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Algeria in other languages: الجزائر, Dzayer, Algiers and the wilayas

Algeria is الجزائر (al-Ǧazāʾir) in Arabic and ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ, Dzayer, in Kabyle, and ISO 3166-1 codes it DZ, DZA and 012. The page lists the name in 177 languages and the capital Algiers in 106, then all 69 wilayas: the 48 of 1984 in Arabic and Kabyle, ten created in 2019 and eleven created in 2026.

Official languagesArabic; also Kabyle (taqbaylit)

Checked 5 November 2026

ISO 3166-1alpha-2 · alpha-3 · numeric

ratio 2:3

alpha-2: DZ
alpha-3: DZA
numeric: 012

الجزائر Arabic · ArabicRomanised al-Ǧazāʾir

الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبيةal-Ǧumhūrīyâẗu l-Ǧazāʾirīyâẗi d-Dīmuqrāṭīyâẗi š-Šaʿbīyâ

ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ Kabyle · TifinaghRomanised Dzayer

ⵜⴰⴳⴷⵓⴷⴰ ⵜⴰⵎⴰⴳⴷⴰⵢⵜ ⵜⴰⵖⴻⵔⴼⴰⵏⵜ ⵜⴰⴷⵣⴰⵢⵔⵉⵜTagduda Tamagdayt Taɣerfant Tadzayrit

English: AlgeriaPeople’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
Capital: الجزائرⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔal-Ǧazāʾir · Algiers

ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026

01 · Exonyms

Algeria (الجزائر) in other languages: list of exonyms

Algeria in 177 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639-3	Name	Romanised
English, Corsican, Welsh, Faroese, Finnish, Kven, Interlingua, Italian, Ladin, Norwegian, Novial, Romansh, Romanian, Northern Sami, Sardinian, Swahili	eng / cos / cym / fao / fin / fkv / ina / ita / lld / nor / nov / roh / ron / sme / srd / swa	Algeria	same as written
German, Luxembourgish, Low German, Saterland Frisian	deu / ltz / nds / stq	Algerien	same as written
Breton, Basque, Lingala	bre / eus / lin	Aljeria	same as written
French, Jersey Norman French, Norman French	fra / jnf / nrm	Algérie	same as written
Czech, Slovak	ces / slk	Alžírsko	same as written
Cornish, Haitian Creole	cor / hat	Aljeri	same as written
Danish, Swedish	dan / swe	Algeriet	same as written
Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian	dsb / hsb	Algeriska	same as written
West Frisian, Dutch	fry / nld	Algerije	same as written
Gagauz, Karakalpak	gag / kaa	Aljir / Алжир	Aljir
Indonesian, Javanese	ind / jav	Aljazair, Algeria	same as written
Kinyarwanda, Kirundi	kin / run	Algeriya	same as written
Turkish, Zazaki	tur / zza	Cezayir	same as written
Afrikaans	afr	Algerië	same as written
Aragonese	arg	Alcheria, Archelia	same as written
Asturian	ast	Arxelia	same as written
Azerbaijani	aze	Əlcəzair / Әлҹәзаир	Əlcəzair
Bambara	bam	Alizeri	same as written
Bosnian	bos	Alžir / Алжир / آلژٖىر	Alžir
Catalan	cat	Algèria	same as written
Crimean Tatar	crh	Cezair / Джезаир	Cezair
Kashubian	csb	Algerskô	same as written
Esperanto	epo	Alĝerio	same as written
Estonian	est	Alžeeria	same as written
Franco-Provençal	frp	Alg·èrie	same as written
Friulian	fur	Algjerie	same as written
Scottish Gaelic	gla	Aildiria, An Ailgear	same as written
Irish	gle	An Ailgéir	same as written
Galician	glg	Alxeria	same as written
Manx	glv	Yn Algear	same as written
Hausa	hau	Aljeriya	same as written
Hawaiian	haw	ʻAlekelia	same as written
Croatian	hrv	Alžir	same as written
Hungarian	hun	Algéria	same as written
Igbo	ibo	Aljiria	same as written
Icelandic	isl	Alsír	same as written
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Cezayir, Cezayîr	same as written
Latin	lat	Algeria, Algerium	same as written
Latvian	lav	Alžīrija	same as written
Limburgish	lim	Algerieë	same as written
Lithuanian	lit	Alžyras	same as written
Latgalian	ltg	Alžireja	same as written
Malagasy	mlg	Alzeria, Aljeria	same as written
Maltese	mlt	Alġerija	same as written
Moldovan	mol	Algeria / Алӂерия	Algeria
Malay	msa	Aljazair / الجزائر, Algeria / الݢيريا	Aljazair, Algeria
Nahuatl	nah	Arxellān	same as written
Occitan	oci	Argeria	same as written
Polish	pol	Algieria	same as written
Portuguese	por	Argélia	same as written
Quechua	que	Alhirya	same as written
Kalderash Romani	rmy	Aljeriya / आल्जेरिया	Aljeriya
Aromanian	rup	Algheria	same as written
Sicilian	scn	Algirìa	same as written
Slovio	slo	Alzxeria / Алжериа	Alzxeria
Slovenian	slv	Alžirija	same as written
Samogitian	smg	Alžīrs	same as written
Samoan	smo	Aleteria	same as written
Somali	som	Aljeeriya, Jasaa’ir	same as written
Spanish	spa	Argelia	same as written
