2nd Military Region (Algeria)

The 2nd Military Region is a military region of the Algerian People's National Armed Forces. Its headquarters is at Oran.

Algerian military regions in 1993.[1]

Up until the early 1990s, most of the field units of the armed forces were stationed in the 2nd and the 3rd Military Regions.[2] The 8th Armoured Division is based at Ras El Ma, 90 kilometres from Sidi Bel Abbes,[3] in the 2nd Military Region.

Previous commanders have included Chadli Bendjedid (1964–78)[4] and Kamal Abderrahim. While commanding the region, Benjedid supervised the withdrawal of French forces from Mers el Kebir in accordance with the Evian Accords.

  1. ^ "Library of Congress Country Study, 1993, 258-260" (PDF). marines.mil.
  2. ^ "Library of Congress Country Study, 1993, 258-260" (PDF). marines.mil.
  3. ^ Le Soir Algerie, Voyage au cœur de la 8e Division blindée Archived 2015-10-03 at the Wayback Machine, 1997.
  4. ^ "El Mouradia, Chadli Ben Djedid". El-mouradia.dz. Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2014-06-20.