Skikda ( ar, ولاية سكيكدة) 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 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 ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , relig ...

, on its eastern

Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on ...

coastline.

History

The province was created from

Constantine (department) Constantine was a French ''département'' in Algeria which existed between 1848 and 1974. The area of the former department, centered on the city of Constantine, is also referred to as Constantinois ( ar, قسنطينة ''Qusanṭīnah''). His ...

in 1974.

Administrative divisions

The province is divided into 13

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivision ...

s ('' daïras''), which are further divided into 38 ''communes'' or municipalities.

Districts

# Aïn Kechra # Azzaba # Ben Azzouz #

Collo Collo ( ar, القل, links=, lit=, translit=al-Qull) was an ancient Roman– a city of the Ottoman empire and Berber. Located in the northern Skikda Province, Algeria. It was the capital and one of three municipalities of Collo District, an ...

# El Hadaik #

El Harrouch El Harrouch is a town and commune in Skikda Province in north-eastern Algeria. It is located on the main N3 road south of Skikda and north of Constantine. Demographics The town of El Harrouch had a population of about 48,994 people at the 2008 ...

# Ouled Attia #

Oum Toub Oum Toub is a town and commune in Skikda Province in north-eastern Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algie ...

# Ramdane Djamel #

Sidi Mezghiche Sidi Mezghiche is a town and commune in Skikda Province in north-eastern Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = ...

# Skikda # Tamalous # Zitouna

Communes

# Aïn Bouziane # Aïn Charchar (Ain Cherchar) # Aïn Kechra # Aïn Zouit # Azzaba # Bekkouche Lakhdar # Benazouz (Ben Azzouz) # Beni Bechir # Beni Oulbane # Beni Zid # Bir El Ouiden # Bouchtata # Cheraia #

# Djendel Saadi Mohamed # El Ghedir # El Hadaik #

# El Marsa # Emdjez Edchich # Essebt (Es Sebt) # Filfla (Fil Fila) #

Hamadi Krouma Hamadi Krouma is a town and commune in Skikda Province in north-eastern Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = ...

# Kanoua # Kerkera # Kheneg Mayoum # Oued Z'hor # Ouldja Boulballout (Ouldja Boulbalout) # Ouled Attia # Ouled Hbaba (Ouled Hebaba) #

Oum Toub Oum Toub is a town and commune in Skikda Province in north-eastern Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algie ...

# Ramdane Djamel #

Salah Bouchaour Salah Bouchaour is a town and commune in Skikda Province in north-eastern Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = ...

# Skikda # Tamalous # Zerdazas # Zitouna

References

External links

Official website
Provinces of Algeria States and territories established in 1974 {{Skikda-geo-stub