Chlef Province

Chlef Province
ولاية الشلف
Map of Algeria highlighting the Province of Chlef
Province Code	2
Area Code	+213 (0) 27
Administration
Capital	Chlef
Districts	13
Municipalities	35
Wāli	Mr. Mohamed El Ghazi
PPA president	Mohamed Meheni (FLN)
Basic statistics
Area	4,975 km² (1,921 sq mi)
Population	1,013,718[1] (2008)
Density	203.8/km² (527.7/sq mi)

Chlef (Arabic: ولاية الشلف‎) is a wilaya in Algeria, and has about 1 million inhabitants. Its capital is Chlef. Another locality is Ténès, on the Mediterranean Sea.

Administrative divisions

It is made up of 13 districts and 35 municipalities. The districts are:

• Abou El Hassan
• Aïn Merane
• Béni Haoua
• Boukadir
• Chlef
• El Karimia
• El Marsa
• Oued Fodda
• Ouled Ben Abdelkader
• Ouled Farès
• Taougrit
• Ténès
• Zeboudja

Communes

1. Abou El Hassan
2. Aïn Merane
3. Bénairia
4. Beni Bouateb
5. Beni Haoua
6. Beni Rached
7. Boukadir
8. Bouzeghaia
9. Breira
10. Chettia
11. Chlef
12. Dahra
13. El Hadjadj
14. El Karimia
15. El Marsa
16. Harchoun
17. Herenfa
18. Labiod Medjadja
19. Moussadek
20. Oued Fodda
21. Oued Goussine
22. Oued Sly
23. Ouled Abbes
24. Ouled Benabdelkader
25. Ouled Fares
26. Oum Drou
27. Sendjas
28. Sidi Abderrahmane
29. Sidi Akkacha
30. Sobha
31. Tadjena
32. Talassa
33. Taougrite
34. Ténès
35. Zebboudja

References

1. ^ Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008 Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on 2008-07-02.

External links

• A website about Chlef Province

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Coordinates: 36°09′54″N 1°19′41″E / 36.165°N 1.328°E / 36.165; 1.328

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