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Algeria, as of 2025, is divided into 69 wilayas (provinces).[1] 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, Médéa, and Tlemcen, respectively.[2]

List

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File:Provinces of Algeria.svg
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.[3][4]

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.

Map Code Province Arabic name Number of
districts 		Number of
municipalities 		Area Population
(2008[5]) 		Density (2008)
km2 sq mi per km2 per sq mi
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File:DZ-02 (2019).svg 02 Chlef Script error: No such module "Lang". 13 35 Script error: No such module "convert". 1,002,088 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-03 (2019).svg 03 Laghouat Script error: No such module "Lang". 10 24 Script error: No such module "convert". 455,602 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-04 (2019).svg 04 Oum El Bouaghi Script error: No such module "Lang". 12 29 Script error: No such module "convert". 621,612 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-05 (2019).svg 05 Batna Script error: No such module "Lang". 21 61 Script error: No such module "convert". 1,119,791 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-06 (2019).svg 06 Béjaïa Script error: No such module "Lang". 19 52 Script error: No such module "convert". 912,577 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-07 (2019).svg 07 Biskra Script error: No such module "Lang". 10 27 Script error: No such module "convert". 547,137 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-08 (2019).svg 08 Béchar Script error: No such module "Lang". 6 11 Script error: No such module "convert". 219,898 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-09 (2019).svg 09 Blida Script error: No such module "Lang". 10 25 Script error: No such module "convert". 1,002,937 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-10 (2019).svg 10 Bouïra Script error: No such module "Lang". 12 45 Script error: No such module "convert". 695,583 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-11 (2019).svg 11 Tamanrasset Script error: No such module "Lang". 3 5 Script error: No such module "convert". 115,043 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-12 (2019).svg 12 Tébessa Script error: No such module "Lang". 12 28 Script error: No such module "convert". 648,703 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-13 (2019).svg 13 Tlemcen Script error: No such module "Lang". 20 54 Script error: No such module "convert". 949,135 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-14 (2019).svg 14 Tiaret Script error: No such module "Lang". 14 42 Script error: No such module "convert". 846,823 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-15 (2019).svg 15 Tizi Ouzou Script error: No such module "Lang". 21 67 Script error: No such module "convert". 1,127,608 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-16 (2019).svg 16 Algiers Script error: No such module "Lang". 13 57 Script error: No such module "convert". 2,988,145 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-17 (2019).svg 17 Djelfa Script error: No such module "Lang". 12 36 Script error: No such module "convert". 1,092,184 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-18 (2019).svg 18 Jijel Script error: No such module "Lang". 11 28 Script error: No such module "convert". 636,948 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-19 (2019).svg 19 Sétif Script error: No such module "Lang". 20 60 Script error: No such module "convert". 1,489,979 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-20 (2019).svg 20 Saïda Script error: No such module "Lang". 6 16 Script error: No such module "convert". 330,641 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-21 (2019).svg 21 Skikda Script error: No such module "Lang". 13 38 Script error: No such module "convert". 898,680 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-22 (2019).svg 22 Sidi Bel Abbès Script error: No such module "Lang". 15 52 Script error: No such module "convert". 604,744 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-23 (2019).svg 23 Annaba Script error: No such module "Lang". 6 12 Script error: No such module "convert". 609,499 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-24 (2019).svg 24 Guelma Script error: No such module "Lang". 10 34 Script error: No such module "convert". 482,430 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-25 (2019).svg 25 Constantine Script error: No such module "Lang". 6 12 Script error: No such module "convert". 938,475 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-26 (2019).svg 26 Médéa Script error: No such module "Lang". 19 64 Script error: No such module "convert". 819,932 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-27 (2019).svg 27 Mostaganem Script error: No such module "Lang". 10 32 Script error: No such module "convert". 737,118 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-28 (2019).svg 28 M'Sila Script error: No such module "Lang". 15 47 Script error: No such module "convert". 990,591 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-29 (2019).svg 29 Mascara Script error: No such module "Lang". 16 47 Script error: No such module "convert". 784,073 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-30 (2019).svg 30 Ouargla Script error: No such module "Lang". 