El Menia Province Explained

El Menia Province
Native Name:ولاية المنيعة
Native Name Lang:ar
Type:Province
Coordinates:30.5792°N 2.8792°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Algeria
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:El Menia
Leader Title1:Wāli
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:62,215
Elevation M:276
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:57,276
Population As Of:2008
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+01
Iso Code:DZ-01
Area Code Type:Area Code
Area Code:+213 (0) 49
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The Wilaya of El Menia (Arabic: ولاية المنيعة) is an Algerian Province created in 2019, previously, a delegated wilaya created in 2015. It is located in the Algerian Sahara.

Geography

The wilaya of El Menia is in the Algerian Sahara, its area 131,220 km² .

It is delimited by:

History

The wilaya of El Menia was created on November 26, 2019 .

Previously, it was a delegated wilaya, 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 part of the Ghardaia Province.

Organization of the wilaya

During the administrative breakdown of 2015, the delegated wilaya of El Menia is made up of 4 communes and 2 Districts:

List of walis

Notes and References

  1. http://rgph2008.ons.dz/resultat/histo.htm Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008