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.

Map o the provinces o Algerie numbered accordin tae the offeecial order.

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 Tébessa

13 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 Guelma

25 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 Tarf

37 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:

1. Aurès
2. Constantine
3. Kabylie
4. Algiers
5. Oran
6. 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