Albanian	sqi	Algjeria	same as written
Silesian	szl	Algerja	same as written
Tetum	tet	Arjélia	same as written
Tagalog	tgl	Alherya, Arhelya	same as written
Tongan	ton	ʻAsilia	same as written
Turkmen	tuk	Jezaýyr / Җезайыр, Aljir / Алжир	Jezaýyr, Aljir
Uzbek	uzb	Jazoir / Жазоир / جەزائىر, Aljir / Алжир / ئەلجىر	Jazoir, Aljir
Vietnamese	vie	An-giê-ri	same as written
Volapük	vol	Laljerän	same as written
Võro	vor	Alžeeriä	same as written
Walloon	wln	Aldjereye	same as written
Wolof	wol	Alseeri, Aljeeri	same as written
Zulu	zul	iAlijeriya	same as written
Abaza, Altai, Avar, Bulgarian, Chuvash, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Meadow Mari, Macedonian, Ossetian, Russian, Yakut, Tuvan, Udmurt, Kalmyk	abq / alt / ava / bul / chv / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / mhr / mkd / oss / rus / sah / tyv / udm / xal	Алжир	Alžir
Abkhaz	abk	Алжыр	Alžyr
Avar	ava	Жазаир, Алжир	Žazair, Alžir
Bashkir	bak	Алжир / Aljir	Aljir
Belarusian	bel	Алжыр / Ałžyr, Альжыр / Alžyr	Ałžyr, Alžyr
Chechen	che	Алжир / Alƶir	Alƶir
Kazakh	kaz	Алжир / الجير / Aljïr, Жезаир / جەزاير / Jezaïr	Aljïr, Jezaïr
Kabardian	kbd	Алджазаир	Aldžazair
Kyrgyz	kir	Алжир / الجئر / Alcir	Alcir
Kurdish (Caucasus)	kmr	Алщьзаир / Alcizaîr, Алжир / Aljîr, Щьзирә / Cizîre, Щьзир / Cizîr	Alcizaîr, Aljîr, Cizîre, Cizîr
Mongolian	mon	Алжир	Alǰir
Rusyn	rue	Алжір	Alžir
Serbian	srp	Алжир / Alžir	Alžir
Tatar	tat	Җәзаир / Cäzair / جەزائىر, Алжир / Aljir / ئالژىر	Cäzair, Aljir
Tajik	tgk	Алҷазоир / الجزائر / Alçazoir	Alçazoir
Ukrainian	ukr	Алжир	Alžyr
Arabic	ara	الجزائر	al-Ǧazāʾir
South Azerbaijani	azb	الجزایر / Əlcəzair	Əlcəzair
Sorani Kurdish	ckb	جەزائیر / Cezaîr	Cezaîr
Persian	fas	الجزایر / al-Jazâyer	al-Jazâyer
Western Punjabi	pnb	الجزائر	al-Jazāʾir
Dari	prs	الجیریا, الجیریه	Aljīriyā, Aljīrīyâ
Pashto	pus	الجيريا, الجيريه, الجزائر, الجزاير	Aljīriyā, Aljīriyâ, al-Jazāʾir, al-Jazāyir
Uyghur	uig	ئالجىرىيە / Aljiriye / Алҗирия	Aljiriye
Urdu	urd	الجزائر, الجیریا	al-Jazāʾir, Aljīriyā
Dhivehi	div	އަލްޖީރިއާ	Aljīriā
Hebrew	heb	אלג׳יריה	Aljīryah
Ladino	lad	ארגﬞיליה / Ardjelia	Ardjelia
Yiddish	yid	אַלזשיר	Alžir
Berber	ber	ⴷⵣⴰⵢⵔ / Dzayr	Dzayr
Kabyle	kab	ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ / Dzayer	Dzayer
Amharic	amh	አልጄሪያ, አልጄርያ	Ăljeriya, Ăljerya
Greek (Demotic)	ell	Αλγερία	Algería
Greek (Katharevousa)	ell	Ἀλγερία	Algería
Armenian	hye	Ալժիր	Alžir
Georgian, Mingrelian	kat / xmf	ალჟირი	Alžiri
Laz	lzz	ჯეზაჲირი / Cezayiri, ალგერია / Algeria	Cezayiri, Algeria
Hindi	hin	अल्जीरिया / अलजीरिया, अल्जेरिया, एलजीरिया	Aljīriyā, Aljeriyā, Eljīriyā
Bengali	ben	আলজেরিয়া, এলজিরিয়া	Āljeriyā, Eljiriyā
Gujarati	guj	અલ્જીરિઆ	Aljīīriyā
Odia	ori	ଆଲଜେରିଆ	Āljeriā
Punjabi	pan	ਅਲਜੀਰੀਆ	Aljīrīā
Sinhala	sin	ඇල්‍ජීරියාව	Æljīriyāva
Kannada	kan	ಅಲ್ಜೀರಿಯ	Aljīriya
Malayalam	mal	അല്‍ജീറിയ, അല്ജീരിയ	Aljīṟiya, Aljīriya
Tamil	tam	அல்ஜீரியா	Aljīriyā
Telugu	tel	అల్జీరియా	Aljīriyā
Chinese	zho	阿爾及利亞/阿尔及利亚	Ā'ěrjílìyà
Cantonese	yue	阿爾及利亞/阿尔及利亚	Àgèileiha
Japanese	jpn	アルジェリア	Arujeria
Korean	kor	알제리	Aljeri
Tibetan	bod	ཨར་གེ་རི་ཡ།, ཨར་གི་རི་ཡ།, ཨཱལ་ཇི་རི་ཡ།	Ar.ge.ri.ya, Ar.gi.ri.ya, Āl.ji.ri.ya
Burmese	mya	အယ်ဂျီးရီးယား	Ɛjìẏìyà
Thai	tha	แอลจีเรีย	Ǣnčīriya
Lao	lao	ອານເຍຣີ	Ānñēlī
Khmer	khm	អាល់ហ្សេរី	Alhserī

