Oum El Bouaghi Province

Coordinates: 35°53′N 7°7′E / 35.883°N 7.117°E / 35.883; 7.117
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Oum El Bouaghi Province
ولاية أم البواقي
Municipalities
29

Oum El Bouaghi or Oum el-Bouaghi (

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

  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.