Oum El Bouaghi Province

Oum El Bouaghi Province
Oum El Bouaghi Province ; ولاية أم البواقي
	Province
	Map of Algeria highlighting Oum El Bouaghi
	Coordinates: 35°53′N 7°7′E
Country	Algeria
Capital	Oum El Bouaghi
Government
• PPA president	Mr. Chouia Taha Hocine (FLN)
• Wāli	Mr. brimi djamel eddine
Area
• Total	6,768 km2 (2,613 sq mi)
Population (2008)[1]
• Total	644,364
• Density	95/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
Area Code	+213 (0) 32
ISO 3166 code	DZ-04
Districts	12
Municipalities	29

Oum El Bouaghi or Oum el-Bouaghi (Arabic: ولاية أم البواقي‎) is a province (wilaya) of Algeria in the Aures region. The capital is Oum el-Bouaghi, which was named Can Robert (during French occupation), Sidi R'Ghis a few years later, and Oum El Bouaghi before independence.

History

The province was created from Constantine (department) in 1974.

In 1984 Khenchela Province and Mila Province were carved out of its territory.

Administrative divisions

The province is divided into 12 districts (daïras), which are further divided into 29 communes or municipalities.

Districts

Communes

References

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.

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[Alg2008RGPH-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.