El M'Ghair Province

El M'Ghair Province

ولاية المغير
El M'Ghair Province ولاية المغير
Province
	Map of Algeria highlighting El M'Ghair
	Coordinates: 33°56′50″N 5°55′20″E / 33.94722°N 5.92222°ECoordinates: 33°56′50″N 5°55′20″E / 33.94722°N 5.92222°E
Country	Algeria
Capital	El M'Ghair
Area
• Total	8,835 km2 (3,411 sq mi)
Elevation	276 m (906 ft)
Population (2008)
• Total	162,267
• Density	18/km2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
Area code	+213 (0) 49
ISO 3166 code	DZ-01
Districts	2
Municipalities	8

The wilaya of El M'Ghair (Arabic: ولاية المغير) is an Algerian province created in 2019, previously, a delegated wilaya created in 2015. It is in the Algerian Sahara.

Geography[]

The wilaya of El M'Ghair is in the Algerian Sahara; its area is 131,220 km² .

It is delimited by:

to the north by the Biskra Province;
to the east by the El Oued Province and Touggourt Province;
to the west by the Ouled Djellal Province;
and to the south by the Ouargla Province and Touggourt Province.

History[]

The wilaya of El M'Ghair was created on November 26, 2019 .

Previously, it was a , created according to the law n° 15–140 of May 27, 2015, creating administrative districts in certain wilayas and fixing the specific rules related to them, as well as the list of municipalities that are attached to it. Before 2019, it was attached to the El Oued Province.

Organization of the wilaya[]

During the administrative breakdown of 2015, the delegated wilaya of El M'Ghair is made up of 3 communes and 2 Districts

List of walis[]

Notes and references[]

References[]

^ Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008 Archived July 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on July 2, 2008.

[Alg2008RGPH-1] Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008 Archived July 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on July 2, 2008.

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