Provinces of Algeria

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Algeria, as of 2025, is divided into 69 wilayas (provinces).<ref>Template:Cite CIA World Factbook</ref> Prior to November 16, 2025, there were 58 provinces. The 69 provinces are divided into 1,541 baladiyahs (municipalities). The name of a province is always that of its capital city.

According to the Algerian constitution, a wilaya is a territorial collectivity enjoying economic and diplomatic freedom, the APW, or Popular Provincial Parliament/Provincial Popular Parliament (the Assemblée Populaire Wilayale, in French) is the political entity governing a province, directed by the Wali (Governor), who is chosen by the Algerian President to handle the APW's decisions, the APW has also a president, who is elected by the members of the APW, which Algerians elect.

On November 16, 2025, the announcement was made of 11 new provinces in the Hautes Plaines and the south of the country. These 11 new provinces are Aflou, Barika, Ksar Chellala, Messaad, Aïn Oussera, Boussaâda, El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh, El Kantara, Bir El Ater, Ksar El Boukhari, and El Aricha. They were created at the expense of the former provinces of Laghouat, Batna, Tiaret, Djelfa, M'sila, El Bayadh, Biskra, Bouira, Médéa, and Tlemcen.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

List

Algeria's previous 58 provinces, updated per Law N° 19-12, December 11, 2019.

By 1984 the number of Algerian provinces was fixed at 48 and established the list of municipalities or "communes" attached to each province. In 2019, 10 new provinces were added.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The province numbers are the first 31 provinces (see the second section) in Arabic alphabetical order, after the adding of 17 more provinces in 1983 and 10 more in 2019, the old numbering was kept and the 27 provinces created since 1984 have been assigned codes from 32 to 58, in Arabic alphabetical order.

The following table presents the list of provinces, showing for each its numerical code, its name (which is in every case the same as the name of the capital city of the province), the number of districts ("dairas"), the number of municipalities, its area, and its population. Template:Clear

Map Code Province Arabic name Number of
districts 		Number of
municipalities 		Area Population
(2008<ref>Office National des Statistiques, Population par sexe, âge et Wilaya Template:Webarchive. Consulted on 02/02/2016.</ref>) 		Density (2008)
km2 sq mi per km2 per sq mi
01 Adrar Template:Lang 6 16 Template:Convert 261,258 Template:Convert
02 Chlef Template:Lang 13 35 Template:Convert 1,002,088 Template:Convert
03 Laghouat Template:Lang 10 24 Template:Convert 455,602 Template:Convert
04 Oum El Bouaghi Template:Lang 12 29 Template:Convert 621,612 Template:Convert
05 Batna Template:Lang 21 61 Template:Convert 1,119,791 Template:Convert
06 Béjaïa Template:Lang 19 52 Template:Convert 912,577 Template:Convert
07 Biskra Template:Lang 10 27 Template:Convert 547,137 Template:Convert
08 Béchar Template:Lang 6 11 Template:Convert 219,898 Template:Convert
09 Blida Template:Lang 10 25 Template:Convert 1,002,937 Template:Convert
10 Bouïra Template:Lang 12 45 Template:Convert 695,583 Template:Convert
11 Tamanrasset Template:Lang 3 5 Template:Convert 115,043 Template:Convert
12 Tébessa Template:Lang 12 28 Template:Convert 648,703 Template:Convert
13 Tlemcen Template:Lang 20 54 Template:Convert 949,135 Template:Convert
14 Tiaret Template:Lang 14 42 Template:Convert 846,823 Template:Convert
15 Tizi Ouzou Template:Lang 21 67 Template:Convert 1,127,608 Template:Convert
Error creating thumbnail: 16 Algiers Template:Lang 13 57 Template:Convert 2,988,145 Template:Convert
File:DZ-17 (2019).svg 17 Djelfa Template:Lang 12 36 Template:Convert 1,092,184 Template:Convert
File:DZ-18 (2019).svg 18 Jijel Template:Lang 11 28 Template:Convert 636,948 Template:Convert
File:DZ-19 (2019).svg 19 Sétif Template:Lang 20 60 Template:Convert 1,489,979 Template:Convert
File:DZ-20 (2019).svg 20 Saïda Template:Lang 6 16 Template:Convert 330,641 Template:Convert
File:DZ-21 (2019).svg 21 Skikda Template:Lang 13 38 Template:Convert 898,680 Template:Convert
File:DZ-22 (2019).svg 22 Sidi Bel Abbès Template:Lang 15 52 Template:Convert 604,744 Template:Convert
File:DZ-23 (2019).svg 23 Annaba Template:Lang 6 12 Template:Convert 609,499 Template:Convert
File:DZ-24 (2019).svg 24 Guelma Template:Lang 10 34 Template:Convert 482,430 Template:Convert
File:DZ-25 (2019).svg 25 Constantine Template:Lang 6 12 Template:Convert 938,475 Template:Convert
File:DZ-26 (2019).svg 26 Médéa Template:Lang 19 64 Template:Convert 819,932 Template:Convert
File:DZ-27 (2019).svg 27 Mostaganem Template:Lang 10 32 Template:Convert 737,118 Template:Convert
File:DZ-28 (2019).svg 28 M'Sila Template:Lang 15 47 Template:Convert 990,591 Template:Convert
File:DZ-29 (2019).svg 29 Mascara Template:Lang 16 47 Template:Convert 784,073 Template:Convert
File:DZ-30 (2019).svg 30 Ouargla Template:Lang 6 10 Template:Convert 311,337 Template:Convert
File:DZ-31 (2019).svg 31 Oran Template:Lang 9 26 Template:Convert 1,584,607 Template:Convert
File:DZ-32 (2019).svg 32 El Bayadh Template:Lang 8 22 Template:Convert 228,624 Template:Convert
File:DZ-33 (2019).svg 33 Illizi Template:Lang 2 4 Template:Convert 34,715 Template:Convert
File:DZ-34 (2019).svg 34 Bordj Bou Arréridj Template:Lang 10 34 Template:Convert 628,475 Template:Convert
File:DZ-35 (2019).svg 35 Boumerdès Template:Lang 9 32 Template:Convert 802,083 Template:Convert
File:DZ-36 (2019).svg 36 El Tarf Template:Lang 7 24 Template:Convert 408,414 Template:Convert
File:DZ-37 (2019).svg 37 Tindouf Template:Lang 1 2 Template:Convert 49,149 Template:Convert
File:DZ-38 (2019).svg 38 Tissemsilt Template:Lang 8 22 Template:Convert 294,476 Template:Convert
File:DZ-39 (2019).svg 39 El Oued Template:Lang 10 22 Template:Convert 647,548 Template:Convert
File:DZ-40 (2019).svg 40 Khenchela Template:Lang 8 21 Template:Convert 386,683 Template:Convert
File:DZ-41 (2019).svg 41 Souk Ahras Template:Lang 10 26 Template:Convert 438,127 Template:Convert
File:DZ-42 (2019).svg 42 Tipaza Template:Lang 10 28 Template:Convert 591,010 Template:Convert
File:DZ-43 (2019).svg 43 Mila Template:Lang 13 32 Template:Convert 766,886 Template:Convert
File:DZ-44 (2019).svg 44 Aïn Defla Template:Lang 14 36 Template:Convert 766,013 Template:Convert
File:DZ-45 (2019).svg 45 Naâma Template:Lang 7 12 Template:Convert 192,891 Template:Convert
File:DZ-46 (2019).svg 46 Aïn Témouchent Template:Lang 8 28 Template:Convert 371,239 Template:Convert
File:DZ-47 (2019).svg 47 Ghardaïa Template:Lang 7 9 Template:Convert 306,322 Template:Convert
File:DZ-48 (2019).svg 48 Relizane Template:Lang 13 38 Template:Convert 726,180 Template:Convert
File:DZ-49 (2019).svg 49 Timimoun Template:Lang 4 10 Template:Convert 122,019 Template:Convert
File:DZ-50 (2019).svg 50 Bordj Badji Mokhtar Template:Lang 1 2 Template:Convert 16,437 Template:Convert
File:DZ-51 (2019).svg 51 Ouled Djellal Template:Lang 2 6 Template:Convert 174,219 Template:Convert
File:DZ-52 (2019).svg 52 Béni Abbès Template:Lang 6 10 Template:Convert 50,163 Template:Convert
File:DZ-53 (2019).svg 53 Ain Salah Template:Lang 2 3 Template:Convert 50,392 Template:Convert
File:DZ-54 (2019).svg 54 Ain Guezzam Template:Lang 2 2 Template:Convert 11,202 Template:Convert
File:DZ-55 (2019).svg 55 Touggourt Template:Lang 4 11 Template:Convert 247,221 Template:Convert
File:DZ-56 (2019).svg 56 Djanet Template:Lang 1 2 Template:Convert 17,618 Template:Convert
File:DZ-57 (2019).svg 57 El M'Ghair Template:Lang 2 8 Template:Convert 162,267 Template:Convert
File:DZ-58 (2019).svg 58 El Menia Template:Lang 2 4 Template:Convert 57,276 Template:Convert
Total 547 1541 Template:Convert 34,080,030 Template:Convert

