Chlef ( ar, ولاية الشلف) is a

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions out ...

('' wilaya'') in

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formerly known as El Asnam, and has about 1 million inhabitants. Its capital is

Chlef Chlef ( ar, الشلف, Berber: Clef) is the capital of Chlef Province, Algeria. Located in the north of Algeria, west of the capital, Algiers, it was founded in 1843, as Orléansville, on the ruins of Roman ''Castellum Tingitanum''. In 1962, i ...

. Another locality is Ténès, on the

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History

The province was originally named El Asnam until 1980 when it became known at Ech Chéliff, later known as Chlef. In 1984,

Aïn Defla Province Aïn Defla ( ar, ولاية عين الدفلى, is a wilaya (''province'') in northern Algeria. It is located to the southwest of Algiers, the capital. Localities in Ain Delfa include Khemis Miliana, Miliana, Hammam Righa, Oued Zebboudj and A ...

was carved out of its territory.

Geography

Location

The province of Chlef is located at the Western Tell 200 km west of

Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques d ...

Administrative divisions

The province is divided into 13

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s ('' daïras''), which are further divided into 35 ''communes'' or municipalities.

Districts

# Abou El Hassan ( دائرة أبو الحسن) # Aïn Merane ( دائرة عين مران) # Béni Haoua ( دائرة بني حواء) # Boukadir ( دائرة بوقادير) #

( دائرة شلف) # El Karimia ( دائرة الكريمية) # El Marsa ( دائرة المرسى) # Oued Fodda ( دائرة وادي الفضة) # Ouled Ben Abdelkader ( دائرة اولاد بن عبد القادر) # Ouled Farès ( دائرة اولاد فارس) # Taougrit ( دائرة تاوقريت) # Ténès ( دائرة تنس) # Zeboudja ( دائرة زبوجة)

Communes

References

External links

Chlef ProvinceA website about Chlef Province
{{Authority control Provinces of Algeria States and territories established in 1974