Messaad Province
Messaad Province
ولاية مسعد ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵎⴻⵙⵄⴻⴷ | |
|---|---|
.svg) Map of Messaad Province | |
| Coordinates: 34°10′00″N 3°30′00″E / 34.16667°N 3.50000°E | |
| Country |  Algeria |
| Created | 2026 |
| Capital | Messaad |
| Area | |
• Total | 15,300 km2 (5,900 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)[2] | |
• Total | 220,069 |
| • Density | 14.4/km2 (37.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| Area code | +213 |
| ISO 3166 code | DZ-66 |
| Districts | 2 |
| Municipalities | 8 |
Messaad Province (Arabic: ولاية مسعد, romanized: Wilāyat Massʿad) is a province (wilaya) in Algeria, with Messaad as its provincial capital. It was created in 2026 by separation from Djelfa Province.[3]
The province lies in the transition zone between the densely populated north and the sparsely populated south and covers an area of about 15,300 km².[4] Around 220,000 people lived in the province at the 2008 census,[2] giving it a population density of about 14 inhabitants per square kilometre.
Administrative divisions
[edit]The wilaya of Messaad is divided into 8 communes,[3] grouped into 2 districts (daïras).[5]
| Daïras | Communes | |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Pop.
2008[2] | |
| Messaad | Messaad | 102,453 |
| Sed Rahal | 13,693 | |
| Guettara | 9,926 | |
| Selmana | 19,471 | |
| Deldoul | 11,230 | |
| Faïdh El Botma | Faïdh El Botma | 32,501 |
| Oum Laadham | 23,051 | |
| Amourah | 7,744 | |
References
[edit]- ↑ Estimate using mapcoordinates.net
- 1 2 3 Office national des statistiques (ONS): RGPH 2008, Population résidente des ménages ordinaires et collectifs selon la commune de résidence ...
- 1 2 Loi n° 26-06 du 16 Chaoual 1447 correspondant au 4 avril 2026 modifiant et complétant la loi n° 84-09 du 4 février 1984 relative à l'organisation territoriale du pays, Art. 52 bis 17 (French/Arabic)
- ↑ Estimate using mapcoordinates.net
- ↑ Décret exécutif n° 91-306 du 24 août 1991 fixant la liste des communes animées par chaque chef de daïra (French/Arabic)
