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The provinces of Algeria are divided into 553 districts (daïras). Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's Politics of Algeria takes place in a framework of a presidential Republic, whereby the President of Algeria is both Head of state and Head The Algerian Constitution was first established in 1963 following the Algerian War of Independence (1954-62 originally it was to be drafted by a constitutional assembly led The President is the head of state and chief executive of Algeria, as well as the commander-in-chief of the Algerian armed forces Abdelaziz Bouteflika (abdəlazɪz butəflika ( عبد العزيز بوتفليقة) (born March 2 1937 in Oujda, Morocco) has been the President The Prime Minister is the head of government of Algeria. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of Algeria, along with other ministers and members Abdelaziz Belkhadem (عبد العزيز بلخادم (born November 8 1945) is an Algerian politician who served as Prime Minister of Algeria from 2006 The Parliament of Algeria consists of two chambers The Council of the Nation ( Upper Chamber) The People's The Council of the Nation ( al-Majlis al-Umma) is the Upper house of the Algerian Parliament. The People's National Assembly ( al-Majlis al-Sha'abi al-Watani) is the lower house of the Algerian Parliament. Algeria has a Multi-party system with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone and parties must work with each other to form Coalition governments Algeria elects on national level a Head of state - the President - and a Legislature. Legislative elections were held in Algeria on 17 May 2007. 24 political parties and around 100 independent lists with a total of more than 12000 candidates A constitutional referendum will be held in Algeria in 2008 The changes proposed include allowing a third presidential term and changing from a Semi-presidential system ||-|} Algeria is currently divided into 48 Wilayas ( Provinces, 553 Daïras ( circles, or Counties) and 1541 Baladiyahs This is a list of all communes in the North African country of Algeria, currently ( there are 1541 communes in the country the Population data is from Algeria has traditionally practiced an activist foreign policy and in the 1960s and 1970s was noted for its support of Third World policies and independence movements Information on politics by country is available for every Country, including both De jure and De facto independent ||-|} Algeria is currently divided into 48 Wilayas ( Provinces, 553 Daïras ( circles, or Counties) and 1541 Baladiyahs Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's Districts are a type of Administrative division, in some countries managed by a Local government. The capital of a district is called a district seat (chef-lieu de daïra). A chef-lieu is a town or city that is pre-eminent from an administrative perspective in any given sub-division of territory in France and some French-speaking countries The Districts are further divided into one or more municipalities (communes). This is a list of all communes in the North African country of Algeria, currently ( there are 1541 communes in the country the Population data is from

Algiers, the national capital, is the only city in the country which is divided into districts (and municipalities), and the only one which is a province itself. Algiers ( Arabic: ولاية الجزائر) is a province in Algeria, named after its capital Algiers, which is also This means that its neighborhoods and suburbs have the same status as those of smaller cities or villages elsewhere in the country. The administration of a district is assigned to a district chef (chef de daïra) who is chose by the Algerian president. The President is the head of state and chief executive of Algeria, as well as the commander-in-chief of the Algerian armed forces They are the only non-electable political subdivision of the country, as well as the politacaly weakest one.

Algeria's districts were created as arrondissements when Algeria was a colony of France and they had a status equal to those of mainland France. The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. French rule of Algeria lasted from 1830 to 1962 under a variety of governmental systems This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Metropolitan France (France métropolitaine or la Métropole, or colloquially l'Hexagone) is the part of France located in Europe, including They were like France's arrondissements part of départements, which are further part of a région (which was called a territory, territoire, in French Algeria). In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, They were maintained 6 years after the country's independence (until 1968) when they were renamed "daïras" and had their functions slightly changed. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

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