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Algeria is currently divided into 48 wilayas, or provinces. The administrative divisions have changed several times since independence. Currently (since 1983) they are:

1. Adrar
2. Ain Defla
3. Ain Temouchent
4. Alger
5. Annaba
6. Batna
7. Bechar
8. Bejaia
9. Biskra
10. Blida
11. Bordj Bou Arreridj
12. Bouira
13. Boumerdes
14. Chlef
15. Constantine
16. Djelfa
17. El Bayadh
18. El Oued
19. El Tarf
20. Ghardaia
21. Guelma
22. Illizi
23. Jijel
24. Khenchela
25. Laghouat
26. Mascara
27. Medea
28. Mila
29. Mostaganem
30. M'Sila
31. Naama
32. Oran
33. Ouargla
34. Oum el Bouaghi
35. Relizane
36. SaidaSaida can refer to: Sidon Saida, Algeria.
37. SetifSetif is a city in Algeria in which an uprising occurred against the French colonizers. The popular uprising in 1945 caused the deaths of 90 Europeans and caused a crackdown by the French. 1,500 to 10,000 Muslims were killed during the crushing of the upr
38. Sidi Bel AbbesSidi Bel Abbes is one of the wilayas, or provinces, of Algeria in Saharan Africa, as well that wilaya's capital. From 1931 until 1961, the city was the "holy city" or spiritual home of the French Foreign Legion, the location of its basic training camp, an
39. Skikda
40. Souk Ahras
41. TamanghassetTamanghasset is an oasis city in southern Algeria, in the Ahaggar Mountains. Tamanghasset is the chief city of the Algerian Tuareg. Algeria.
42. Tebessa
43. Tiaret
44. TindoufTindouf also written Tinduf is a city in the west of Algeria, pop. In the region there are four refugee camps for people from Western Sahara ( Sahrawis): El Aiun, Awserd, Smara and Dakhla (not to be confused with the cities after which they are named), wi
45. Tipaza
46. Tissemsilt
47. Tizi Ouzou
48. TlemcenTlemcen is a town in Northwestern Algeria, and the seat of government in Tlemcen Province. Its population is an estimated 130,000. The name comes from the Berber word "tilmisane," for springs. Located inland, it is located in the center of a region known

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During the Algerian War of Independence, the FLN adopted an organizational system divided by 6 numbered wilayas:

1. Aures
2. Constantine
3. Kabylie
4. Algiers
5. Oran
6. Sahara

with France sometimes described as a "wilaya 7".

2 1962- 1974

Immediately after independence, Algeria retained its 15 colonial administrative divisions for the most part, with some name changes:

1. Algiers
2. Annaba
3. Aures
4. Constantine
5. El Asnam
6. Medea
7. Mostaganem
8. Oasis (El Wahat)
9. Oran
10. Saida
11. Saoura
12. Setif
13. Tiaret
14. Tizi-Ouzou
15. Tlemcen

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