02 · NamesU+062C ARABIC LETTER JEEM

Algeria and Algiers: one Arabic name, two English words

In Arabic one word serves for the country and its capital: الجزائر, al-Ǧazāʾir. European languages split it in two. English has Algeria and Algiers, French Algérie and Alger, German Algerien and Algier, Spanish Argelia and Argel, Italian Algeria and Algeri. Turkish and Zazaki keep the Arabic habit and call both Cezayir, and Azerbaijani writes Əlcəzair for both.

The Arabic article al- survives in several names: Indonesian and Javanese Aljazair, Azerbaijani Əlcəzair. Kabyle and Berber spell the name in Tifinagh, ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ and ⴷⵣⴰⵢⵔ, with the Latin forms Dzayer and Dzayr. Russian and most languages written in Cyrillic say Алжир (Alžir) for both country and city.

Algiers itself appears in Irish as Cathair na hAilgéire, the city of Algeria, and in Manx as Balley ny h-Algear. Catalan, Finnish, French, Norwegian, Romanian and Swedish share the short form Alger.

03 · Algiers

Algiers (الجزائر, Dzayer) in other languages

Algiers in 106 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639-3	Name	Romanised
English, West Frisian, Dutch	eng / fry / nld	Algiers	same as written
Catalan, Finnish, French, Norwegian, Romanian, Aromanian, Swedish, Silesian, Luxembourgish	cat / fin / fra / nor / ron / rup / swe / szl / ltz	Alger	same as written
Corsican, Italian, Sicilian	cos / ita / scn	Algeri	same as written
Breton, Basque	bre / eus	Aljer	same as written
Czech, Slovak	ces / slk	Alžír	same as written
Danish, Polish, German, Low German	dan / pol / deu / nds	Algier	same as written
Croatian, Slovenian	hrv / slv	Alžir	same as written
Portuguese, Spanish	por / spa	Argel	same as written
Turkish, Zazaki	tur / zza	Cezayir	same as written
Aragonese	arg	Alcher	same as written
Asturian	ast	Arxel	same as written
Azerbaijani	aze	Əlcəzair / Әлҹазаир	Əlcəzair
Bosnian	bos	Alžir / Алжир / آلژٖىر	Alžir
Esperanto	epo	Alĝero	same as written
Estonian	est	Alžiir	same as written
Franco-Provençal	frp	Alg·èr	same as written
Irish	gle	Cathair na hAilgéire	same as written
Galician	glg	Alxer	same as written
Manx	glv	Balley ny h-Algear	same as written
Haitian Creole	hat	Alje	same as written
Hausa	hau	Aljir, Algiers	same as written
Hungarian	hun	Algír	same as written
Indonesian	ind	Aljir, Aljazair	same as written
Icelandic	isl	Algeirsborg	same as written
Javanese	jav	Aljir	same as written
Karakalpak	kaa	Aljir / Алжир	Aljir
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Cezayir, Cezayîr	same as written
Latin	lat	Algeria, Icosium, Ruscurrum	same as written
Latvian	lav	Alžīra	same as written
Lithuanian	lit	Alžyras	same as written
Maltese	mlt	Alġeri	same as written
Moldovan	mol	Alger / Алӂер	Alger
Malay	msa	Algiers / الݢيارس	Algiers
Occitan	oci	Argièr	same as written
Slovio	slo	Alzxier / Алжиер	Alzxier
Samogitian	smg	Alžīrs	same as written
Albanian	sqi	Algjeri	same as written
Tetum	tet	Arjél	same as written
Turkmen	tuk	Jezaýyr / Җезайыр, Aljir / Алжир	Jezaýyr, Aljir
Uzbek	uzb	Jazoir / Жазоир / جەزائىر, Aljir / Алжир / ئەلجىر	Jazoir, Aljir
Vietnamese	vie	An-giê	same as written
Volapük	vol	Cäsair	same as written
Walloon	wln	Aldjî	same as written
Bulgarian, Russian	bul / rus	Алжир	Alžir
Avar	ava	Жазаир, Алжир	Žazair, Alžir
Bashkir	bak	Алжир / Aljir	Aljir
Belarusian	bel	Алжыр / Ałžyr, Альжыр / Alžyr	Ałžyr, Alžyr
Kazakh	kaz	Алжир / الجير / Aljïr, Жезаир / جەزاير / Jezaïr	Aljïr, Jezaïr
Kabardian	kbd	Алджазаир	Aldžazair
Kyrgyz	kir	Алжир / الجئر / Alcir	Alcir
Mongolian	mon	Алжир	Alǰir
Serbian	srp	Алжир / Alžir	Alžir
Tatar	tat	Алжир / Aljir / ئالژىر	Aljir
Tajik	tgk	Алҷазира / الجزیره / Alçazira	Alçazira
Ukrainian	ukr	Алжир	Alžyr
Arabic	ara	الجزائر	al-Ǧazāʾir
South Azerbaijani	azb	الجزایر / Əlcəzair	Əlcəzair
Persian	fas	الجزیره / al-Jazire, الجزایر / al-Jazâyer	al-Jazire, al-Jazâyer
Western Punjabi	pnb	الجزائر	al-Jazāʾir
Pashto	pus	الجير, الجزيره	Aljīr, al-Jazīrâ
Uyghur	uig	ئالجىر / Aljir / Алҗир	Aljir
Urdu	urd	الجیرز	Aljīrz
Syriac	syr	ܓܙܐܝܪ	Gazāyir
Hebrew	heb	אלג׳יר	Aljīr
Yiddish	yid	אַלזשירס	Alžirs
Berber	ber	ⴷⵣⴰⵢⵔ / Dzayr	Dzayr
Kabyle	kab	ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ / Dzayer	Dzayer
Amharic	amh	አልጀርስ	Ăljärs
Greek (Demotic)	ell	Αλγέρι	Algéri
Greek (Katharevousa)	ell	Ἀλγέριον	Algérion
Armenian	hye	Ալժիր	Alžir
Georgian	kat	ალჟირი	Alžiri
Hindi, Marathi	hin / mar	अल्जीयर्स	Aljīyars
Bengali	ben	আলজিয়ার্স	Āljiyārs
Punjabi	pan	ਅਲਜੀਰਸ	Aljīrs
Kannada	kan	ಅಲ್ಜೇರ್ಸ್	Aljērs
Malayalam	mal	അള്‍ജിയേഴ്സ്, അല്ജിയേഴ്സ്	Aḷ‍jiyēḻs, Aljiyēḻs
Tamil	tam	அல்ஜியர்ஸ்	Aljiyars
Telugu	tel	ఆల్జీర్స్	Āljīrs
Chinese	zho	阿爾及爾/阿尔及尔	Ā'ěrjí'ěr
Japanese	jpn	アルジェ	Aruje
Korean	kor	알제	Alje
Thai	tha	แอลเจียร์, แอลเจียร์ส	Ǣnčiya[r], Ǣnčiya[r]t
Khmer	khm	អាល់ហ្សេ	Alhse

