El Oued

The wilaya of El Oued is an Algerian wilaya with its capital being the eponymous city of El Oued, located in southeastern Algeria. The wilaya has existed since 1984, comprising twelve daïras and thirty communes until 2019, then eleven and twenty-two respectively since that date following the creation of the wilaya of El M'Ghair. The city of El Oued, capital of the Souf, is nicknamed 'the city of a thousand domes', and Algerians call it 'Oued Souf'. Souf, according to the word used: 'Oued' in Arabic means river, and the word 'souf' is a Berber word ('Assouf' in Zenete Berber) which means river or stream.