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communes. Southern Algeria consists of the 4 Territories of Ain Sefra, Ghardaia, Touggout, and the Saharan Oases, organized under decree of August 14, 1905. These territories contain 12 communes of which 5 are mixed and 7 native.

Population, including military forces, on March 5, 1911 : —

„ . ., - ._ «• Population numbered

Municipal Population * separately

Euro- pean

» Total S-. T**

Northern Territory Southern Territory

746,510 MM

4,259,474 5,005,9S4 4c. 63,528 5,06».522 4M5.585 3,441 4,»> 4*4,306

Grand Total

752,043 :4,74©,526 5,492,56y 43,479 27,7.- 543,828

Population according to Pepartements and Territories in 1911

Northern Algeria ► ment>)

Constantine ToUl

Population

Souther:. (Territories)

1,720,881 2.118,446

5,069,522

i Ain Scfra I Ghardaia Touggout Saharan Oas

Total

Population

146,999 165,551

The total population in 1891 was 4,124,732, in 1696, 4,429,421. In 1911, the native population numbered 4,411,276; French, 492,660; naturalised Jews and their offspring, 70,271; Tunisians, 2,375; Moroccans, 23,115; Spaniards, 135,150: Italians, 36,791; other foreigners 23,927. Of the municipal population of Northern Algeria, 2,484,400 were males, and 2,236,574 were female.

The chief towns with the total communal population in 1912 were : Alger, 172.C97 ; Oran, 123,086; Constantine, 65,173; Bone, 42,031' bel- Abbes, 30,942 : Tlemcen, 39,874 ; Mostaganem, 23,166 ; Mascara, 24,254 ; Blida, 35,461 ; Philippeville, 27,137 ; Serif, 26,261.

Religion and Instruction.

The native population is entirely Musulman, the Jews being now regarded as French citizens. The Roman Catholic Church has an archbishop and 2 bishops, with 386 officiating clergymen. There are 13 Protestant pastors and 6 Jewish rabbis sharing in Government grants.

At Algiers(city) there is a University, attended in 1919-20 by 1,428 students (614 for Law, 359 Medicine and Pharmacy, 189 Science, 266 Arts) ; Professors (1919-20), 101. There are also special schools for commerce, the fine arts, hydrography, and agriculture. There were also in 1919-20 496 Musulman schools with 35,578 pupils. There are higher Musulman schools (mecUrsas) at Algiers, Tlemcen, and Constantine. In Algeria there are 16 establishments for secondary education with, in 1919, 9,837 pupils (7,180 boys and 2.651 girls). In 1919-20 there were 1,298 primary and infant schools, public and private, and 132,617 pupils. There were two normal schools for men teachers with 29 professors and 230 students (54 Musulman), and three normal schools for women teachers with 21 professors and 200 students.

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