El Aricha Province
El Aricha Province
ولاية العريشة ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵍⴻⵄⵔⵉⵛⴰ | |
|---|---|
 Map of El Aricha Province | |
| Coordinates: 34°13′22″N 1°15′21″W / 34.22278°N 1.25583°W | |
| Country |  Algeria |
| Created | 2026 |
| Capital | El Aricha |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,100 km2 (1,200 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)[2] | |
• Total | 30,614 |
| • Density | 9.9/km2 (26/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| Area code | +213 |
| ISO 3166 code | DZ-13 |
| Districts | 2 |
| Municipalities | 4 |
El Aricha Province (Arabic: ولاية العريشة, romanized: Wilāyat al-ʿArīsha) is a province (wilaya) in western Algeria, with El Aricha as its provincial capital. It was created in 2026 by separation from Tlemcen Province.[3]
The province lies on the Moroccan border in the Atlas Mountains and covers an area of about 3,100 km².[1] Around 31,000 people lived in the province at the 2008 census,[2] giving it a population density of about 10 inhabitants per square kilometre.
Administrative divisions
The wilaya of El Aricha is divided into 4 communes,[3] grouped into 2 districts (daïras).
| Daïras | Communes | |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Pop.
2008[2] | |
| El Aricha | El Aricha | 6,673 |
| El Gor | 8,539 | |
| Sidi Djillali | Sidi Djillali | 6,697 |
| El Bouihi | 8,705 | |
References
- 1 2 Estimate using mapcoordinates.net
- 1 2 3 Office national des statistiques (ONS): RGPH 2008, Population résidente des ménages ordinaires et collectifs selon la commune de résidence ...
- 1 2 Loi n° 26-06 du 16 Chaoual 1447 correspondant au 4 avril 2026 modifiant et complétant la loi n° 84-09 du 4 février 1984 relative à l'organisation territoriale du pays, Art. 52 bis 14 (French/Arabic)