6 10 Script error: No such module "convert". 311,337 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-31 (2019).svg 31 Oran Script error: No such module "Lang". 9 26 Script error: No such module "convert". 1,584,607 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-32 (2019).svg 32 El Bayadh Script error: No such module "Lang". 8 22 Script error: No such module "convert". 228,624 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-33 (2019).svg 33 Illizi Script error: No such module "Lang". 2 4 Script error: No such module "convert". 34,715 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-34 (2019).svg 34 Bordj Bou Arréridj Script error: No such module "Lang". 10 34 Script error: No such module "convert". 628,475 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-35 (2019).svg 35 Boumerdès Script error: No such module "Lang". 9 32 Script error: No such module "convert". 802,083 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-36 (2019).svg 36 El Tarf Script error: No such module "Lang". 7 24 Script error: No such module "convert". 408,414 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-37 (2019).svg 37 Tindouf Script error: No such module "Lang". 1 2 Script error: No such module "convert". 49,149 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-38 (2019).svg 38 Tissemsilt Script error: No such module "Lang". 8 22 Script error: No such module "convert". 294,476 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-39 (2019).svg 39 El Oued Script error: No such module "Lang". 10 22 Script error: No such module "convert". 647,548 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-40 (2019).svg 40 Khenchela Script error: No such module "Lang". 8 21 Script error: No such module "convert". 386,683 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-41 (2019).svg 41 Souk Ahras Script error: No such module "Lang". 10 26 Script error: No such module "convert". 438,127 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-42 (2019).svg 42 Tipaza Script error: No such module "Lang". 10 28 Script error: No such module "convert". 591,010 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-43 (2019).svg 43 Mila Script error: No such module "Lang". 13 32 Script error: No such module "convert". 766,886 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-44 (2019).svg 44 Aïn Defla Script error: No such module "Lang". 14 36 Script error: No such module "convert". 766,013 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-45 (2019).svg 45 Naâma Script error: No such module "Lang". 7 12 Script error: No such module "convert". 192,891 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-46 (2019).svg 46 Aïn Témouchent Script error: No such module "Lang". 8 28 Script error: No such module "convert". 371,239 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-47 (2019).svg 47 Ghardaïa Script error: No such module "Lang". 7 9 Script error: No such module "convert". 306,322 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-48 (2019).svg 48 Relizane Script error: No such module "Lang". 13 38 Script error: No such module "convert". 726,180 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-49 (2019).svg 49 Timimoun Script error: No such module "Lang". 4 10 Script error: No such module "convert". 122,019 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-50 (2019).svg 50 Bordj Badji Mokhtar Script error: No such module "Lang". 1 2 Script error: No such module "convert". 16,437 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-51 (2019).svg 51 Ouled Djellal Script error: No such module "Lang". 2 6 Script error: No such module "convert". 174,219 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-52 (2019).svg 52 Béni Abbès Script error: No such module "Lang". 6 10 Script error: No such module "convert". 50,163 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-53 (2019).svg 53 Ain Salah Script error: No such module "Lang". 2 3 Script error: No such module "convert". 50,392 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-54 (2019).svg 54 Ain Guezzam Script error: No such module "Lang". 2 2 Script error: No such module "convert". 11,202 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-55 (2019).svg 55 Touggourt Script error: No such module "Lang". 4 11 Script error: No such module "convert". 247,221 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-56 (2019).svg 56 Djanet Script error: No such module "Lang". 1 2 Script error: No such module "convert". 17,618 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-57 (2019).svg 57 El M'Ghair Script error: No such module "Lang". 2 8 Script error: No such module "convert". 162,267 Script error: No such module "convert".
File:DZ-58 (2019).svg 58 El Menia Script error: No such module "Lang". 2 4 Script error: No such module "convert". 57,276 Script error: No such module "convert".
Total 547 1541 Script error: No such module "convert". 34,080,030 Script error: No such module "convert".

Since 2025

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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.[6] 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

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1957–1974

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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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