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Algeria is currently divided into 48 wilayas, or provinces. The administrative divisions have changed several times since independence. Currently (since 1983) they are:
#Adrar#Aïn Defla#Aïn Témouchent#Algiers#Annaba#Batna#Béchar#Béjaïa#Biskra#Blida#Bordj Bou Arréridj#Bouira#Boumerdès#Chlef#Constantine#Djelfa#El Bayadh#El Oued#El Tarf#Ghardaïa#Guelma#Illizi#Jijel#Khenchela#Laghouat#Médéa#Mila#Mostaganem#M'Sila#Muaskar#Naama#Oran#Ouargla#Oum el-Bouaghi#Relizane#Saida#Sétif#Sidi Bel Abbes#Skikda#Souk Ahras#Tamanghasset#Tébessa#Tiaret#Tindouf#Tipasa#Tissemsilt#Tizi Ouzou#TlemcenDuring the Algerian War of Independence, the FLN adopted an organizational system divided by 6 numbered wilayas:
# Aures# Constantine# Kabylie# Algiers# Oran# Sahara
with France sometimes described as a "wilaya 7".Immediately after independence, Algeria retained its 15 former French départements, which became wilayas, for the most part, with some name changes:
#Algiers#Annaba#Aures#Constantine#El Asnam#Medea#Mostaganem#Oasis (El Wahat)#Oran#Saïda#Saoura#Setif#Tiaret#Tizi-Ouzou#Tlemcen | Map of the departments of Algeria as they were from 1974 to 1983 |
The 15 departments were reorganized to form 31 departments:
#Adrar#Algiers#Annaba#Batna#Béchar#Béjaïa#Biskra#Blida#Bouira#Constantine#Djelfa#El Asnam#Guelma#Jijel#Laghouat#Mascara#Médéa#Mostaganem#M'Sila#Oran#Ouargla#Oum el Bouaghi#Saïda#Sétif#Sidi Bel Abbès#Skikda#Tamanrasset#Tébessa#Tiaret#Tizi-Ouzou#Tlemcen
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