Wilaya of Algiers

The wilaya of Algiers (in Arab: ولايةالجزائر) is a principal territorial division of the Algérie, resulting from old the French department of Algiers.

Its prefecture is Algiers. It is populated of 2.562.428 inhabitants (census 1998).

History

The territory of the area of Algiers always included/understood the agricultural rich person area of the Mitidja which provided to the port all its richnesses. The first modern administrative delimitation of Algiers dates from the Othoman era under the regency of Algiers. It is Hassan Pasha which for better managing the provinces decides to create the beyliks of Titteri in the center (1548), of Mazouna in the west (1565) and that of Constantine in the east (in 1567).

  • the province of Algiers which one named also Dar Es-Soltane (field of the courrone) which concerned directly the dey was managed by a Agha (general) and four qaïds Turkish. It gathered a territory including/understanding the towns of Algiers, Blida, Koléa, Cherchell and Dellys.

  • the December 9th 1848, was creates by French the Département of Algiers, up to that point simple area of the province fraçaise of Algeria. Départment of a surface of 54.861 km ² account 6 sub-prefecture Aumale ( Sour El-Ghozlane ), Blida, Miliana, Orléanville ( Chlef ) and Tizi Ouzou.

  • the May 20th 1957 new bearing administrative cutting creation of 12 departments. The Département of Algiers include/understand nothing any more but two sub-prefectures , Blida and White House ( Dar el beïda ) and cash 67 communes for a surface of 3.393 km ².

  • August 2nd 1997, creation of the Governorship of Large Algiers (GGA) which replaces the wilaya with at its head a Minister-Governor who will be Cherif Rahmani.

Whereas the wilaya counted 33 communes, the governorship passes to 57 communes by integrating districts of the wilayas of Tipaza, Blida and Boumerdes.

  • 2000, dissolution of the GGA due to unconstitutionality of the new structure. Algiers is again a wilaya while keeping its new territory of 57 communes.

Policy

Subdivisions of the wilaya

The Wilaya of Algiers is made up of 13 will daïras (administrative units), each one including/understanding several communes, for a total of 57 communes.

Geography

Demography

Culture

The tourist potential of Algiers remains still very badly exploited Projects to improve the situation multiply, but always do not concretize themselves

Reference

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