Department of Saoura

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Map of the Saoura Department

The map shows the first 15 departments of Algeria (1962-1968), including Saoura, which appears on the map under number 8B, later renamed to provinces under Boumediene's reforms

Saoura Department was an Algerian department between 1962 and 1968 before becoming a province in 1968 and later officially abolished in the 1974 administrative division to divide its territory among the Béchar, Tindouf, and Adrar provinces. The department's capital was in the city of Béchar. Saoura is the southwestern region of Algeria (Béchar Province, Tindouf Province, Adrar Province) with an area of approximately 762,655 km² and a population exceeding 605,192. It carried the code 8B. It was previously a French department, as all Algerian departments (Algeria had departments instead of provinces between 1962 and 1968, then these departments became provinces in 1968, later fully reorganized in the 1974 division) inherited their boundaries, names, and numbering from French colonial rule.

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