BA"] = {name="Al Bayda",isoname="Al Bayḑā’",altnames={"Al Bayda Govrenorate"}},
["DA"] = {name="Dhale",isoname="Aḑ Ḑāli‘",altnames={"Dhale Govrenorate"}},
["DH"] = {name="Dhamar",isoname="Dhamār",altnames={"Dhamar Govrenorate"}},
["HD"] = {name="Hadramaut",isoname="Ḩaḑramawt",altnames={"Hadramaut Govrenorate"}},
["HJ"] = {name="Hajjah",isoname="Ḩajjah",altnames={"Hajjah Govrenorate"}},
["HU"] = {name="Al Hudaydah",isoname="Al Ḩudaydah",altnames={"Al Hudaydah Govrenorate"}},
["IB"] = {name="Ibb",altnames={"Ibb Govrenorate"}},
["JA"] = {name="Al Jawf",altnames={"Al Jawf Govrenorate"}},
["LA"] = {name="Lahij",isoname="Laḩij",altnames={"Lahij Govrenorate"}},
["MA"] = {name="Ma'rib",isoname="Ma’rib",altnames={"Ma'rib Govrenorate"}},
["MR"] = {name="Al Mahrah",altnames={"Al Mahrah Govrenorate"}},
["MW"] = {name="Al Mahwit",isoname="Al Maḩwīt",altnames={"Al Mahwit Govrenorate"}},
["RA"] = {name="Raymah",altnames={"Raymah Govrenorate"}},
["SD"] = {name="Sa'dah",isoname="Şāʻdah",altnames={"Sa'dah Govrenorate"}},
["SH"] = {name="Shabwah",altnames={"Shabwah Govrenorate"}},
["SN"] = {name="Sana'a",isoname="Şanʻā’",altnames={"Sana'a Govrenorate"}},
["SU"] = {name="Socotra",isoname="Arkhabīl Suquţrá",altnames={"Socotra Govrenorate"}},
["TA"] = {name="Taiz",isoname="Tāʻizz",altnames={"Taiz Govrenorate"}},
["SA"] = {name="Amanat Al Asimah",isoname="Amānat al ‘Āşimah",altnames={"Amānat al ‘Āşimah [ceety]","Sana'a Ceety"}}
}
