Provinces o Algerie

Algerie is currently dividit intae 48 wilayas (provinces), 553 daïras (circles, or kintras; see Destricts o Algerie) an 1541 baladiyahs (municipalities, in French: commune). The caipital ceety o a baladiyah, daïra, or province (which is an aa the lairgest ceety o those) aaways gies those entities thair name, even Algiers, the caipital o the kintra gae it its name (El Djazayar, the Arabic name for baith the ceety an the kintra).

Accordin tae the Algerian constitution, a wilaya is a territorial collectivity enjoyin economic an diplomatic freedom, the APW, or "Popular Provincial Parliament/Provincial Popular Parliament" (the Assemblée Populaire Wilayale, in French) is the poleetical entity govrenin a province, directit bi the "Wali" (Govrenor), who is chosen bi the Algerian Preses tae haundle the APW's decisions, the APW haes an aa a preses, who is electit bi the members o the APW, which is electit bi Algerians.


The province nummers are the first 31 provinces (see the seicont section) in Arabic alphabetical order, efter the addin o 17 ither provinces in 1983, the auld numberin wis kept an the 17 new provinces hae been assigned codes frae 32-48, in Arabic alphabetical order. Thare are 48 provinces (syne 1983) in Algerie, thay are:


1 Adrar
2 Chlef
3 Laghouat
4 Oum el-Bouaghi
5 Batna
6 Béjaïa
7 Biskra
8 Béchar
9 Blida
10 Bouira
11 Tamanrasset
12 Tébessa13 Tlemcen
14 Tiaret
15 Tizi Ouzou
16 Algiers
17 Djelfa
18 Jijel
19 Sétif
20 Saïda
21 Skikda
22 Sidi Bel Abbès
23 Annaba
24 Guelma25 Constantine
26 Médéa
27 Mostaganem
28 M'Sila
29 Mascara
30 Ouargla
31 Oran
32 El Bayadh
33 Illizi
34 Bordj Bou Arréridj
35 Boumerdès
36 El Tarf37 Tindouf
38 Tissemsilt
39 El Oued
40 Khenchela
41 Souk Ahras
42 Tipasa
43 Mila
44 Aïn Defla
45 Naama
46 Aïn Témouchent
47 Ghardaïa
48 Relizane

1974-1983
The 15 depairtments wur reorganized tae form 31 provinces:

1 Adrar
2 Chlef
3 Laghouat
4 Oum el-Bouaghi
5 Batna
6 Béjaïa
7 Biskra
8 Béchar
9 Blida
10 Bouira
11 Tamanghasset
12 Tébessa
13 Tlemcen
14 Tiaret
15 Tizi Ouzou
16 Algiers
17 Djelfa
18 Jijel
19 Sétif
20 Saïda
21 Skikda
22 Sidi Bel Abbes
23 Annaba
24 Guelma
25 Constantine
26 Médéa
27 Mostaganem
28 M'Sila
29 Mascara
30 Ouargla
31 Oran

1957-1974
Immediately efter unthirldom, Algerie retained its 15 umwhile French dépairtements, which wur renamed wilayas (provinces) in 1968, for the maist pairt, wi some name chynges:

9A-Alger (Algiers)
9C-Annaba (Umwhile Bône, Inglis: Bona)
9B-Batna
9D-Constantine
9H-Orléansville (Then El Asnam, nou Chlef)
8A-El Wahat (Currently Ouargla, umwhile Oasis)
9E-Médéa
9F-Mostaganem
9G-Oran
9R-Saïda
8B-Saoura (Currently Béchar)
9J-Sétif
9K-Tiaret
9L-Tizi-Ouzou
9M-Tlemcen

1954-1962
Durin the Algerian War o Unthirldom, the FLN adoptit an organizational seestem dividit bi 6 numbered wilayas:

Aurès
Constantine
Kabylie
Algiers
Oran
Sahara

wi Fraunce whiles describit as a "wilaya 7".

See an aa
Municipalities o Algerie
Leet o Algerian Provinces bi population
Leet o Algerian Provinces bi aurie
ISO 3166-2:DZ


Category:Subdiveesions o Algerie
Algerie, Provinces
Algerie 1
Provinces, Algerie
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