Naâma Province

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Naâma Province
ولاية النعامة
Algeria 45 Wilaya locator map-2009.svg
Map of Algeria highlighting the Province of Naâma
Province Code 45
Area Code +213 (0) 49
Administration
Capital Naâma
Districts 7
Municipalities 12
Wāli Mr. Hamidou Abdelhamid
Basic statistics
Area 29,950 km² (11,564 sq mi)
Population 209,470[1] (2008)
Density 7.0/km² (18.1/sq mi)

Naâma (Arabic: ولاية النعامة‎) is a province (wilaya) of Algeria named after its provincial seat, the town of Naâma. There is an airport in Mécheria; and a big sabkha.

Contents

[edit] Administrative divisions

The province is divided into 7 districts (daïras), which are further divided into 12 communes or municipalities.

[edit] Districts

  1. Aïn Séfra
  2. Asla
  3. Mécheria
  4. Mekmen Ben Amar
  5. Moghrar
  6. Naâma
  7. Sfissifa

[edit] Communes

  1. Aïn Ben Khelil
  2. Aïn Séfra
  3. Asla
  4. Djéniane Bourzeg
  5. El Biod
  6. Kasdir
  7. Mécheria
  8. Mekmen Ben Amar
  9. Moghrar
  10. Naâma
  11. Sfissifa
  12. Tiout

[edit] References

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