Algerian provinces

Algeria is divided into 58 provinces (valiato/wilaya), 553 districts (daerah/daira) and 1,541 communes (baladiyah). Each province, district, and municipality is named after its capital, which is usually the largest city.

Administrative divisions have changed several times since independence. When introducing new provinces, the number of the old provinces is maintained, hence the non-alphabetical order. With their official numbers, they are currently:

List

#	Valiato	Surface (km2)	Population	Map	#	Valiato	Surface (km2)	Population
1	Adrar	402,197	439,700		30	Uargla	211,980	552,539
2	Chlef	4,975	1,013,718		31	Oran	2.114	1,584.607
3	Laghouat	25,057	477,328		32	The Bayadh	78.870	262,187
4	Oum El Bouaghi	6.768	644,364		33	Illizi	285,000	54.490
5	Batna	12,192	1,128,030		34	Bordj Bou Arréridj	4.115	634.396
6	Bugía	3.268	915.835		35	Bumerdés	1.591	795.019
7	Biskra	20,986	730,262		36	The Tarf	3,339	411,783
8	Béchar	161,400	274,866		37	Tinduf	58,193	159,000
9	Blida	1,696	1,009,892		38	Tissemsilt	3.152	296,366
10	Bouira	4.439	694,750		39	The Oued	54,573	673,934
11	Tamanrasset	556,200	198,691		40	Jenchela	9,811	384,268
12	Tébessa	14,227	657,227		41	Souk Ahras	4,541	440.299
13	Tremecé	9,061	945.525		42	Tipasa	2,166	617.661
14	Tiaret	20,673	842.060		43	Mila	9,375	768,419
15	Tizi Uzu	3,568	1,119.646		44	Aín Defla	4.897	771,890
16	Algiers	273	2,947,461		45	Naama	29.950	209,470
17	Djelfa	66.415	1,223,223		46	Aín Temushent	2,376	384,565
18	Jijel	2.577	634.412		47	Gardaya	86.105	375.988
19	Sétif	6.504	1,496,150		48	Relizan	4.870	733.060
20	Saida	6,764	328.685		49	The M'Ghair	8.835	162.267
21	Skikda	4.026	904,195		50	The Menia	62.215	57.276
22	Sidi Bel Abbes	9,150	603,369		51	Ouled Djellal	11.410	174.219
23	Annaba	1.439	640.050		52	Bordj Badji Mokhtar	120,026	16.437
24	Guelma	4,101	482,261		53	Béni Abbès	101.350	50.163
25	Constantine	2,187	943,112		54	Timimoun	65.203	122.019
26	Medea	8,866	830,943		55	Tuggurt	17,428	247,221
27	Mostaganem	2,269	746.947		56	Djanet	86.185	17,618
28	M'Sila	18.718	991,846		57	In Salah	131.220	50,392
29	Muaskar	5,941	780.959		58	In Guezzam	88.126	11,202

Former Subdivisions

Between 1954 and 1962

During the Algerian war of independence, the FLN adopted an organizational system divided into 6 numbered valiatos:

1. Aurés
2. Constantine
3. Cabilia
4. Algiers
5. Oran
6. Sahara
7. France (by calling, sometimes "value 7")

Between 1962 and 1974

After independence, Algeria retained its 15 former French departments, which became valiatos in 1968, with some name changes:

• 8A. The Wahat (now Uargla, former Oasis)
• 8B. Saoura (present-day Béchar)
• 9A. Algiers
• 9B. Aurés
• 9C. Annaba (former Bône or Bona)
• 9D. Constantine
• 9E. Medea
• 9F. Mostaganem
• 9G. Oran
• 9H. Orléansville (formerly the Asnam, current Chlef)
• 9J. Sétif
• 9K. Tiaret
• 9L. Tizi Uzu
• 9M. Tremecé
• 9R. Saïda

Between 1974 and 1983

The 15 departments were reorganized to form 31 valiatos:

1. Adrar
2. Chlef
3. Laghouat
4. Oum el-Bouaghi
5. Batna
6. Bugía
7. Biskra
8. Béchar
9. Blida
10. Bouira
11. Tamanrasset
12. Tébessa
13. Tremecé
14. Tiaret
15. Tizi Uzu
16. Algiers
17. Djelfa
18. Jijel
19. Sétif
20. Saïda
21. Skikda
22. Sidi Bel Abbes
23. Annaba
24. Guelma
25. Constantine
26. Medea
27. Mostaganem
28. M'Sila
29. Muaskar
30. Uargla
31. Oran

Between 1983 and 2019

In 1984, 17 new provinces were added. These provinces included:

1. The Bayadh
2. Illizi
3. Bordj Bou Arréridj
4. Bumerdés
5. The Tarf
6. Tinduf
7. Tissemsilt
8. The Oued
9. Jenchela
10. Souk Ahras
11. Tipasa
12. Mila
13. Aín Defla
14. Naama
15. Aín Temushent
16. Gardaya
17. Relizan

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