In Arabic, Kabyle and Berber the country and its capital share one name, الجزائر (al-Ǧazāʾir) and Dzayer; Turkish and Azerbaijani do the same with Cezayir and Əlcəzair.

04 · Wilayas

The 69 wilayas of Algeria in Arabic and Kabyle

Algeria has 69 wilayas since the territorial law of 4 April 2026. The first 48 carry their names in Arabic and in Kabyle with a transliteration; for the ten wilayas of 2019 and the eleven of 2026 the Arabic name is formed from the capital, which gives each its name.

Algeria, ISO 3166-2:DZ: 58 coded wilayas and 11 created in 2026
ISO 3166-2	Arabic	Kabyle	English	Administrative centre	Change
The 48 wilayas of 198448
DZ-01	ولاية أدرارWilāyâẗu Adrār	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔAgezdu n Adrar	Adrar	أدرارAdrār · Adrar
DZ-02	ولاية الشلفWilāyâẗu š-Šalif	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵛⵛⵍⴻⴼAgezdu n Cclef	Chlef	الشلفaš-Šalif · Cclef
DZ-03	ولاية الأغواطWilāyâẗu l-Aġwāṭ	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵍⴻⵖⵡⴰⵟAgezdu n Leɣwaṭ	Laghouat	الأغواطal-Aġwāṭ · Leɣwaṭ
DZ-04	ولاية أم البواقيWilāyâẗu Ummi l-Bawāqī	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵓⵎⵍⴻⴱⵡⴰⵖⵉAgezdu n Umlebwaɣi	Oum el Bouaghi	أم البواقيUmmu l-Bawāqī · Umlebwaɣi
DZ-05	ولاية باتنةWilāyâẗu Bātnâ	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⴱⴰⵜⵏⴰAgezdu n Batna	Batna	باتنةBātnâ · Batna
DZ-06	ولاية بجايةWilāyâẗu Biǧāyâ	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⴱⴳⴰⵢⴻⵜAgezdu n Bgayet	Béjaïa	بجايةBiǧāyâ · Bgayet
DZ-07	ولاية بسكرةWilāyâẗu Biskrâ	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⴱⴻⵙⴽⵔⴰAgezdu n Beskra	Biskra	بسكرةBiskrâ · Beskra
DZ-08	ولاية بشارWilāyâẗu Baššār	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⴱⴻⵛⵛⴰⵔAgezdu n Beccar	Béchar	بشارBaššār · Beccar
DZ-09	ولاية البليدةWilāyâẗu l-Bulaydâ	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⴱⵍⵉⴷⴰAgezdu n Blida	Blida	البليدةal-Bulaydâ · Blida
DZ-10	ولاية البويرةWilāyâẗu l-Buwayrâ	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵜⵓⴱⵉⵔⴻⵜAgezdu n Tubiret	Bouira	البويرةal-Buwayrâ · Tubiret
DZ-11	ولاية تامنغستWilāyâẗu Tāmanġasat	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵜⴰⵎⴻⵏⵖⴰⵙⵜAgezdu n Tamenɣast	Tamanrasset	تامنغستTāmanġasat · Tamenɣast
DZ-12	ولاية تبسةWilāyâẗu Tibissâ	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵜⴱⴻⵙⴰAgezdu n Tbesa	Tébessa	تبسةTibissâ · Tbesa
DZ-13	ولاية تلمسانWilāyâẗu Tilimsān	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵜⵍⴻⵎⵙⴻⵏAgezdu n Tlemsen	Tlemcen	تلمسانTilimsān · Tlemsen
DZ-14	ولاية تيارتWilāyâẗu Tiyārat	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵜⵢⴰⵔⴻⵜAgezdu n Tyaret	Tiaret	تيارتTiyārat · Tyaret
DZ-15	ولاية تيزي وزوWilāyâẗu Tīzī Wazū	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵜⵉⵣⵉ ⵡⴻⵣⵣⵓAgezdu n Tizi Wezzu	Tizi Ouzou	تيزي وزوTīzī Wazū · Tizi Wezzu
DZ-16	ولاية الجزائرWilāyâẗu l-Ǧazāʾir	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔAgezdu n Dzayer	Alger	الجزائرal-Ǧazāʾir · Dzayer
DZ-17	ولاية الجلفةWilāyâẗu l-Ǧilfâ	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⴵⴻⵍⴼⴰAgezdu n Ǧelfa	Djelfa	الجلفةal-Ǧilfâ · Ǧelfa
DZ-18	ولاية جيجلWilāyâẗu Ǧīǧil	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⴶⵉⴶⴻⵍAgezdu n Jijel	Jijel	جيجلǦīǧil · Jijel
DZ-19	ولاية سطيفWilāyâẗu Saṭīf	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵙⵟⵉⴼAgezdu n Sṭif	Sétif	سطيفSaṭīf · Sṭif
