Mila ( ar, ولاية ميلة, link=no, ) 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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wilayah 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 f ...

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, whose capital is Mila. Other localities include Teleghma,

Grarem Gouga Grarem Gouga is a town in Grarem municipality, Grarem Gouga District, Mila Province, Algeria. Notable people * Yacine Bezzaz - Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = ...

, Hamala and Rouached.

History

The province was created from parts of

Constantine Province Constantine ( ar, ولاية قسنطينة) is one of the 58 provinces ('' wilayas'') of Algeria, whose capital is the city of the same name. History In 1984 Mila Province was carved out of its territory. Administrative divisions The provin ...

Jijel Province Jijel ( ar, ولاية جيجل) is a province (''wilaya'') in Algeria, on the eastern Mediterranean coast. The capital is Jijel (Phoenician name : ''Igilgili''). Taza National Park is located in this province. History The province was created ...

Oum el Bouaghi Province Oum El Bouaghi or Oum el-Bouaghi ( ar, ولاية أم البواقي) is a province (''wilaya'') of Algeria in the Aures region. The capital is Oum el-Bouaghi, which was named Can Robert (during French occupation), Sidi R'Ghis a few years late ...

and

Sétif Province Sétif Province ( ar, ولاية سطيف, kab, Agezdu n Sṭif) is a province (''wilaya'') in north-eastern Algeria. Its capital and largest city is Sétif; the next largest city is El Eulma. There is also the World Heritage Site of Djémila ...

in 1984.

Administrative divisions

The province is divided into 13

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daïra A daïra or daerah ( ''circle''; plural ''dawaïr'') is an administrative division in Algeria and Western Sahara in West Africa, as well as Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia in Southeast Asia. It is commonly translated in English as "district". West ...

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

Districts

# Aïn Beida Harriche # Bouhatem #

Chelghoum Laïd Chelghoum Laïd is a city in Chelghoum Laïd District, Mila Province, Algeria. In 2008 it had a population of 54,495.populsta ...

# Ferdjioua #

# Mila # Oued Endja # Rouached # Sidi Merouane # Tadjenanet # Tassadane Haddada # Teleghma # Terrai Bainen

Communes

# Ahmed Rachedi # Aïn Beida Harriche # Aïn Mellouk #

Aïn Tine Aïn Tine or Aïn Tinn (formerly Belfort) is a town and commune in Mila Province, Algeria. At the 1998 census it had a population of 6653. History Under the Roman Empire, it was called Coeliana, perhaps after the name of the Coelii Maximi famil ...

# Amira Arras #

Benyahia Abderrahmane Benyahia Abderrahmane is a town and commune in Mila Province, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , ...

# Bouhatem #

Chelghoum Laïd Chelghoum Laïd is a city in Chelghoum Laïd District, Mila Province, Algeria. In 2008 it had a population of 54,495.populsta ...

# Chigara #

Derradji Bousselah Derrahi Bousselah is a town and commune in Mila Province, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coo ...

# El Mechira # Elayadi Barbes # Ferdjioua #

# Hamala # Mila # Minar Zarza #

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

# Oued Endja # Oued Seguen # Ouled Khalouf # Rouached #

Sidi Khelifa Sidi Khelifa is a town and commune in Mila Province, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordina ...

# Sidi Merouane # Tadjenanet # Tassadane Haddada # Teleghma # Terrai Bainen #

Tessala Ldematai Tessala Lemtai is a town and commune in Mila Province, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordi ...

# Tiberguent # Yahia Beniguecha # Zeghaia

References

Provinces of Algeria States and territories established in 1984 {{MilaDZ-geo-stub