Since 2019

On 26 November 2019, the Cabinet of Algeria passed a bill to add 10 more provinces, by splitting some of the larger provinces in the south of Algeria into smaller ones.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Thus, the following provinces have been added on December 18, 2019:

1984–2019

Map of the provinces of Algeria numbered according to the official order.
Map of the provinces of Algeria numbered according to the official order.

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

  1. El Bayadh
  2. Illizi
  3. Bordj Bou Arréridj
  4. Boumerdès
  5. El Taref
  6. Tindouf
  7. Tissemsilt
  8. El Oued
  9. Khenchela
  10. Souk Ahras
  11. Tipaza
  12. Mila
  13. Aïn Defla
  14. Naâma
  15. Aïn Témouchent
  16. Ghardaïa
  17. Relizane

1974–1983

File:Provinces of Algeria (1974-1983).svg

The 15 departments were reorganized to form 31 provinces: Template:Columns-list

1957–1974

File:Map showing the Départements of Algeria from 1962-1968 and 1968-1974.svg

Immediately after independence, Algeria retained its 15 former French départements, which were renamed wilayas (provinces) in 1968, for the most part, with some name changes:

  • 8A-El Wahat (Currently Ouargla, formerly Oasis)
  • 8B-Saoura (Currently Béchar)
  • 9A-Alger (Algiers)
  • 9B-Batna
  • 9C-Annaba (Formerly Bône, English: Bona)
  • 9D-Constantine
  • 9E-Médéa
  • 9F-Mostaganem
  • 9G-Oran
  • 9H-Orléansville (Then El Asnam, now Chlef)
  • 9J-Sétif
  • 9K-Tiaret
  • 9L-Tizi-Ouzou
  • 9M-Tlemcen
  • 9R-Saïda

1954–1962

During the Algerian War of Independence, the FLN adopted an organizational system divided by 6 numbered wilayas:

  1. Aurès
  2. Constantine
  3. Kabylie
  4. Algiers
  5. Oran
  6. Sahara

See also

References

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