Oum El Bouaghi Province

Oum El Bouaghi Province
ولاية أم البواقي
Map of Algeria highlighting the Province of Oum El Bouaghi
Province Code	4
Area Code	+213 (0) 32
Administration
Capital	Oum El Bouaghi
Districts	12
Municipalities	29
Wāli	Mr. Bouderbali Mohamed
PPA president	Mr. Chouia Taha Hocine (FLN)
Basic statistics
Area	6,768 km² (2,613.14 sq mi)
Population	644,364[1] (2008)
Density	95.2/km² (246.6/sq mi)

Oum el-Bouaghi (Arabic: ولاية أم البواقي‎) is a wilaya of Algeria. 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.

Administrative divisions

The province is made up of 12 districts and 29 municipalities. The districts are:

• Aïn Babouche
• Aïn Beïda
• Aïn Fakroun
• Aïn Kechra
• Aïn M'Lila
• Dhalaâ
• F'Kirina
• Ksar Sbahi
• Meskiana
• Oum El Bouaghi
• Sigus
• Souk Naâmane

Communes

• Oum el Bouaghi
• Aïn Babouche
• Aïn Beida
• Aïn Diss
• Aïn Fakroun
• Aïn Kercha
• Aïn M'lila
• Aïn Zitoun
• Behir Chergui
• Berriche
• Bir Chouhada
• D'hala
• El Amiria
• El Belala
• El Djazia
• El Fedjouz Boughrara Saoudi
• El Harmilia
• Fkirina
• Hanchir Toumghani
• Ksar Sbahi
• Meskiana
• Oued Nini
• Ouled Gacem
• Ouled Hamla
• Ouled Zoual
• Rahia
• Sigus
• Souk Naamane
• Zorg

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.

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