Provinces of Algeria
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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 also has 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. Creating these new provinces made the provinces of Laghouat, Batna, Tiaret, Djelfa, M'sila, El Bayadh, Biskra, Médéa, and Tlemcen, smaller.
List
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.
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.
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Since 2025
In 2025, 11 new provinces were added. These provinces included:
- Aflou
- El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh
- El Aricha
- El Kantara
- Barika
- Bou Saâda
- Bir El Ater
- Ksar El Boukhari
- Ksar Chellala
- Aïn Oussera
- Messaad
2019–2025
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. Thus, the following provinces have been added on December 18, 2019:
- Bordj Badji Mokhtar Province
- In Salah Province
- Djanet Province
- In Guezzam Province
- El M'Ghair Province
- Touggourt Province
- Béni Abbès Province
- Timimoun Province
- Ouled Djellal Province
- El Menia Province
1984–2019
In 1984, 17 new provinces were added. These provinces included:
- El Bayadh
- Illizi
- Bordj Bou Arréridj
- Boumerdès
- El Taref
- Tindouf
- Tissemsilt
- El Oued
- Khenchela
- Souk Ahras
- Tipaza
- Mila
- Aïn Defla
- Naâma
- Aïn Témouchent
- Ghardaïa
- Relizane
1974–1983
The 15 departments were reorganized to form 31 provinces:
- Adrar
- Chlef
- Laghouat
- Oum el-Bouaghi
- Batna
- Béjaïa
- Biskra
- Béchar
- Blida
- Bouira
- Tamanghasset
- Tébessa
- Tlemcen
- Tiaret
- Tizi Ouzou
- Algiers
- Djelfa
- Jijel
- Sétif
- Saïda
- Skikda
- Sidi Bel Abbes
- Annaba
- Guelma
- Constantine
- Médéa
- Mostaganem
- M'sila
- Mascara
- Ouargla
- Oran
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:
- 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:
- Aurès
- Constantine
- Kabylie
- Algiers
- Oran
- Sahara