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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 ou ...

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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 northern

Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , relig ...

. It has a population of 1 million people and an area of 18,718 km², while its capital, also called

M'sila M'sila (also spelled Msila) ( ar, المسيلة); is the capital of M'Sila Province, Algeria, and is co-extensive with M'sila District. It has a population of 132,975 as per the 2008 census. M'sila University is also located in this city. Hist ...

, home to M'Sila University, has a population of about 100,000. Localities include Bou Saada and Maadid.

Chott El Hodna The ''Chott el Hodna'' ( ar, شط الحضنة) is a very shallow saline lake in Algeria. It is located within an endorheic basin in the Hodna region, towards the eastern end of the ''Hautes Plaines''. The ''Chott el Hodna'' includes seasonal bra ...

, a salt lake, crosses into M'Sila. However, most of the region is

semi-arid A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of semi- ...

and undeveloped. Additionally, M'Sila was the location of the first village constructed as part of a government-run program to transition nomadic Algerians to sedentary life using local materials. The village, now complete, was dubbed Maader and consists of houses, public and trading areas, and a mosque.

History

The province was created from parts of Batna (département),

Médéa (département) Médéa is a former French ''département'' in Algeria which existed between 1957 and 1974. Reorganization Considered as a French province, Algeria was departmentalised on 9 December 1848, and thereby was administratively structured in the same wa ...

and Sétif (département) in 1974.

Administrative divisions

The province is divided into 15

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

s (''daïras''), which are further divided into 47 ''communes'' or municipalities.

Districts

# Aïn El Hadjel # Aïn El Melh # Ben S'Rour #

Bou Saâda Bou Saada ( ar, بو سعادة, ''bu s‘adah'', meaning "place of happiness") is a town and municipality in M'Sila Province, Algeria, situated 245 km south of Algiers. As Arena it was the site of a city and bishopric in Roman Africa, now a C ...

# Chellal # Djebel Messaâd # Hammam Dhalaâ # Khoubana #

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# Medjedel # Ouled Derradj # Ouled Sidi Brahim #

Sidi Aïssa Sidi Aïssa is a town and commune in M'Sila Province, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordin ...

# Sidi Ameur

Communes

: 1. Aïn El Hadjel : 2. Aïn El Melh : 3. Aïn Errich : 4. Aïn Fares : 5. Aïn Khadra : 6. Belaïba : 7.

Ben Srour Ben Srour is a town and commune in M'Sila Province, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinat ...

: 8. Beni Ilmane : 9. Benzouh : 10. Berhoum : 11. Bir Foda : 12. Bou-Saâda : 13. Bouti Sayeh : 14. Chellal : 15. Dehahna : 16. Djebel Messaad : 17.

El Hamel El Hamel is a town and Communes of Algeria, commune in M'Sila Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 10,195. El Hamel was built in the 11th century on two hills at the foot of Mount Omrane; Surrounded by mountains o ...

: 18. El Houamed : 19. Hammam Dhalaa : 20. Khoubana : 21. Khatouti Sed Eldjir : 22. Maadid : 23. Maarif : 24.

: 25. M'cif : 26. Medjedel : 27.

: 28. M'Tarfa : 29. Menaa : 30.

Mohamed Boudiaf Mohamed Boudiaf (23 June 1919 – 29 June 1992, ar, محمد بوضياف; ALA-LC: ''Muḥammad Bū-Ḍiyāf''), also called Si Tayeb el Watani, was an Algerian political leader and one of the founders of the revolutionary National Liberat ...

: 31. Ouanougha : 32. Ouled Addi Guebala : 33. Ouled Derraj : 34. Ouled Madhi : 35. Ouled Mansour : 36. Ouled Sidi Brahim : 37. Ouled Slimane : 38. Oultene : 39.

: 40. Sidi Ameur : 41. Sidi Hadjeres : 42.

Sidi M'hamed Sidi M'Hamed ( ar, سيدي امحمد) is a municipality in Algiers Province, Algeria. It is the seat of the district of the same name. Its municipal code is ''1602'' and postal code is ''16014'' and it has a population of 90,455 as of the 1998 ...

: 43.

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: 44. Souamaa : 45. Tamsa : 46. Tarmount : 47. Zarzour

Zawiya

* Zawiyet El Hamel The creation of the Zaouïa complex dates back to the 19th century, founded by born in 1823 in the vicinity of Hassi Bahbah in the

Djelfa Province Djelfa ( ar, ولاية الجلفة) is a province (''wilaya'') of Algeria. Its capital is Djelfa. It was first established by the administrative reorganization of 1974, and is home to over 1.2 million inhabitants. Localities in this province i ...

. After he died in 1897, his daughter

Lalla Zaynab Lalla Zaynab (c. 1862 – 19 December 1904), was an Algerian Sufi Muslim spiritual leader. Regarded as a living saint by her followers, she fought a bitter battle over the succession of her father's barakah and Zawiya with her cousin Sa'id ibn ...

succeeded him until 1904. The zaouïa consists of a mosque, a Koranic school, and the mausoleum where the founder and his successors rest.

References

External links

Encyclopaedia of the Orient
- a brief description of M'Sila, focusing on its capital
BBC
- a news article about some recent violence in M'Sila
Archnet
- focuses on the Maader village project
Wetlands International
- an in-depth description of M'Sila's wetland {{DEFAULTSORT:Msila Province Provinces of Algeria States and territories established in 1974