Wilaya Guelma
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Guelma Province ولاية قالمة ⵜⴰⵎⴻⵏⴰⴹⵜ ⵏ ⴳⴰⵍⵎⴰ |
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Guelma Valley as seen from Ben Djerrah, partially showing the metropolitan area of Guelma with the cities of Boumahra Ahmed, Belkheir, and Guelma visible (from right to left/east to west)
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 Map of Algeria highlighting Guelma |
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| Coordinates: 36°28′N 07°27′E / 36.467°N 7.450°ECoordinates: 36°28′N 07°27′E / 36.467°N 7.450°E | |
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 Algeria
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| Capital | Guelma |
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| • Total | 4,101 km2 (1,583 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 482,261 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+01) |
| Area Code | +213 (0) 37 |
| ISO 3166 code | DZ-24 |
| Districts | 10 |
| Municipalities | 34 |
Guelma Province (Arabic: ولاية قالمة, Berber: ⵜⴰⵎⴻⵏⴰⴹⵜ ⵏ ⴳⴰⵍⵎⴰ ) is a province (wilaya) in eastern Algeria. Its namesake is its seat and most populous municipality: Guelma.
Its civilians suffered heavy casualties during the 1945 Sétif massacre by the French Army. The province itself was established in 1974. Before that, it was part of Annaba Province. In 1983, the province lost its south-eastern half in favor of the creation of Souk Ahras Province.
It has 429,998 inhabitants as of the 1998 census, one of the lower populations in the country, which gives it 39 seats in the APW, the province's assembly. The population density is 105 inhabitants per square kilometre (272/sq mi). Of these, 54.4% live in urban areas and 87% have access to safe drinking water, lower than the national average of 89%. [1]. Of the active population of the province, 23.3% work in agriculture, 17.9% in constructions, 9.9% in industry, and 48.9% in the services sector. 21.1% of the population is unemployed.permanent dead link]
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