Editing Mostaganem Province

{{Short description|Province of Algeria}}
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| name                    = Mostaganem Province
| native_name             = ولاية مستغانم
| native_name_lang        = ar<!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "fr" for French.-->
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| type                    = [[Provinces of Algeria|Province]]
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| map_caption             = Map of Algeria highlighting Mostaganem
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| map_caption1            = Map of the 10 districts of Mostaganem
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| subdivision_name        = {{flag|Algeria}}
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| seat_type               = [[Capital (political)|Capital]]
| seat                    = [[Mostaganem]]
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| leader_title            = [[People's Provincial Assembly|PPA]]&nbsp;president
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| leader_title1           = [[Wāli]]
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| area_total_km2          = 2269
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| population_footnotes    = <ref name="Alg2008RGPH">[http://rgph2008.ons.dz/resultat/histo.htm Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724130336/http://rgph2008.ons.dz/resultat/histo.htm |date=24 July 2008}} Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on 2 July 2008.</ref>
| population_total        = 746947
| population_as_of        = 2008
| population_density_km2  = auto
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| timezone1               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1             = +01
| iso_code                = [[ISO 3166-2:DZ|DZ-27]]
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| area_code               = +213 (0) 45
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'''Mostaganem''' ({{langx|ar|ولاية مستغانم}}) is a [[provinces of Algeria|province]] (''[[wilaya]]'') of Algeria, with a population of 892165 inhabitants in 2019, with a density of  393/square kilometers. Its capital is [[Mostaganem]].

==Geography==
The land relief in Mostaganem Province can be divided into four regions: the [[Dahra Range]] to the east, the Mostaganem Plateau to the south, the [[Chelif River]] valley which separates the two highland regions, and the plains on the province's southern border which lie next to the marshes of the [[Macta]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aniref.dz/index.php/extensions/jevents/24-observatoire-du-foncier-industriel/monographie/56-monographie-5 |title=Présentation de la Wilaya: Caractéristique naturelles et conditions climatique |publisher=ANIREF |access-date=22 June 2021 }}</ref>

The Mostaganem Plateau covers eleven municipalities in the southern part of the province: Mostaganem, [[Ain Tedles]], [[Sour, Algeria|Sour]], [[Bouguirat]], [[Sirat, Algeria|Sirat]], [[Souaflia]], [[Mesra]], [[Ain Sidi Cherif]], [[Mansourah]], [[Touahria]] and [[Sayada, Algeria|Sayada]].<ref name=monographie>{{Cite book |title= Monographie de la wilaya de Mostaganem |url=http://www.andi.gov.dz/fr/PDF/MONOGRAPHIE/Mostaganem.pdf |pages=2–3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111143831/http://www.andi.gov.dz/fr/PDF/MONOGRAPHIE/Mostaganem.pdf |archive-date=11 January 2012}}</ref> It is a semi-arid and sandy plateau, in the shape of a triangle and bounded to the north by the Chelif River.<ref name=guide>{{Cite book|last=Côte|first=Marc|title=Guide d'Algérie : paysages et patrimoine|publisher=Média-Plus|year=1996|isbn=9961-922-00-X|location=Algeria|pages=319}}</ref> It receives 350&nbsp;mm of rainfall per year.<ref name=monographie/>

During [[French Algeria|French colonization]], [[viticulture]] was introduced on the plateau.<ref name=guide/> After the country's independence, it was replaced by irrigated [[market garden]]ing and the culture of citrus fruits and cereals.<ref name=guide/> However, in certain sectors east of Mostaganem, the replacement of the vineyards caused the appearance of small dunes as a consequence of the resumption of soil movement.<ref name=guide/>

==History==
In 1984 [[Relizane Province]] was carved out of its territory.

==Administrative divisions==
The province is divided into 10 [[district]]s (''[[daïra]]s''), which are further divided into 32 [[communes of Algeria|''communes'']] or municipalities.

===Districts===
{{div col}}
# [[Achacha District|Achacha]]
# [[Aïn Nouïssy District|Aïn Nouïssy]]
# [[Aïn Tédelès District|Aïn Tédelès]]
# [[Bouguirat District|Bouguirat]]
# [[Hassi Mamèche District|Hassi Mamèche]]
# [[Kheïr Eddine District|Kheïr Eddine]]
# [[Mesra District|Mesra]]
# '''[[Mostaganem District|Mostaganem]]'''
# [[Sidi Ali District|Sidi Ali]]
# [[Sidi Lakhdar District|Sidi Lakhdar]]
{{div col end}}

===Communes===
{{div col}}
# [[Achacha, Algeria|Achacha]] (Achaacha)
# [[Aïn Boudinar]]
# [[Aïn Nouïssy]]
# [[Aïn Sidi Chérif]]
# [[Aïn Tédelès]] (Ain Tedles)
# [[Benabdelmalek Ramdane]] (Abdelmalek Ramdane)
# [[Bouguirat]]
# [[El Hassaine]]
# [[Fornaka]]
# [[Hadjadj]]
# [[Hassi Mamèche]] (Hasi Mameche)
# [[Khadra]]
# [[Kheïr Eddine]] (Kheiredine)
# [[Mansourah, Mostaganem|Mansourah]]
# [[Mazagran, Algeria|Mazagran]] (Mazagrain, Mezghrane)
# [[Mesra]]
# [[Mostaganem]]
# [[Nékmaria]]
# [[Oued El Kheïr]]
# [[Ouled Boughalem]]
# [[Ouled Malah]] (Ouled Maalef)
# [[Safsaf, Algeria|Safsaf]] (Saf Saf)
# [[Sayada, Algeria|Sayada]]
# [[Sidi Ali]]
# [[Sidi Bellater]] (Sidi Belatar)
# [[Sidi Lakhdar, Mostaganem|Sidi Lakhdar]] (Sidi Lakhdaara)
# [[Sirat, Algeria|Sirat]]
# [[Souaflia]]
# [[Sour, Algeria|Sour]]
# [[Stidia]]
# [[Tazgait]]
# [[Touahria]]
{{div col end}}

==References==
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