Mostaganem ( ar, ولاية مستغانم) 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 ou ...
(''
wilaya
A wilayah ( ar, وَلاية, wālāya or ''wilāya'', plural ; Urdu and fa, ولایت, ''velâyat''; tr, vilayet) is an administrative division, usually translated as "state", "province" or occasionally as "governorate". The word comes fr ...
'') of Algeria. Its capital is
Mostaganem
Mostaganem ( ber, Mustɣanem; ar, مستغانم) is a port city in and capital of Mostaganem province, in the northwest of Algeria. The city, founded in the 11th century lies on the Gulf of Arzew, Mediterranean Sea and is 72 km ENE of O ...
.
Geography
The land relief in Mostaganem Province can be divided into four regions: the
Dahra Range
The Dahra Range () is a mountain range located in northern Algeria. 'Dahra' is an Arabic word meaning 'back'; in toponymy this term indicates a long plateau of lesser altitude.
Geography
The Dahra is a low mountain chain part of the greater Tell A ...
to the east, the Mostaganem Plateau to the south, the
Chelif River valley which separates the two highland regions, and the plains on the province's southern border which lie next to the marshes of the
Macta.
The Mostaganem Plateau covers eleven municipalities in the southern part of the province: Mostaganem,
Ain Tedles,
Sour
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,
Bouguirat,
Sirat,
Souaflia,
Mesra,
Ain Sidi Cherif,
Mansourah,
Touahria and
Sayada.
It is a semi-arid and sandy plateau, in the shape of a triangle and bounded to the north by the Chelif River.
It receives 350 mm of rainfall per year.
[
During French colonization, ]viticulture
Viticulture (from the Latin word for '' vine'') or winegrowing (wine growing) is the cultivation and harvesting of grapes. It is a branch of the science of horticulture. While the native territory of '' Vitis vinifera'', the common grape vine, ...
was introduced on the plateau.[ After the country's independence, it was replaced by irrigated market gardening and the culture of citrus fruits and cereals.][ However, in certain sectors east of Mostaganem, the replacement of the vineyards caused the appearance of small dunes as a consequence of the resumption of soil movement.][
]
History
In 1984 Relizane Province was carved out of its territory.
Administrative divisions
The province is divided into 10 districts (''daïras''), which are further divided into 32 communes of Algeria, ''communes'' or municipalities.
Districts
# Achacha District, Achacha
# Aïn Nouïssy District, Aïn Nouïssy
# Aïn Tédelès District, Aïn Tédelès
# Bouguirat District, Bouguirat
# Hassi Mamèche District, Hassi Mamèche
# Kheïr Eddine District, Kheïr Eddine
# Mesra District, Mesra
# Mostaganem District, Mostaganem
# Sidi Ali District, Sidi Ali
# Sidi Lakhdar District, Sidi Lakhdar
Communes
# Achacha, Algeria, Achacha (Achaacha)
# Aïn Boudinar
# Aïn Nouïssy
# Aïn Sidi Chérif
# Aïn Tédelès (Ain Tedles)
# Benabdelmalek Ramdane (Abdelmalek Ramdane)
# Bouguirat
# El Hassaine
# Fornaka
# Hadjadj
# Hassi Mamèche (Hasi Mameche)
# Khadra
# Kheïr Eddine (Kheiredine)
# Mansourah, Mostaganem, Mansourah
# Mazagran, Algeria, Mazagran (Mazagrain, Mezghrane)
# Mesra
# Mostaganem
Mostaganem ( ber, Mustɣanem; ar, مستغانم) is a port city in and capital of Mostaganem province, in the northwest of Algeria. The city, founded in the 11th century lies on the Gulf of Arzew, Mediterranean Sea and is 72 km ENE of O ...
# Nékmaria
# Oued El Kheïr
# Ouled Boughalem
# Ouled Malah (Ouled Maalef)
# Safsaf, Algeria, Safsaf (Saf Saf)
# Sayada
# Sidi Ali
# Sidi Bellater (Sidi Belatar)
# Sidi Lakhdar, Mostaganem, Sidi Lakhdar (Sidi Lakhdaara)
# Sirat
# Souaflia
# Sour
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# Stidia
# Tazgait
# Touahria
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References
Mostaganem Province,
Provinces of Algeria
States and territories established in 1974
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