El Kantara Province
Province in Algeria
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El Kantara Province (Arabic: ولاية القنطرة, romanized: Wilāyat al-Qanṭara) is a province (wilaya) in eastern Algeria, with El Kantara as its provincial capital. It was created in 2026 by separation from Biskra Province.[3]
El Kantara Province
ولاية القنطرة ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵍⵇⴻⵏⵟⵔⴰ | |
|---|---|
Map of El Kantara Province | |
| Coordinates: 35°13′00″N 5°42′37″E | |
| Country |  Algeria |
| Created | 2026 |
| Capital | El Kantara |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,400 km2 (540 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)[2] | |
• Total | 43,110 |
| • Density | 31/km2 (80/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| Area code | +213 |
| ISO 3166 code | DZ-07 |
| Districts | 3 |
| Municipalities | 5 |
The small province covers an area of 1,400 km²[4] and lies in the transition zone between the densely populated north and the sparsely populated south. Around 43,000 people lived in the province at the 2008 census,[2] giving it a population density of 31 inhabitants per square kilometre.
Administrative divisions
The wilaya of El Kantara is divided into 5 communes,[3] grouped into 3 districts (daïras).[5]
| Daïras | Communes | |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Pop.
2008[2] | |
| El Kantara | El Kantara | 11,415 |
| Aïn Zaatout | 3,693 | |
| Djemourah | Djemourah | 12,574 |
| Branis | 4,273 | |
| El Outaya | El Outaya | 11,155 |