Djelfa Province

Djelfa Province
Djelfa Province ; ولاية الجلفة
	Province
	Map of Algeria highlighting Djelfa
	Coordinates: 34°40′30″N 3°15′30″E / 34.67500°N 3.25833°E
Country	Algeria
Capital	Djelfa
Area
• Total	66,415 km2 (25,643 sq mi)
Population (2008)
• Total	1,223,223
• Density	18/km2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
Area Code	+213 (0) 27
ISO 3166 code	DZ-17
Districts	12
Municipalities	36

Djelfa (Arabic: ولاية الجلفة‎) is a province (wilaya) of Algeria. Its capital is Djelfa. It was first established by the administrative reorganization of 1974, and is home to over 1.2 million inhabitants. Localities in this province include , , .

History

The province was created from parts of Batna (département), Médéa (département), Oasis department and Tiaret department in 1974.

Administrative division

The province is made up of 12 districts, which are further divided into 36 communes or municipalities.

Districts

Aïn El Ibil
Aïn Oussera
Birine
Charef
Dar Chioukh
Djelfa
El Idrissia
Faidh El Botma
Had Sahary
Hassi Bahbah
Messaâd
Sidi Ladjel

Communes

1. Aïn Chouhada
2. Aïn El Ibel
3. Aïn Feka
4. Aïn Maabed
5. Aïn Oussera
6. Amourah
7. Benhar
8. Beni Yagoub
9. Birine
10. Bouira Lahdab
11. Charef
12. Dar Chioukh

13. Deldoul
14. Djelfa
15. Douis
16. El Guedid
17. El Idrissia
18. El Khemis
19. Faidh El Botma
20. Guernini
21. Guettara
22. Had-Sahary
23. Hassi Bahbah
24. Hassi El Euch

25. Hassi Fedoul
26. Messad
27. M'Liliha
28. Mouadjebara
29. Oum Laadham
30. Sed Rahal
31. Selmana
32. Sidi Baizid
33. Sidi Ladjel
34. Tadmit
35. Zaafrane
36. Zaccar

The communes of the province of Djelfa

References

^ Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008 Archived July 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on 2008-07-02.

External links

(in French) Official website
(in Arabic) Djelfa Forums
(in Arabic) Nfaes network Portal & Forums
(in French) Djelfa - la capitale de la Steppe

[Alg2008RGPH-1] Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008 Archived July 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on 2008-07-02.

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