Médéa is a former

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'' in

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which existed between 1957 and 1974.

Reorganization

Considered as a French province, Algeria was departmentalised on 9 December 1848, and thereby was administratively structured in the same way as

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. Three civil zones ( départements) replaced the three beyliks into which the Ottoman former rulers had divided the territory. The middle of the three original Algerian

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was called Alger. For over a century the town of Médéa, was a

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in the département of Alger: this changed in 1957. In May 1957 the Médéa

was split off and became a separate département, directly to the south of the now greatly diminished département of Alger. This administrative reorganisation was undertaken in response to the rapid population increase experienced across the territory, especially during the preceding decade. The new département of Médéa covered an area of 50,331 km²: a population of 621,013 was recorded. The department comprised between four and six sub-prefectures: these were Aumale (or Sūr-al-Ghuzlān/ Sūr-al-Ghuzlān), Boghari, Bou Saâda,

Djelfa Djelfa ( ar, الجلفة, link=no, al-Ǧilfah) is the capital city of Djelfa Province, Algeria and the site of ancient city and former bishopric Fallaba, which remains a Latin catholic titular see. It has a population of 490,248 (2018 census). T ...

, Paul Cazelles (Aïn Oussara) and, briefly, Tablata. Further changes to the departmental maps which involved Médéa took place in March 1958: the major change was the further splitting off of the three sub-prefectures of Aumale (or Sūr-al-Ghuzlān/ Sūr-al-Ghuzlān), Tablata and Ouled-Djellal as the separate département of Aumale. These changes were largely reversed in November 1959 when the département of Aumale found itself reabsorbed into neighbouring départements. The 1957 departmental reorganisation was marked by a change in the "suffix" number appearing on automobile license plates and in other places that used the same code. Until 1957, as part of the département of Alger, Médéa was identified by the department number "91": after 1957 the département of Médéa became department number "9E". (In 1968, under a law enacted in 1964, the number "91" would be reallocated to a new département comprising the southern suburbs of Paris.) After independence the department continued to exist until 1974 when it was split into Bouira Province,

Djelfa Province Djelfa ( ar, ولاية الجلفة) is a province (''wilaya'') of Algeria. Its capital is Djelfa. It was first established by the administrative reorganization of 1974, and is home to over 1.2 million inhabitants. Localities in this province ...

Médéa Province Médéa ( ar, ولاية المدية) is a province ('' wilaya'') of Algeria. The capital is Médéa. Administrative divisions The province is divided into 19 districts ('' daïras''), which are further divided into 64 ''communes'' or municip ...

and

M'Sila Province ber, ⵎⵙⵉⵍⴰ ') is a province (''wilaya'') of northern Algeria. It has a population of 1 million people and an area of 18,718 km², while its capital, also called M'sila, home to M'Sila University, has a population of about 100,00 ...

References

le site du SPLAF
: départements de l'Algérie française de 1848 à 1962 Former departments of France in Algeria States and territories established in 1957 1957 establishments in Algeria 1962 disestablishments in Algeria {{MédéaDZ-geo-stub

Reorganization

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