Provinces and districts

Main articles: Provinces of Algeria, Districts of Algeria, and Municipalities of Algeria

Algeria is divided into 48 provinces (wilayas), 553 districts (daïras) and 1,541 municipalities (baladiyahs). Each province, district, and municipality is named after its seat, which is usually the largest city.

The administrative divisions have changed several times since independence. When introducing new provinces, the numbers of old provinces are kept, hence the non-alphabetical order. With their official numbers, currently (since 1983) they are:

# Wilaya Area (km2) Population map # Wilaya Area (km2) Population 1 Adrar 402,197 439,700 25 Constantine 2,187 943,112 2 Chlef 4,975 1,013,718 26 Médéa 8,866 830,943 3 Laghouat 25,057 477,328 27 Mostaganem 2,269 746,947 4 Oum El Bouaghi 6,768 644,364 28 M'Sila 18,718 991,846 5 Batna 12,192 1,128,030 29 Mascara 5,941 780,959 6 Béjaïa 3,268 915,835 30 Ouargla 211,980 552,539 7 Biskra 20,986 730,262 31 Oran 2,114 1,584,607 8 Béchar 161,400 274,866 32 El Bayadh 78,870 262,187 9 Blida 1,696 1,009,892 33 Illizi 285,000 54,490 10 Bouïra 4,439 694,750 34 Bordj Bou Arréridj 4,115 634,396 11 Tamanrasset 556,200 198,691 35 Boumerdes 1,591 795,019 12 Tébessa 14,227 657,227 36 El Taref 3,339 411,783 13 Tlemcen 9,061 945,525 37 Tindouf 58,193 159,000 14 Tiaret 20,673 842,060 38 Tissemsilt 3,152 296,366 15 Tizi Ouzou 3,568 1,119,646 39 El Oued 54,573 673,934 16 Algiers 273 2,947,461 40 Khenchela 9,811 384,268 17 Djelfa 66,415 1,223,223 41 Souk Ahras 4,541 440,299 18 Jijel 2,577 634,412 42 Tipaza 2,166 617,661 19 Sétif 6,504 1,496,150 43 Mila 9,375 768,419 20 Saïda 6,764 328,685 44 Ain Defla 4,897 771,890 21 Skikda 4,026 904,195 45 Naâma 29,950 209,470 22 Sidi Bel Abbès 9,150 603,369 46 Ain Timouchent 2,376 384,565 23 Annaba 1,439 640,050 47 Ghardaia 86,105 375,988 24 Guelma 4,101 482,261 48 Relizane 4,870 733,060