Bouïra is the capital of

Bouïra Province Bouïra ( Kabyle: Tawilayt n Tuvirett, ar, ولاية البويرة, french: Wilaya de Bouira) is a province (''wilaya'') in the Kabylie region (also known as Tazwawa) in Algeria. History The province was created from parts of Médéa (dépar ...

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. The city is also called "Garanda" by the locals.

Demographics

It has 75,086 inhabitants as of the 1998 census,http://www.joradp.dz/JO2000/2002/047/FP15.pdf which gives it 15 seats in the PMA.

Geography

It is located in the geographical heart of the province. It borders the municipality of Ait Laziz in the north, Aïn Turk in the north-east (home to the largest aqueduct in Africa), Aïn El Hadjar in the east, El Hachimia in the south-east, Oued El Berdi in the south, El Asnam in the south-west, Haizer in the west, and Taghzourt in the north-west.

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Kabylie Populated places in Bouïra Province Province seats of Algeria Algeria {{Bouira-geo-stub