395:
335:
22:
329:
249:
was split off and became a separate département. This administrative reorganisation was undertaken in response to the rapid population increase experienced across the territory, especially during the preceding decade. The new département of Batna was located directly to the south of the newly
288:
The 1957 departmental reorganisation was marked by a change in the "suffix" number appearing on automobile license plates and in other places that used the same code. Until 1957, as part of the département of
Constantine, Batna was identified by the department number "93": after 1957 the
159:
207:
Considered as an integral piece of French territory, Algeria was departmentalised on 9 December 1848, and thereby was administratively structured in the same way as
261:
The département of Batna covered an area of 38,494 km (14,863 sq mi): a population of 529,532 was recorded. The department comprised five
460:
455:
475:
379:
289:
département of Batna became department number "9B". (In 1968, under a law enacted in 1964, the number "93" would be reallocated to
94:
128:
436:
66:
485:
470:
43:
73:
80:
113:
51:
62:
372:
47:
480:
429:
255:
228:
365:
87:
262:
251:
246:
236:
32:
410:
353:
465:
422:
36:
224:
212:
191:
223:
former rulers had divided the territory. The easternmost of the three original
Algerian
8:
208:
313:
309:
296:
After independence the department continued to exist until 1974 when it was split into
345:
290:
305:
301:
176:
171:
158:
406:
402:
349:
297:
243:
232:
220:
449:
143:
130:
266:
394:
282:
334:
21:
278:
328:
196:
274:
270:
187:
199:. The département of Batna existed between 1957 and 1974.
291:
a new département comprising the northern suburbs of Paris
239:
in the département of
Constantine: this changed in 1957.
216:
447:
430:
373:
50:. Unsourced material may be challenged and
461:States and territories established in 1957
437:
423:
380:
366:
114:Learn how and when to remove this message
157:
456:Former departments of France in Algeria
448:
170:
389:
322:
48:adding citations to reliable sources
15:
180:
13:
231:. For over a century the town of
14:
497:
476:1974 disestablishments in Algeria
401:This article about a location in
393:
333:
327:
20:
486:Batna Province geography stubs
471:1957 establishments in Algeria
1:
409:. You can help Knowledge by
352:. You can help Knowledge by
7:
10:
502:
388:
321:
256:département of Constantine
202:
254:and the newly diminished
63:"Batna" département
348:–related article is a
211:. Three civil zones (
163:
144:35.561861°N 6.177750°E
215:) replaced the three
161:
481:French history stubs
252:département of Sétif
44:improve this article
242:On 20 May 1957 the
209:metropolitan France
149:35.561861; 6.177750
140: /
164:
418:
417:
361:
360:
124:
123:
116:
98:
493:
439:
432:
425:
397:
390:
382:
375:
368:
339:
338:
337:
331:
323:
314:Tébessa Province
182:
174:
172:[bat.na]
155:
154:
152:
151:
150:
145:
141:
138:
137:
136:
133:
119:
112:
108:
105:
99:
97:
56:
24:
16:
501:
500:
496:
495:
494:
492:
491:
490:
446:
445:
444:
443:
387:
386:
332:
326:
319:
310:M'Sila Province
306:Djelfa Province
302:Biskra Province
263:sub-prefectures
219:into which the
205:
148:
146:
142:
139:
134:
131:
129:
127:
126:
120:
109:
103:
100:
57:
55:
41:
25:
12:
11:
5:
499:
489:
488:
483:
478:
473:
468:
466:Batna Province
463:
458:
442:
441:
434:
427:
419:
416:
415:
403:Batna Province
398:
385:
384:
377:
370:
362:
359:
358:
346:French history
341:
298:Batna Province
265:: these were
247:sub-prefecture
237:sub-prefecture
204:
201:
186:) is a former
122:
121:
28:
26:
19:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
498:
487:
484:
482:
479:
477:
474:
472:
469:
467:
464:
462:
459:
457:
454:
453:
451:
440:
435:
433:
428:
426:
421:
420:
414:
412:
408:
404:
399:
396:
392:
391:
383:
378:
376:
371:
369:
364:
363:
357:
355:
351:
347:
342:
336:
330:
325:
324:
320:
317:
315:
311:
307:
303:
299:
294:
292:
286:
284:
280:
276:
272:
268:
264:
259:
257:
253:
248:
245:
240:
238:
234:
230:
226:
222:
218:
214:
210:
200:
198:
194:
193:
189:
185:
178:
173:
168:
160:
156:
153:
118:
115:
107:
96:
93:
89:
86:
82:
79:
75:
72:
68:
65: –
64:
60:
59:Find sources:
53:
49:
45:
39:
38:
34:
29:This article
27:
23:
18:
17:
411:expanding it
400:
354:expanding it
343:
340:
318:
295:
287:
260:
241:
213:départements
206:
190:
183:
181:باتنة
166:
165:
132:35°33′42.7″N
125:
110:
101:
91:
84:
77:
70:
58:
42:Please help
30:
229:Constantine
227:was called
225:departments
192:département
162:Map in 1962
147: /
135:6°10′39.9″E
450:Categories
74:newspapers
283:Khenchela
279:Corneille
31:does not
250:created
235:, was a
104:May 2022
221:Ottoman
217:beyliks
203:History
197:Algeria
88:scholar
52:removed
37:sources
275:Biskra
271:Barika
188:French
177:Arabic
90:
83:
76:
69:
61:
405:is a
344:This
267:Arris
244:Batna
233:Batna
184:Bātna
167:Batna
95:JSTOR
81:books
407:stub
350:stub
312:and
281:and
67:news
35:any
33:cite
293:.)
195:in
46:by
452::
316:.
308:,
304:,
300:,
285:.
277:,
273:,
269:,
258:.
179::
175:,
438:e
431:t
424:v
413:.
381:e
374:t
367:v
356:.
169:(
117:)
111:(
106:)
102:(
92:·
85:·
78:·
71:·
54:.
40:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.