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Tlemcen ( ar, ولاية تلمسان) is a
province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...
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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 ...
'') in northwestern
Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , relig ...
. The
Tlemcen National Park The Tlemcen National Park (Arabic:الحديقة الوطنية تلمسان) is one of the more recent national parks of Algeria. It is located in Tlemcen Province, named after Tlemcen, a city near this park. The park includes the forests of ''If ...
is located there.


History

The province was created from
Oran (department) : ''For the departamento in Argentina, see Orán Department.'' Oran ( ar, وَهران, Wahrān) was a French ''département'' in Algeria existing from 1848 until 1974. Originally a French province, it was departmentalised on 9 December 1848. It ...
and Tlemcen department in 1974.


Administrative divisions

The province is divided into 20
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s''), which are further divided into 53 ''communes'' or municipalities.


Districts

# Aïn Talout # Bab El Assa # Bensekrane # Béni Boussaïd # Béni Snous # Chatouane # Felaoucene #
Ghazaouet Ghazaouet is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in northwestern Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algi ...
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Hennaya Hennaya is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in northwestern Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algier ...
# Houanaine District (Honaine) # Maghnia # Mansourah # Marsa Ben M'Hidi #
Nedroma Nedroma ( ar, ندرومة) is a city in Tlemcen Province, in northwestern Algeria, about from Tlemcen. Once the capital of Trara, it was built on the ruins of a Berber town by Abd al-Mu'min the Almohad caliph. It has a great Islamic history, ...
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Ouled Mimoun Ouled Mimoun is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in north-western Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = ...
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Remchi Remchi is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in north-western Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algier ...
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Sebdou Sebdou is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in north-western Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algier ...
# Sidi Djillali #
Tlemcen Tlemcen (; ar, تلمسان, translit=Tilimsān) is the second-largest city in northwestern Algeria after Oran, and capital of the Tlemcen Province. The city has developed leather, carpet, and textile industries, which it exports through the por ...


Communes

# Ain Fetah ( Ain Fettah) #
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# Ain Ghoraba # Ain Kebira # Ain Nehala # Ain Tellout ( Ain Tallout) # Ain Youcef # Amieur # Azails # Bab El Assa # Beni Bahdel # Beni Boussaid # Beni Khellad (Formerly Souk El Khemis) #
Beni Mester Beni Mester is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in northwestern Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Al ...
# Beni Ouarsous # Beni Smiel ( Beni Semiel) #
Beni Snous Beni Snous or Aït Snous (in berber: ⴰⵢⵜ ⵙⵏⵓⵙ, Ayt Snus and in ar, بني سنوس) is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in northwestern Algeria. Situation Beni Snous Commune's territory is situated in the west of the wilay ...
# Bensekrane # Bouhlou # Chetouane # Dar Yaghmoricene ( Dar Yaghmouracene) # Djebala # El Aricha # El Bouihi ( Bouihi) #
El Fehoul El Fehoul is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in northwestern Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algi ...
# El Gor # Fellaoucene #
Ghazaouet Ghazaouet is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in northwestern Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algi ...
# Hammam Boughrara #
Hennaya Hennaya is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in northwestern Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algier ...
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Honaine Honaine is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in northwestern Algeria. Geography The territory of the commune of Honaïne is situated to the north of the wilaya of Tlemcen. Honaïne is a port city on the south-western shore of the Mediterranea ...
( Houanaine) # Maghnia #
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Marsa Ben Mhidi Marsa Ben M'Hidi is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in northwestern Algeria, located next to the border with Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Afr ...
( Marsa Ben M'Hidi) # Msirda Fouaga #
Nedroma Nedroma ( ar, ندرومة) is a city in Tlemcen Province, in northwestern Algeria, about from Tlemcen. Once the capital of Trara, it was built on the ruins of a Berber town by Abd al-Mu'min the Almohad caliph. It has a great Islamic history, ...
# Oued Chouli ( Oued Chouly) #
Ouled Mimoun Ouled Mimoun is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in north-western Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = ...
# Ouled Riyah #
Remchi Remchi is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in north-western Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algier ...
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# Sebaa Chioukh ( Sebbaa Chioukh) #
Sebdou Sebdou is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in north-western Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algier ...
# Sidi Abdelli # Sidi Djilali ( Sidi Djillali) # Sidi Medjahed # Souahlia # Souani #
Souk Thlata Souk Tlata is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in north-western Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Al ...
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Souk Tlata Souk Tlata is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in north-western Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Al ...
) # Terni Beni Hediel ( Terny Beni Hediel, Tirni Beni Hediel) # Tianet #
Tlemcen Tlemcen (; ar, تلمسان, translit=Tilimsān) is the second-largest city in northwestern Algeria after Oran, and capital of the Tlemcen Province. The city has developed leather, carpet, and textile industries, which it exports through the por ...
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References

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