El Bayadh (
Arabic
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: ولاية البيض) is a
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions out ...
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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
Algeria
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, named after its capital
El Bayadh
El Bayadh () is a municipality of Algeria. It is the capital of El Bayadh Province. This town was known as ''Géryville'' during the French colonization of Algeria.
Geography
The Ksour Range is a mountainous
A mountain is an elevated po ...
. It is surrounded by mountains from the South, North, and Northeast of the state.
History
The province was created from
Saïda Province
Saïda ( ar, ولاية سعيدة) is a province ('' wilaya'') of Algeria, named after its capital.
History
The province was created from parts of Oran department, Saïda province and Saoura province in 1974.
In 1984 El Bayadh Province an ...
in 1984.
Administrative divisions
The province is divided into 8
districts
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,
which are further divided into 22
''communes'' or municipalities.
Districts
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Boualem
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Bougtob
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Boussemghoun
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Brézina
Brézina (or Brezina, Arabic: بريزينة) is a municipality in El Bayadh Province, Algeria. It is the district seat of Brézina District and has a population of 8.536, which gives it 7 seats in the PMA. Its postal code is ''32170'' and its mu ...
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Chellala
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El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh
El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh (Arabic: الأبيض سيدي الشيخ, is a municipality in El Bayadh Province, Algeria. It is the district seat of ''El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh District
El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh is a district in El Bayadh Province, Algeria. ...
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El Bayadh
El Bayadh () is a municipality of Algeria. It is the capital of El Bayadh Province. This town was known as ''Géryville'' during the French colonization of Algeria.
Geography
The Ksour Range is a mountainous
A mountain is an elevated po ...
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Rogassa
Communes
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Arbaouet
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Aïn El Orak
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Boualem
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Bougtob
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Boussemghoun
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Brézina
Brézina (or Brezina, Arabic: بريزينة) is a municipality in El Bayadh Province, Algeria. It is the district seat of Brézina District and has a population of 8.536, which gives it 7 seats in the PMA. Its postal code is ''32170'' and its mu ...
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Cheguig
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Chellala
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El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh
El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh (Arabic: الأبيض سيدي الشيخ, is a municipality in El Bayadh Province, Algeria. It is the district seat of ''El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh District
El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh is a district in El Bayadh Province, Algeria. ...
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El Bayadh
El Bayadh () is a municipality of Algeria. It is the capital of El Bayadh Province. This town was known as ''Géryville'' during the French colonization of Algeria.
Geography
The Ksour Range is a mountainous
A mountain is an elevated po ...
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El Bnoud
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El Kheiter
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El Maharra
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Ghassoul
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Kef Lahmar
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Krakda
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Rogassa
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Sidi Ameur
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Sidi Slimane
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Sidi Taifour
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Stitten
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Tousmouline
References
Provinces of Algeria
States and territories established in 1984
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