DZ-20	ولاية سعيدةWilāyâẗu Saʿīdâ	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵙⵄⵉⴷⴰAgezdu n Sɛida	Saïda	سعيدةSaʿīdâ · Sɛida
DZ-21	ولاية سكيكدةWilāyâẗu Sukaykidâ	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵙⴽⵉⴽⴷⴰAgezdu n Skikda	Skikda	سكيكدةSukaykidâ · Skikda
DZ-22	ولاية سيدي بلعباسWilāyâẗu Sayyidī Balʿabbās	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵙⵉⴷⵉ ⴱⴻⵍ ⵄⴻⴱⴱⴰⵙAgezdu n Sidi bel ɛebbas	Sidi Bel Abbès	سيدي بلعباسSayyidī Balʿabbās · Sidi bel ɛebbas
DZ-23	ولاية عنابةWilāyâẗu ʿAnnābâ	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵄⴻⵏⵏⴰⴱⴰAgezdu n Ɛennaba	Annaba	عنابةʿAnnābâ · Ɛennaba
DZ-24	ولاية ڨالمةWilāyâẗu Gālmâ	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⴳⴰⵍⵎⴰAgezdu n Galma	Guelma	ڨالمةGālmâ · Galma
DZ-25	ولاية قسنطينةWilāyâẗu Qusanṭīnâ	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵇⵙⴻⵏⵟⵉⵏⴰAgezdu n Qsenṭina	Constantine	قسنطينةQusanṭīnâ · Qsenṭina
DZ-26	ولاية المديةWilāyâẗu l-Madīyâ	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵎⴷⵉⵢⵢⴰAgezdu n Mdiyya	Médéa	المديةal-Madīyâ · Mdiyya
DZ-27	ولاية مستغانمWilāyâẗu Mustaġānim	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵎⵓⵙⵜⵖⴰⵏⴻⵎAgezdu n Mustɣanem	Mostaganem	مستغانمMustaġānim · Mustɣanem
DZ-28	ولاية المسيلةWilāyâẗu l-Masīlâ	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵎⵙⵉⵍⴰAgezdu n Msila	M'sila	المسيلةal-Masīlâ · Msila
DZ-29	ولاية معسكرWilāyâẗu Muʿaskar	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵎⵄⴻⵙⴽⴻⵔAgezdu n Mɛesker	Mascara	معسكرMuʿaskar · Mɛesker
DZ-30	ولاية ورڨلةWilāyâẗu Warglâ	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵡⴻⵔⴳⵍⴰAgezdu n Wergla	Ouargla	ورڨلةWarglâ · Wergla
DZ-31	ولاية وهرانWilāyâẗu Wahrān	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵡⴻⵀⵔⴰⵏAgezdu n Wehran	Oran	وهرانWahrān · Wehran
DZ-32	ولاية البيضWilāyâẗu l-Bayaḍ	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵍⴱⴰⵢⴻⴹAgezdu n Lbayeḍ	El Bayadh	البيضal-Bayaḍ · Lbayeḍ
DZ-33	ولاية إليزيWilāyâẗu Illīzī	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵉⵍⵍⵉⵣⵉAgezdu n Illizi	Illizi	إليزيIllīzī · Illizi
DZ-34	ولاية برج بوعريريجWilāyâẗu Burǧu Bū ʿArīrīǧ	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⴱⵓⵔⴵ ⴱⵓ ⵄⵔⵉⵔⵉⴵAgezdu n Burǧ bu ɛririǧ	Bordj Bou Arréridj	برج بوعريريجBurǧu Bū ʿArīrīǧ · Burǧ bu ɛririǧ
DZ-35	ولاية بومرداسWilāyâẗu Bū Mirdās	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⴱⵓⵎⴻⵔⴷⴰⵙAgezdu n Bumerdas	Boumerdès	بومرداسBū Mirdās · Bumerdas
DZ-36	ولاية الطارفWilāyâẗu ṭ-Ṭārif	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵟⵟⴻⵔⴼAgezdu n Ṭṭerf	El Tarf	الطارفaṭ-Ṭārif · Ṭṭerf
DZ-37	ولاية تندوفWilāyâẗu Tindūf	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵜⵉⵏⴷⵓⴼAgezdu n Tinduf	Tindouf	تندوفTindūf · Tinduf
DZ-38	ولاية تيسمسيلتWilāyâẗu Tīsamsīlat	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵜⵉⵙⴻⵎⵙⵉⵍⵜAgezdu n Tisemsilt	Tissemsilt	تيسمسيلتTīsamsīlat · Tisemsilt
DZ-39	ولاية الواديWilāyâẗu l-Wādī	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵍⵡⴰⴷAgezdu n Lwad	El Oued	الواديal-Wādī · Lwad
DZ-40	ولاية خنشلةWilāyâẗu Ḫanšalâ	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵅⴻⵏⵛⵍⴰAgezdu n Xencla	Khenchela	خنشلةḪanšalâ · Xencla
DZ-41	ولاية سوق أهراسWilāyâẗu Sūqu Ahrās	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵙⵓⵇⴻⵀⵔⴰⵙAgezdu n Suqehras	Souk Ahras	سوق أهراسSūqu Ahrās · Suqehras
