Tlemcen ( ar, ولاية تلمسان) 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 ...

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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 ...

'') in northwestern

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

. The Tlemcen National Park is located there.

History

The province was created from

Oran (department) : ''For the departamento in Argentina, see Orán Department.'' Oran ( ar, وَهران, Wahrān) was a French ''département'' in Algeria existing from 1848 until 1974. Originally a French province, it was departmentalised on 9 December 1848. It ...

and Tlemcen department in 1974.

Administrative divisions

The province is divided into 20 districts (''

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 53 ''communes'' or municipalities.

Districts

# Aïn Talout # Bab El Assa # Bensekrane # Béni Boussaïd # Béni Snous # Chatouane # Felaoucene #

Ghazaouet Ghazaouet is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in northwestern Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algi ...

# Hennaya # Houanaine District (Honaine) # Maghnia # Mansourah # Marsa Ben M'Hidi #

Nedroma Nedroma ( ar, ندرومة) is a city in Tlemcen Province, in northwestern Algeria, about from Tlemcen. Once the capital of Trara, it was built on the ruins of a Berber town by Abd al-Mu'min the Almohad caliph. It has a great Islamic history, ...

# Ouled Mimoun #

Remchi Remchi is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in north-western Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algier ...

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Sebdou Sebdou is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in north-western Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algier ...

# Sidi Djillali #

Tlemcen Tlemcen (; ar, تلمسان, translit=Tilimsān) is the second-largest city in northwestern Algeria after Oran, and capital of the Tlemcen Province. The city has developed leather, carpet, and textile industries, which it exports through the p ...

Communes

# Ain Fetah ( Ain Fettah) # Ain Fezza # Ain Ghoraba # Ain Kebira # Ain Nehala # Ain Tellout ( Ain Tallout) # Ain Youcef # Amieur # Azails # Bab El Assa # Beni Bahdel # Beni Boussaid # Beni Khellad (Formerly Souk El Khemis) # Beni Mester # Beni Ouarsous # Beni Smiel ( Beni Semiel) #

Beni Snous Beni Snous or Aït Snous (in berber: ⴰⵢⵜ ⵙⵏⵓⵙ, Ayt Snus and in ar, بني سنوس) is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in northwestern Algeria. Situation Beni Snous Commune's territory is situated in the west of the wilay ...

# Bensekrane # Bouhlou # Chetouane # Dar Yaghmoricene ( Dar Yaghmouracene) # Djebala # El Aricha # El Bouihi ( Bouihi) # El Fehoul # El Gor # Fellaoucene #

# Hammam Boughrara # Hennaya # Honaine ( Houanaine) # Maghnia #

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h # Marsa Ben Mhidi ( Marsa Ben M'Hidi) # Msirda Fouaga #

# Oued Chouli ( Oued Chouly) # Ouled Mimoun # Ouled Riyah #

Remchi Remchi is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in north-western Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algier ...

# Sebaa Chioukh ( Sebbaa Chioukh) #

Sebdou Sebdou is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in north-western Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algier ...

# Sidi Abdelli # Sidi Djilali ( Sidi Djillali) # Sidi Medjahed # Souahlia # Souani # Souk Thlata ( Souk Tleta, Souk Tlata) # Terni Beni Hediel ( Terny Beni Hediel, Tirni Beni Hediel) # Tianet #

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References

Provinces of Algeria States and territories established in 1974 {{Tlemcen-geo-stub