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Algeria
Dawair
Algeria has 227 administrative districts, or dawair,
(sing., dairah), units between the wilayat and
the communes. Certain licenses and permits must be obtained from
the dawair, although most are distributed by the local
communal authorities.
Communes
The local rural governing authority is the Communal Popular Assembly
(Assemblée Populaire Communale--APC). The APCs are responsible
for local administration, economy and finance, social and cultural
affairs, and planning. Having no economic and little political
autonomy, however, the communes administer central government
programs rather than initiate independent projects. Each communal
assembly has ten to eighty members, who are elected for five-year
terms. The first APC elections were held in February 1967. The
assembly elects a communal executive from its membership. The
communal executive generally consists of a president, two or more
vice presidents, and several councillors. The APCs and the communal
executives are directly responsible to the national Ministry of
Interior, Local Communities, and Tourism and receive much assistance,
direction, and supervision from various ministries.
Data as of December 1993
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