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Djelfa Province

ولاية الجلفة
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 Tadmit, El Khemis, and Selmana.

History edit

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

Administrative division edit

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

Districts edit

Communes edit

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 edit

^ 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 edit

(in French) Official website
(in Arabic) Djelfa Forums
(in Arabic) Nfaes network Portal & Forums Archived 2020-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
(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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