Tlemcen Province

Tlemcen (Arabic: ولاية تلمسان‎) is a province (wilaya) in northwestern Algeria. The Tlemcen National Park is located there.

Tlemcen Province ولاية تلمسان
Province
Map of Algeria highlighting Tlemcen
Coordinates: 34°53′N 01°19′W
Country	Algeria
Capital	Tlemcen
Area
• Total	9,061 km^2 (3,498 sq mi)
Population  (2008)[1]
• Total	945,525
• Density	100/km^2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
Area Code	+213 (0) 43
ISO 3166 code	DZ-13
Districts	20
Municipalities	53

History

The province was created from Oran (department) and Tlemcen department in 1974.

Administrative divisions

The province is divided into 20 districts (daïras), which are further divided into 53 communes or municipalities.

Districts

1. Aïn Talout
2. Bab El Assa
3. Bensekrane
4. Béni Boussaïd
5. Béni Snous
6. Chatouane
7. Felaoucene
8. Ghazaouet
9. Hennaya
10. Houanaine District (Honaine)
11. Maghnia
12. Mansourah
13. Marsa Ben M'Hidi
14. Nedroma
15. Ouled Mimoun
16. Remchi
17. Sabra
18. Sebdou
19. Sidi Djillali
20. Tlemcen

Communes

1. Ain Fetah (Ain Fettah)
2. Ain Fezza
3. Ain Ghoraba
4. Ain Kebira
5. Ain Nehala
6. Ain Tellout (Ain Tallout)
7. Ain Youcef
8. Amieur
9. Azails
10. Bab El Assa
11. Beni Bahdel
12. Beni Boussaid
13. Beni Mester
14. Beni Ouarsous
15. Beni Rached
16. Beni Smiel (Beni Semiel)
17. Beni Snous
18. Bensekrane
19. Bouhlou
20. Chetouane
21. Dar Yaghmoricene (Dar Yaghmouracene)
22. Djebala
23. El Aricha
24. El Bouihi (Bouihi)
25. El Fehoul
26. El Gor
27. Fellaoucene
28. Ghazaouet
29. Hammam Boughrara
30. Hennaya
31. Honaine (Houanaine)
32. Maghnia
33. Mansourah
34. Marsa Ben Mhidi (Marsa Ben M'Hidi)
35. Msirda Fouaga
36. Nedroma
37. Oued Chouli (Oued Chouly)
38. Ouled Mimoun
39. Ouled Riyah
40. Remchi
41. Sabra
42. Sebaa Chioukh (Sebbaa Chioukh)
43. Sebdou
44. Sidi Abdelli
45. Sidi Djilali (Sidi Djillali)
46. Sidi Medjahed
47. Souahlia
48. Souani
49. Souk Thlata (Souk Tleta, Souk Tlata)
50. Terni Beni Hediel (Terny Beni Hediel, Tirni Beni Hediel)
51. Tianet
52. Tlemcen
53. Zenata

References

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