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 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Districts |
Blank Info Sec1: | 2 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Municipalities |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | 4 |
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.
The wilaya of El Menia is in the Algerian Sahara, its area 131,220 km² .
It is delimited by:
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.
During the administrative breakdown of 2015, the delegated wilaya of El Menia is made up of 4 communes and 2 Districts: