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Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , relig ...
, since December 18, 2019, is divided into 58 wilayas ( provinces). Prior to December 18, 2019, there were 48 provinces. The 58 provinces are divided into 1,541 baladiyahs (
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). The name of a province is always that of its capital city. According to the Algerian constitution, a wilaya is a territorial collectivity enjoying economic and diplomatic freedom, the APW, or ''"Popular Provincial Parliament/Provincial Popular Parliament"'' (the ''Assemblée Populaire Wilayale'', in French) is the political entity governing a province, directed by the " Wali" (
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), who is chosen by the Algerian President to handle the APW's decisions, the APW has also a president, who is elected by the members of the APW, which Algerians elect.


List

By 1984 the number of Algerian provinces were fixed at 48 and established the list of municipalities or "communes" attached to each province. In 2019, 10 new provinces were added. The province numbers are the first 31 provinces (see the second section) in
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alphabetical order, after the adding of 17 more provinces in 1983 and 10 more in 2019, the old numbering was kept and the 27 provinces created since 1984 have been assigned codes from 32 to 58, in Arabic alphabetical order. The following table presents the list of provinces, showing for each its numerical code, its name (which is at all times the same as the name of the capital city of the province), the number of districts ("dairas"), the number of municipalities, its area, and its population.


Since 2019

On 26 November 2019, the
Cabinet of Algeria The Council of Ministers is an Algerian government body established by the Algerian Constitution of 1996, Algerian Constitution to discuss and adopt some of the main acts of Executive (government), executive power, such as the tabling of governme ...
passed a bill to add 10 more provinces, by splitting some of the larger provinces in the south of Algeria into smaller ones. Thus, the following provinces have been added on December 18, 2019: *
Bordj Badji Mokhtar Province The Wilaya of Bordj Baji Mokhtar () is an Algerian Province created in 2019, previously, a delegated wilaya created in 2015. It is in the Algerian Sahara. Geography The wilaya of Bordj Baji Mokhtar is in the Algerian Sahara; its area is 131 ...
* In Salah Province *
Djanet Province The wilaya of Djanet () is an Algerian province created in 2019, previously, a delegated wilaya created in 2015. It is located in the Algerian Sahara. Geography The wilaya of Djanet is in the Algerian Sahara; its area is 131,220 km² ...
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In Guezzam Province The Wilaya of In Guezzam ( ar, ولاية عين قزّام) is a newly created province in far southern Algeria that was created on December 18, 2019, after the Cabinet of Algeria passed a bill that created 10 new provinces in a rare move. Prio ...
* El M'Ghair Province *
Touggourt Province The Wilaya of Touggourt ( ar, ولاية تقرت) is an Algerian province created in 2019, previously, a delegated wilaya created in 2015. It is in the Algerian Sahara. Geography The wilaya of Touggourt is in the Algerian Sahara; its area i ...
*
Béni Abbès Province The Wilaya of Béni Abbas ( ar, ولاية بني عباس) is an Algerian Province created in 2019, previously, a delegated wilaya created in 2015. It is in the Algerian Sahara. Geography The wilaya of Béni Abbès is in the Algerian Saha ...
*
Timimoun Province The Wilaya of Timimoun () is an Algerian province created in 2019, previously, a delegated wilaya created in 2015. It is in the Algerian Sahara. Geography The wilaya of Timimoun is in the Algerian Sahara; its area is 131,220 km² . ...
* Ouled Djellal Province * El Menia Province


1984-2019

In 1984 17 new provinces were added. These provinces included: # El Bayadh # Illizi #
Bordj Bou Arréridj Bordj Bou Arréridj ( ar, برج بوعريريج) is the capital city of Bordj Bou Arréridj Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 estimation, its population was 168,346. It is situated 148 miles by road east of Algiers, near the Hodna Massif ...
# Boumerdès # El Taref # Tindouf #
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El Oued El Oued ( ar, اﻟﻮادي, ber, Suf meaning ''the River''), Souf or Oued Souf is a city, and the capital of El Oued Province, in Algeria. The oasis town is watered by an underground river, hence its name is El Oued which enables date palm culti ...
# Khenchela # Souk Ahras # Tipaza # Mila # Aïn Defla #
Naâma Naâma (Arabic: النعامة or نعامة) is a municipality in Naâma Province, Algeria, of which it is the province seat. It is coextensive with the district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is ...
# Aïn Témouchent # Ghardaïa # Relizane


1974-1983

The 15 departments were reorganized to form 31 provinces:


1957-1974

Immediately after independence, Algeria retained its 15 former French départements, which were renamed wilayas (provinces) in 1968, for the most part, with some name changes: *8A-El Wahat (Currently Ouargla, formerly Oasis) *8B-Saoura (Currently Béchar) *9A-Alger (Algiers) *9B-Batna *9C-Annaba (Formerly Bône,
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: Bona) *9D-Constantine *9E-Médéa *9F-Mostaganem *9G-Oran *9H-Orléansville (Then El Asnam, now Chlef) *9J-Sétif *9K-Tiaret *9L-Tizi-Ouzou *9M-Tlemcen *9R-Saïda


1954-1962

During the Algerian War of Independence, the FLN adopted an organizational system divided by 6 numbered ''wilayas'': #Aurès #Constantine #Kabylie #Algiers #Oran #Sahara


See also

* Municipalities of Algeria * List of Algerian Provinces by population * List of Algerian Provinces by area * List of Algerian regions by Human Development Index * ISO 3166-2:DZ


References


External links


National Statistics Office
{{Articles on first-level administrative divisions of African countries Subdivisions of Algeria Algeria, Provinces Algeria 1 Provinces, Algeria Provinces