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Provinces of Algeria



         


Algeria is currently divided into 48 wilayas, or provinces. The administrative divisions have changed several times since independence. Currently (since 1983) they are:

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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".

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1962-1974

Immediately after independence, Algeria retained its 15 colonial administrative divisions for the most part, with some name changes:

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1974-1983

The 15 wilayas were reorganized to form 31:






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