DZ-42	ولاية تيبازةWilāyâẗu Tībāzâ	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵜⵉⵒⴰⵣⴰAgezdu n Tipaza	Tipaza	تيبازةTībāzâ · Tipaza
DZ-43	ولاية ميلةWilāyâẗu Mīlâ	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵎⵉⵍⴰAgezdu n Mila	Mila	ميلةMīlâ · Mila
DZ-44	ولاية عين الدفلىWilāyâẗu ʿAyni d-Diflá	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵄⵉⵏ ⴷⴻⴼⵍⴰAgezdu n Ɛin Defla	Aïn Defla	عين الدفلىʿAynu d-Diflá · Ɛin Defla
DZ-45	ولاية النعامةWilāyâẗu n-Naʿāmâ	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵏⵄⴰⵎⴰAgezdu n Nɛama	Naama	النعامةan-Naʿāmâ · Nɛama
DZ-46	ولاية عين تموشنتWilāyâẗu ʿAyni Timūšanat	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵄⵉⵏ ⵜⵉⵎⵓⵛⴻⵏⵜAgezdu n Ɛin Timucent	Aïn Témouchent	عين تموشنتʿAynu Timūšanat · Ɛin Timucent
DZ-47	ولاية غردايةWilāyâẗu Ġardāyâ	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵜⴰⵖⴻⵔⴷⴰⵢⵜAgezdu n Taɣerdayt	Ghardaïa	غردايةĠardāyâ · Taɣerdayt
DZ-48	ولاية غليزانWilāyâẗu Ġilīzān	ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵉⵖⵉⵍ ⵏ ⵢⵉⵣⴰⵏAgezdu n Iɣil n Yizan	Relizane	غليزانĠilīzān · Iɣil n Yizan
Created in 201910
DZ-49	ولاية تيميمون		Timimoun	تيميمونTīmīmūn	2019 Created from Adrar; ISO code added in 2022
DZ-50	ولاية برج باجي مختار		Bordj Badji Mokhtar	برج باجي مختارBurǧ Bāǧī Muḫtār	2019 Created from Adrar; ISO code added in 2022
DZ-51	ولاية أولاد جلال		Ouled Djellal	أولاد جلالAwlād Ǧallāl	2019 Created from Biskra; ISO code added in 2022
DZ-52	ولاية بني عباس		Béni Abbès	بني عباسBanī ʿAbbās	2019 Created from Béchar; ISO code added in 2022
DZ-53	ولاية عين صالح		In Salah	عين صالحʿAynu Ṣālaḥ	2019 Created from Tamanrasset; ISO code added in 2022
DZ-54	ولاية عين ڨزام		In Guezzam	عين ڨزامʿAynu Gazzām	2019 Created from Tamanrasset; ISO code added in 2022
DZ-55	ولاية تڨرت		Touggourt	تڨرتTugurat	2019 Created from Ouargla; ISO code added in 2022
DZ-56	ولاية جانت		Djanet	جانتǦānat	2019 Created from Illizi; ISO code added in 2022
DZ-57	ولاية المغير		El Meghaier	المغيرal-Miġayir	2019 Created from El Oued; ISO code added in 2022
DZ-58	ولاية المنيعة		El Meniaa	المنيعةal-Manīʿâ	2019 Created from Ghardaïa; ISO code added in 2022
Created in 202611
No. 59	ولاية أفلو		Aflou	أفلوAflū	2026 Created from Laghouat; no ISO code yet
No. 60	ولاية بريكة		Barika	بريكةBarīkâ	2026 Created from Batna; no ISO code yet
No. 61	ولاية القنطرة		El Kantara	القنطرةal-Qanṭarâ	2026 Created from Biskra; no ISO code yet
No. 62	ولاية بئر العاتر		Bir El Ater	بئر العاترBiʾru l-ʿĀtar	2026 Created from Tébessa; no ISO code yet
No. 63	ولاية العريشة		El Aricha	العريشةal-ʿArīšâ	2026 Created from Tlemcen; no ISO code yet
No. 64	ولاية قصر الشلالة		Ksar Chellala	قصر الشلالةQaṣru š-Šilālâ	2026 Created from Tiaret; no ISO code yet
No. 65	ولاية عين وسارة		Aïn Oussera	عين وسارةʿAynu Wisārâ	2026 Created from Djelfa; no ISO code yet
No. 66	ولاية مسعد		Messaad	مسعدMisʿad	2026 Created from Djelfa; no ISO code yet
No. 67	ولاية قصر البخاري		Ksar El Boukhari	قصر البخاريQaṣru l-Buḫārī	2026 Created from Médéa; no ISO code yet
No. 68	ولاية بوسعادة		Bou Saâda	بوسعادةBū Saʿādâ	2026 Created from M'sila; no ISO code yet
No. 69	ولاية الأبيض سيدي الشيخ		El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh	الأبيض سيدي الشيخal-Abyaḍu Sayyidīyu š-Šayḫ	2026 Created from El Bayadh; no ISO code yet

