Constantine (département)の英語

Constantine is a former French département in Algeria which existed between 1848 and 1962. Considered as a French province, Algeria was departmentalised on 9 December 1848. Three civil zones (départements) replaced the three beyliks into which the Ottoman former rulers had divided the territory. The principal town of the eastern département, also called Constantine, became the prefecture of the eponymous département. The two other Algerian departments were Oran in the west and Alger in the centre. Constantine covered an area of 87,578 km², and comprised six sub-prefectures: these were Batna, Bône, Bougie, Guelma, Philippeville and Sétif.