MONOGRAPH OF THE WILAYA
DEMOGRAPHIC SITUATION AND SURFACE
The wilaya account a population of 1098166 inhabitants. (Estimate) with an total surface area of 4074 km2.
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION (Relief Climate…)
The wilaya of Chlef is located in the Such Westerner at 200 km (up to 300 km for the communes of the North-West) at the west of Algiers. It is delimited 4:
· In north, by the Mediterranean;
· In the south, by the wilaya of Tissemsilt;
· In the east, by the wilayas of Ain Defla and Tipaza;
· In the west, by the wilayas of Mostaganem and Relizane.
RELIEF
The wilaya is formed by four geographical units:
- A Mediterranean coast extending on 120 km;
- The chain of Dahra in north;
- Mounts of Ouarsenis in the south;
- The plain of Cheliff enters the two mountainous units.
CLIMATE
The wilaya is characterized by a sub-wet Mediterranean climate in the Northern part and a continental climate in the South, cold in winter and heat in summer.
HYDROGRAPHY
Chelif is most important water court, it crosses Wilaya of the East to the West. Wilaya has two stoppings Oued Fodda and Sidi Yakoub.
PLUVIOMETIE
Average annual pluviometry is: 40,06 mm per month.
TEMPERATURE
The temperature reaches its maximum in August with more 38,80°C in summer, its minimum in January with +06,1°C in winter.
NATURAL SOURCES
AGRICULTURE
the agricultural activity is dominating dant the wilaya of chlef from the ferlility of its arable lands whose plains extend until the wilaya from relizane.
Arboriculture appears in the foreground, in particular by the culture of orange, and various the varieties of vegetables.
