Constantine Province

Constantine Province ولاية قسنطينة ⴰⵝⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵇⵙⴻⵏⵟⵉⵏⴰ
Province
Nickname:  City Of Bridges
Map of Algeria highlighting Constantine
Map of the 6 districts of Constantine
Coordinates: 36°21′N 6°36′E
Country	Algeria
Capital	Constantine
Government
• PPA president	A.Chibane
Area
• Total	2,187 km2 (844 sq mi)
Population  (2019)
• Total	1,012,643
• Density	460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Demonym	Constantinian
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
Area Code	+213 (0) 31
ISO 3166 code	DZ-25
Districts	6
Municipalities	12

Constantine (Arabic: ولاية قسنطينة) is one of the 58 provinces (wilayas) of Algeria, whose capital is the city of the same name.

History

In 1984 Mila Province was carved out of its territory.

Administrative divisions

The province is divided into 6 districts or daïra, which are subdivided into 12 communes or municipalities.

List of districts

District	Number of municipalities	Municipalities	Area (km2)	Population (hab.)
Constantine	1	Constantine	231.63	462,374
El Khroub	3	El Khroub • Aïn Smara • Ouled Rahmoune	610.70	248,160
Aïn Abid	2	Aïn Abid • Ibn Badis	634.22	51,478
Zighoud Youcef	2	Zighoud Youcef • Beni Hamiden	367.97	48,432
Hamma Bouziane	2	Hamma Bouziane • Didouche Mourad	186.88	128,867
Ibn Ziad	2	Ibn Ziad • Messaoud Boudjeriou	257.37	30,623