Naâma Province ( ar, ولاية النعامة) is a

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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 ...

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named after its provincial seat, the town of Naâma. The region is dominated by a large

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. There is an

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in Mécheria.

History

The province was created from

Saïda Province Saïda ( ar, ولاية سعيدة) is a province ('' wilaya'') of Algeria, named after its capital. History The province was created from parts of Oran department, Saïda province and Saoura province in 1974. In 1984 El Bayadh Province an ...

in 1984.

Administrative divisions

The province is divided into 7

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daïra A daïra or daerah ( ''circle''; plural ''dawaïr'') is an administrative division in Algeria and Western Sahara in West Africa, as well as Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia in Southeast Asia. It is commonly translated in English as "district". West ...

s''), which are further divided into 12 ''communes'' or municipalities.

Districts

Communes

# Naâma # Mécheria #

Aïn Séfra Aïn Séfra ( ar, عين الصفراء, lit. ''yellow spring'') is a municipality in Naâma Province, Algeria. It is the district seat of Aïn Séfra District and it has a population of 47,415, which gives it 11 seats in the PMA. Its postal c ...

# Tiout # Sfissifa # Moghrar # Asla # Djéniane Bourzeg # Aïn Ben Khelil # Mekmen Ben Amar # Kasdir # El Biod

References

Provinces of Algeria States and territories established in 1984 {{Naâma-geo-stub