Ksar Chellala Province
Ksar Chellala Province
ولاية قصر الشلالة ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵇⵚⴻⵔ ⵛⴻⵍⵍⴰⵍⴰ | |
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 Map of Ksar Chellala Province | |
| Coordinates: 35°13′00″N 2°19′00″E / 35.21667°N 2.31667°E | |
| Country |  Algeria |
| Created | 2026 |
| Capital | Ksar Chellala |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,900 km2 (1,100 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)[2] | |
• Total | 120,131 |
| • Density | 41/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| Area code | +213 |
| ISO 3166 code | DZ-14 |
| Districts | 2 |
| Municipalities | 6 |
Ksar Chellala Province (Arabic: ولاية قصر الشلال) is a province (wilaya) in Algeria, with Ksar Chellala as its provincial capital. It was created in 2026 by separation from Tiaret Province.[3]
The province lies in the transitional zone between the densely populated and fertile north and the sparsely populated south and covers an area of about 2,900 km².[4] Around 120,000 people lived in the province at the 2008 census,[2] giving it a population density of about 41 inhabitants per square kilometre.
Administrative divisions
The wilaya of Ksar Chellala is divided into 6 communes,[3] grouped into 2 districts (daïras).[5]
| Daïras | Communes | |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Pop. 2008[2] | |
| Ksar Chellala | Ksar Chellala | 52,753 |
| Zmalet El Emir Abdelkader | 18,722 | |
| Serghine | 5,316 | |
| Hamadia | Hamadia | 16,463 |
| Rechaiga | 19,830 | |
| Bougara | 7,047 | |
References
- ↑ Estimate using mapcoordinates.net (20442362 Ksar Chellala Province on OpenStreetMap)
- 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 15 (French/Arabic)
- ↑ Estimate using mapcoordinates.net (20442362 Ksar Chellala Province on OpenStreetMap)
- ↑ Décret exécutif n° 91-306 du 24 août 1991 fixant la liste des communes animées par chaque chef de daïra (French/Arabic)