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Jijel Province ولاية جيجل
Province
Map of Algeria highlighting Jijel
Coordinates: 36°48′N 5°46′E / 36.800°N 5.767°E / 36.800; 5.767
Country	Algeria
Capital	Jijel, Algeria
Area
• Total	2,577 km (995 sq mi)
Population
• Total	634,412
• Density	250/km (640/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
Area Code	+213 (0) 34
ISO 3166 code	DZ-18
Districts	11
Municipalities	28

Jijel (Arabic: ولاية جيجل) is a province (wilaya) in Algeria, on the eastern Mediterranean coast. The capital is Jijel (Phoenician name : Igilgili). Taza National Park is located in this province.

History

The province was created from parts of Constantine (department) and Sétif (département) in 1974.

In 1984 Mila Province was carved out of its territory.

Administrative divisions

The province is divided into 11 districts, which are further divided into 28 communes or municipalities.

Districts

1. Chekfa
2. Djimla
3. El Ancer
4. El Aouana
5. El Milia
6. Jijel
7. Settara
8. Sidi Maârouf
9. Taher
10. Texenna
11. Ziama Mansouriah

Communes

1. Bordj T'har
2. Boucif Ouled Askeur
3. Boudriaa Ben Yadjis
4. Bouraoui Belhadef
5. Chahna
6. Chekfa
7. Djemaa Beni Habibi
8. Djimla
9. El Ancer
10. El Aouana
11. El Kennar Nouchfi
12. El Milia
13. Emir Abdelkader
14. Eraguene
15. Ghebala
16. Jijel
17. Kaous
18. Kheïri Oued Adjoul
19. Ouadjana
20. Ouled Rabah
21. Ouled Yahia Khedrouche
22. Selma Benziada
23. Settara
24. Sidi Abdelaziz
25. Sidi Maarouf
26. Taher
27. Texenna
28. Ziama Mansouriah

See also

• Jijel Arabic – Pre-Hilalian Arabic dialect of northeastern Algeria

References

1. Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008 Archived 2008-07-24 at the Wayback Machine Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on 2008-07-02.

External links

• (in French) Official website of the Province
• (in French) Jijel local on-line news
• (in French) Jijel news Archived 2021-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
• (in French) Jijel on-line
• (in French) Djidjelli.com Archived 2018-11-06 at the Wayback Machine

v t e Jijel Province
Capital: Jijel
Jijel District	Jijel
Taher District	Taher Boucif Ouled Askeur Chahna El Amir Abdelkader Oudjana
El Ancer District	El Ancer Bouraoui Belhadef Djemaa Beni Habibi Kheïri Oued Adjoul
El Aouana District	El Aouana Selma Benziada
El Milia District	El Milia Ouled Yahia Khedrouche
Chekfa District	Chekfa El Kennar Nouchfi Bordj T'har Sidi Abdelaziz
Settara District	Settara Ghebala
Sidi Maârouf District	Sidi Maarouf Ouled Rabah
Djimla District	Djimla Boudriaa Ben Yadjis
Texenna District	Texenna Kaous
Ziama Mansouriah District	Ziama Mansouriah Eraguene

v t e Provinces of Algeria
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