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Algeria created 11 new wilayas on November 16, 2025 (Council of Ministers decree), bringing the total from 58 to 69 provinces. These were promoted from existing daïras (districts) in the Hauts Plateaux and southern regions.

New entries

Code Name Parent wilaya
59 Aflou Laghouat
60 El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh El Bayadh
61 El Aricha Tlemcen
62 El Kantara Biskra
63 Barika Batna
64 Bou Saada M'Sila
65 Bir El Ater Tébessa
66 Ksar El Boukhari Médéa
67 Ksar Chellala Tiaret
68 Aïn Oussera Djelfa
69 Messaad Djelfa

Details

  • IDs 5151–5161 (above current max of 5150)
  • Official numbering from Algérie Éco and Wikipedia
  • Coordinates cross-referenced from multiple geographic databases
  • Naming follows existing conventions (French transliteration, diacritics consistent with Aïn Defla / Aïn Témouchent)
  • ISO 3166-2:DZ codes not yet assigned by the ISO maintenance agency — state_code uses the official wilaya numbers
  • Cities for these wilayas are not included in this PR and can be added separately

Algeria created 11 new wilayas on November 16, 2025, bringing the
total from 58 to 69. This adds the missing provinces with their
official numbering and coordinates:

  59 - Aflou (from Laghouat)
  60 - El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh (from El Bayadh)
  61 - El Aricha (from Tlemcen)
  62 - El Kantara (from Biskra)
  63 - Barika (from Batna)
  64 - Bou Saada (from M'Sila)
  65 - Bir El Ater (from Tébessa)
  66 - Ksar El Boukhari (from Médéa)
  67 - Ksar Chellala (from Tiaret)
  68 - Aïn Oussera (from Djelfa)
  69 - Messaad (from Djelfa)

References:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_Algeria
- https://algerie-eco.com/2025/11/17/les-numeros-des-11-nouvelles-wilayas/

Note: cities for these new wilayas are not included in this PR.
@bakissation bakissation force-pushed the add-algeria-wilayas-59-69 branch from 1963dd5 to 0114df5 Compare April 28, 2026 14:36
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