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Algeria is currently divided into 48 wilayas (provinces), 553 daïras (circles, or counties) and 1541 baladiyahs (municipalities, in French: commune). 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 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 ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's A wilāyah (ولاية or vilâyet (in Persian and Ottoman Turkish) is an administrative division usually A province is a territorial unit almost always an Administrative division. A daïra (دائرة circle; plural dawaïr) is an Administrative division of a Wilaya in Algeria and in Western Sahara Circle is a type of Administrative division of some countries A county is a Land area of Regional Government within a larger State. Baladiyah (بلدية is a type of Arabic Administrative division that can be translated as Municipality. 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 French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people 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 The capital city of a baladiyah, daïra, or province (which is also the largest city of those) always gives those entities their name, even Algiers, the capital of the country gave it its name (El Djazayar, the Arabic name for both the city and the country). Algiers (الجزائر Algerian Arabic: Dzayer ( (From kabyle pronunciation Kabyle: Ledzayer, Alger) is the Capital and largest Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language

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 Assemblé 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 is elected by Algerians. Wali (Arabic ولي, plural Awliya ' أولياء) is an Arabic word meaning trusted one or friend generally denoting A governor is a governing official usually the executive (at least nominally to different degrees also politically and administratively of a non-sovereign level of government The President is the head of state and chief executive of Algeria, as well as the commander-in-chief of the Algerian armed forces

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

The province numbers are the first 31 provinces (see the second section) in Arabic alphabetical order, after the adding pf 17 other provinces in 1974, the old numbering was kept and the 17 new provinces have been assigned codes from 17-48, in Arabic alphabetical order. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. There are 48 provinces (since 1983) in Algeria, they are:

1974-1983

The 15 départments were reorganized to form 31 provinces:

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

1957-1974

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:

