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Algeria is currently divided into 48 wilayas (provinces), 553 dairas (counties) and 1541 baladiyahs (municipalities). The capital and the largest city of Algerian wilayas, dairas, and baladiyahs has always the same name as the wilaya, the daira, or the baladiyah it is located in, the same counts for the largest daira of the wilaya or the largest baladiyah of the daira. According to the Algerian constitution, a wilaya is a "territorial collectivity" enjoying some economic freedom, the APW, or "L'Assemblée Populaire Wilayale" (the Popular "Wilayale" Parliament) is the political entity governing a province, directed by the "Wali" (Prefect), who is choosen 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. The administrative divisions have changed several times since independence. Currently (since 1983) they are:

  1. Adrar
  2. Aïn Defla
  3. Aïn Témouchent
  4. Algiers
  5. Annaba
  6. Batna
  7. Béchar
  8. Béjaïa
  9. Biskra
  10. Blida
  11. Bordj Bou Arréridj
  12. Bouira
  13. Boumerdès
  14. Chlef
  15. Constantine
  16. Djelfa
  17. El Bayadh
  18. El Oued
  19. El Tarf
  20. Ghardaïa
  21. Guelma
  22. Illizi
  23. Jijel
  24. Khenchela
  25. Laghouat
  26. Médéa
  27. Mila
  28. Mostaganem
  29. M'Sila
  30. Muaskar
  31. Naama
  32. Oran
  33. Ouargla
  34. Oum el-Bouaghi
  35. Relizane
  36. Saida
  37. Sétif
  38. Sidi Bel Abbes
  39. Skikda
  40. Souk Ahras
  41. Tamanghasset
  42. Tébessa
  43. Tiaret
  44. Tindouf
  45. Tipasa
  46. Tissemsilt
  47. Tizi Ouzou
  48. Tlemcen

[edit] 1954-1962

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

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

with France sometimes described as a "wilaya 7".

[edit] 1962-1974

Immediately after independence, Algeria retained its 15 former French départements, which became wilayas, for the most part, with some name changes:

  1. Algiers
  2. Annaba
  3. Aures
  4. Constantine
  5. El Asnam (Chlef)
  6. Medea
  7. Mostaganem
  8. Oasis (El Wahat)
  9. Oran
  10. Saïda
  11. Saoura
  12. Setif
  13. Tiaret
  14. Tizi-Ouzou
  15. Tlemcen

[edit] 1974-1983

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The 15 departments were reorganized to form 31 departments:

  1. Adrar
  2. Algiers
  3. Annaba
  4. Batna
  5. Béchar
  6. Béjaïa
  7. Biskra
  8. Blida
  9. Bouira
  10. Constantine
  11. Djelfa
  12. El Asnam
  13. Guelma
  14. Jijel
  15. Laghouat
  16. Mascara
  17. Médéa
  18. Mostaganem
  19. M'Sila
  20. Oran
  21. Ouargla
  22. Oum el Bouaghi
  23. Saïda
  24. Sétif
  25. Sidi Bel Abbès
  26. Skikda
  27. Tamanrasset
  28. Tébessa
  29. Tiaret
  30. Tizi-Ouzou
  31. Tlemcen


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Provinces of Algeria
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Adrar • Aïn Defla • Aïn Témouchent • Algiers • Annaba • Batna • Béchar • Béjaïa • Biskra • Blida • Bordj Bou Arréridj • Bouira • Boumerdès • Chlef • Constantine • Djelfa • El Bayadh • El Oued • El Tarf • Ghardaïa • Guelma • Illizi • Jijel • Khenchela • Laghouat • Médéa • Mila • Mostaganem • M'Sila • Muaskar • Naama • Oran • Ouargla • Oum el-Bouaghi • Relizane • Saida • Sétif • Sidi Bel Abbes • Skikda • Souk Ahras • Tamanghasset • Tébessa • Tiaret • Tindouf • Tipasa • Tissemsilt • Tizi Ouzou • Tlemcen
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