Constantine Province

Constantine (Arabic: ولاية قسنطينة) is one of the 58 provinces (wilayas) of Algeria, whose capital is the city of the same name.

Constantine Province

ولاية قسنطينة

ⴰⵝⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵇⵙⴻⵏⵟⵉⵏⴰ
Nickname(s): 
City Of Bridges
Map of Algeria highlighting Constantine
Map of the 6 districts of Constantine
Coordinates: 36°21′N 6°36′E
Country Algeria
CapitalConstantine
Government
  PPA presidentA.Chibane
Area
  Total2,187 km2 (844 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
  Total1,012,643
  Density460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Constantinian
Time zoneUTC+01 (CET)
Area Code+213 (0) 31
ISO 3166 codeDZ-25
Districts6
Municipalities12

History

In 1984 Mila Province was carved out of its territory.

Administrative divisions

The province is divided into 6 districts or daïra, which are subdivided into 12 communes or municipalities.[2]

List of districts

District Number of
municipalities
Municipalities Area
(km²)
Population
(hab.)
Constantine 1 Constantine 231.63 462,374
El Khroub 3 El Khroub  Aïn Smara  Ouled Rahmoune 610.70 248,160
Aïn Abid 2 Aïn Abid  Ibn Badis 634.22 51,478
Zighoud Youcef 2 Zighoud Youcef  Beni Hamiden 367.97 48,432
Hamma Bouziane 2 Hamma Bouziane  Didouche Mourad 186.88 128,867
Ibn Ziad 2 Ibn Ziad  Messaoud Boudjeriou 257.37 30,623

References

  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.
  2. "The official journal of People's Democratic Republic of Algeria" (PDF). SGG Algeria. Retrieved 2007-11-06. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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