Mostaganem ( ar, ولاية مستغانم) is a

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wilaya A wilayah ( ar, وَلاية, wālāya or ''wilāya'', plural ; Urdu and fa, ولایت, ''velâyat''; tr, vilayet) is an administrative division, usually translated as "state", "province" or occasionally as "governorate". The word comes fr ...

'') of Algeria. Its capital is

Mostaganem Mostaganem ( ber, Mustɣanem; ar, مستغانم) is a port city in and capital of Mostaganem province, in the northwest of Algeria. The city, founded in the 11th century lies on the Gulf of Arzew, Mediterranean Sea and is 72 km ENE of O ...

Geography

The land relief in Mostaganem Province can be divided into four regions: the

Dahra Range The Dahra Range () is a mountain range located in northern Algeria. 'Dahra' is an Arabic word meaning 'back'; in toponymy this term indicates a long plateau of lesser altitude. Geography The Dahra is a low mountain chain part of the greater Tell A ...

to the east, the Mostaganem Plateau to the south, the Chelif River valley which separates the two highland regions, and the plains on the province's southern border which lie next to the marshes of the Macta. The Mostaganem Plateau covers eleven municipalities in the southern part of the province: Mostaganem, Ain Tedles,

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, Bouguirat, Sirat, Souaflia, Mesra, Ain Sidi Cherif, Mansourah, Touahria and Sayada. It is a semi-arid and sandy plateau, in the shape of a triangle and bounded to the north by the Chelif River. It receives 350 mm of rainfall per year. During French colonization,

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was introduced on the plateau. After the country's independence, it was replaced by irrigated market gardening and the culture of citrus fruits and cereals. However, in certain sectors east of Mostaganem, the replacement of the vineyards caused the appearance of small dunes as a consequence of the resumption of soil movement.

History

In 1984

Relizane Province Relizane ( ar, ولاية غليزان) is a province (''wilaya'') of Algeria. Relizane is the capital. Other localities include Bendaoud, Bouzegza, Hamri, Kalaa, Mazouna and Zemmoura. The Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 4 January 1998 happ ...

was carved out of its territory.

Administrative divisions

The province is divided into 10

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s (''

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s''), which are further divided into 32 ''communes'' or municipalities.

Districts

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# Aïn Nouïssy # Aïn Tédelès # Bouguirat # Hassi Mamèche #

Kheïr Eddine Kheïr Eddine (also Hayreddin) is a town and commune in Mostaganem Province, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital ...

# Mesra #

# Sidi Ali # Sidi Lakhdar

Communes

(Achaacha) # Aïn Boudinar # Aïn Nouïssy #

Aïn Sidi Chérif Aïn Sidi Chérif is a town and commune in Mostaganem Province, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers ...

# Aïn Tédelès (Ain Tedles) # Benabdelmalek Ramdane (Abdelmalek Ramdane) # Bouguirat # El Hassaine # Fornaka # Hadjadj # Hassi Mamèche (Hasi Mameche) #

Khadra Khadra is a town and commune in Mostaganem Province, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordin ...

(Kheiredine) # Mansourah # Mazagran (Mazagrain, Mezghrane) # Mesra #

# Nékmaria # Oued El Kheïr # Ouled Boughalem # Ouled Malah (Ouled Maalef) #

Safsaf Safsaf ( ar, صفصاف ''Ṣafṣāf'', "weeping willow") was a Palestinian village 9 kilometres northwest of Safed, present-day Israel. Its villagers fled to Lebanon after the Safsaf massacre in October 1948, during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War ...

(Saf Saf) # Sayada # Sidi Ali # Sidi Bellater (Sidi Belatar) # Sidi Lakhdar (Sidi Lakhdaara) # Sirat # Souaflia #

# Stidia # Tazgait # Touahria # addl

References

Provinces of Algeria States and territories established in 1974 {{mostaganem-geo-stub