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

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

with France sometimes described as a "wilaya 7". Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) For the region of Mauritania see Adrar (region. Adrar ( ولاية أدرار) is a province of southwestern Algeria Chlef ( ولاية الشلف) is a wilaya in Algeria, and has about 1 million inhabitants Laghouat (ولاية الأغواط is a province ( wilaya) in central Algeria. Oum el-Bouaghi ( ولاية أم البواقي) is a wilaya of Algeria. Batna ( ولاية باتنة) is a wilaya of Algeria. Capital is Batna. Béjaïa (بجاية Kabyle: Bgayet) is a province of Algeria. Biskra ( Arabic: ولاية بسكرة, Berber: Tibeskert)is a wilaya of Algeria. Béchar ( ولاية بشار) is a province in Algeria, named after its capital Béchar. Blida (البليدة is a province in Algeria. Its capital is Blida. Bouïra ( Arabic: ولاية البويرة, Berber: Tubiret) is a province in Algeria. Tamanrasset or Tamanghasset ( Arabic: ولاية تمنراست, Berber Tamenγest) is the largest province in Algeria. Tébessa ( ولاية تبسة) is a wilaya of Algeria. Tébessa is also the name of the capital which in ancient times it was known as Tlemcen (تلمسان is a province in north-western Algeria. Tiaret ( Arabic: ولاية تيارت, Berber: Tahert) is a wilaya of Algeria. Tizi Ouzou ( Kabyle: Tizi Wezzu) is a province in Algeria, named after its capital. Algiers ( Arabic: ولاية الجزائر) is a province in Algeria, named after its capital Algiers, which is also Djelfa ( ولاية الجلفة) is a wilaya of Algeria. Its capital is Djelfa. Jijel ( ولاية جيجل) is a province in Algeria in the eastern Mediterranean cost Sétif Province (ولاية سطيف is a province in north-eastern Algeria. Saida ( Arabic: ولاية سعيدة) is a wilaya of Algeria, named after its capital. Skikida ( Arabic:سكيكدة is a province of Algeria, on its eastern Mediterannean coastline Sidi Bel Abbès ( Arabic: ولاية سيدي بلعباس) is one of the Provinces of Algeria. Annaba ( ولاية عنابة) is a small province in the north-eastern corner of Algeria. Guelma Province ( Arabic: ولاية قالمة) is a province in eastern Algeria. Constantine (قسنطينة is one of the 48 provinces of Algeria, whose capital is the city of the same name. Médéa ( ولاية المدية) is a wilaya of Algeria. The capital is Médéa. Mostaganem ( ولاية مستغانم) is a wilaya of Algeria M'Sila (also spelled Msila, M'sila or MSila) ( ولاية المسيلة) is a wilaya of Northern Algeria. Mascara (ولاية معسكر is a province in Algeria. There was an earthquake in Mascara City (the Capital) on August 18 Ouargla ( Arabic: ورقلة) is a province in southern Algeria. Oran is a province in Algeria whose seat is the city of the same name. El Bayadh ( ولاية البيض) is a province in Algeria, named after its capital El Bayadh. Illizi ( ولاية اليزي) is a province in the south-eastern corner of Algeria named after its eponymous seat. Bordj Bou Arréridj ( ولاية برج بوعريريج) is a province and in the east Algeria around 200 km away from the capital Algiers. Boumerdès ( Arabic: ولاية بومرداس, Berber: Bumerdas) is a province of northern Algeria, between Algiers El Taref ( ولاية الطارف) is a prvoince of Algeria. Tindouf, also written Tinduf, (تندوف is the westernmost province of Algeria, having a population of 58193 as of the 2008 census Tissemsilt ( ولاية تسمسيلت) is the province n° 38 of Algeria with the capital being Tissemsilt. El Oued ( ولاية الوادي) is a Saharan province of Algeria (n° 39 dominated by Oued Souf. Khenchela ( ولاية خنشلة) is a wilaya of Algeria situated in the Aurès, a mountainous region southeast of the capital Souk Ahras ( Arabic: ولاية سوق أهراس) is a province in Algeria, named after its capital Souk Ahras. Tipasa ( Arabic: ولاية تيبازة, Tibaza, older Tefessedt) is a wilaya on the coast of Algeria, Its capital is Mila ( ولاية ميلة) is a wilaya of Algeria, whose capital is Mila. Aïn Defla (ولاية عين الدفلى is a Wilaya ( Province) in northern Algeria. Naâma ( ولاية النعامة) is a province of Algeria named after its provincial seat, the town of Naâma. Aïn Témouchent ( ولاية عين تموشنت) is a province in northwestern Algeria, named after its capital Aïn Témouchent. Ghardaïa ( Arabic: ولاية غرداية, Mozabite:) is a wilaya in eastern Algeria, named after its capital Ghardaïa Relizane ( Arabic: ولاية غليزان) is a wilaya of Algeria. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) For the region of Mauritania see Adrar (region. Adrar ( ولاية أدرار) is a province of southwestern Algeria Chlef ( ولاية الشلف) is a wilaya in Algeria, and has about 1 million inhabitants Laghouat (ولاية الأغواط is a province ( wilaya) in central Algeria. Oum el-Bouaghi ( ولاية أم البواقي) is a wilaya of Algeria. Batna ( ولاية باتنة) is a wilaya of Algeria. Capital is Batna. Béjaïa (بجاية Kabyle: Bgayet) is a province of Algeria. Biskra ( Arabic: ولاية بسكرة, Berber: Tibeskert)is a wilaya of Algeria. Béchar ( ولاية بشار) is a province in Algeria, named after its capital Béchar. Blida (البليدة is a province in Algeria. Its capital is Blida. Bouïra ( Arabic: ولاية البويرة, Berber: Tubiret) is a province in Algeria. Tamanrasset or Tamanghasset ( Arabic: ولاية تمنراست, Berber Tamenγest) is the largest province in Algeria. Tébessa ( ولاية تبسة) is a wilaya of Algeria. Tébessa is also the name of the capital which in ancient times it was known as Tlemcen (تلمسان is a province in north-western Algeria. Tiaret ( Arabic: ولاية تيارت, Berber: Tahert) is a wilaya of Algeria. Tizi Ouzou ( Kabyle: Tizi Wezzu) is a province in Algeria, named after its capital. Algiers ( Arabic: ولاية الجزائر) is a province in Algeria, named after its capital Algiers, which is also Djelfa ( ولاية الجلفة) is a wilaya of Algeria. Its capital is Djelfa. Jijel ( ولاية جيجل) is a province in Algeria in the eastern Mediterranean cost Sétif Province (ولاية سطيف is a province in north-eastern Algeria. Saida ( Arabic: ولاية سعيدة) is a wilaya of Algeria, named after its capital. Skikida ( Arabic:سكيكدة is a province of Algeria, on its eastern Mediterannean coastline Sidi Bel Abbès ( Arabic: ولاية سيدي بلعباس) is one of the Provinces of Algeria. Annaba ( ولاية عنابة) is a small province in the north-eastern corner of Algeria. Guelma Province ( Arabic: ولاية قالمة) is a province in eastern Algeria. Constantine (قسنطينة is one of the 48 provinces of Algeria, whose capital is the city of the same name. Médéa ( ولاية المدية) is a wilaya of Algeria. The capital is Médéa. Mostaganem ( ولاية مستغانم) is a wilaya of Algeria M'Sila (also spelled Msila, M'sila or MSila) ( ولاية المسيلة) is a wilaya of Northern Algeria. Mascara (ولاية معسكر is a province in Algeria. There was an earthquake in Mascara City (the Capital) on August 18 Ouargla ( Arabic: ورقلة) is a province in southern Algeria. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. A wilāyah (ولاية or vilâyet (in Persian and Ottoman Turkish) is an administrative division usually Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Algerian War ( French: Guerre d'Algérie; 1954-1962 also known as Algerian War of Independence, led to Algeria 's independence from The National Liberation Front ( Arabic: جبهة التحرير الوطني transliterated: Jabhat al-Taḩrīr al-Waţanī French: Front This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A wilāyah (ولاية or vilâyet (in Persian and Ottoman Turkish) is an administrative division usually

See also

• Municipalities of Algeria
• List of Algerian Provinces by population
• List of Algerian Provinces by area