Codes and English names: ISO 3166-2:DZ on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, read from its English Wikipedia mirror on 28 October 2026; ISO added DZ-49 to DZ-58 in 2022 and had not coded the eleven wilayas of 2026 when checked, so they show the number fixed by Presidential Decree 26-206 of 25 May 2026 under Law 26-06 of 4 April 2026 (Journal officiel no. 40). Arabic and Kabyle names of the 48 wilayas: the 2017 edition of this list.

All communes of every wilaya

05 · WilayasU+2D63 TIFINAGH LETTER YAZ

How the wilaya names are built

Arabic names a province ولاية (wilāyâ) followed by its capital, so Oran is ولاية وهران, Wilāyâẗu Wahrān. Kabyle does the same with agezdu n, the province of: Agezdu n Wehran. The Kabyle forms of the cities often differ from the French ones that ISO uses, Bgayet for Béjaïa, Tizi Wezzu for Tizi Ouzou, Tubiret for Bouira.

The map grew twice. In 2019 ten wilayas were split off, from Timimoun to El Meniaa, and ISO 3166-2 coded them DZ-49 to DZ-58 in 2022. In April 2026 eleven more followed, numbered 59 to 69 in Algerian law, among them Aflou, Barika and Bou Saâda.

06 · Questions

Questions about the names of Algeria

How do you write Algeria in Arabic?

الجزائر, al-Ǧazāʾir. The same word names the capital, Algiers.

How many wilayas does Algeria have?

69 since April 2026: 48 from 1984, ten from 2019 (DZ-49 to DZ-58) and eleven from 2026 without ISO codes yet.

What is Algeria called in Kabyle?

ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ, Dzayer in Latin letters; the full name is Tagduda Tamagdayt Taɣerfant Tadzayrit.