Bouïra (
Kabyle: Tawilayt n Tuvirett, ar, ولاية البويرة, french: Wilaya de Bouira) is a
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
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wilaya
A wilayah ( ar, وَلاية, wālāya or ''wilāya'', plural ; Urdu and fa, ولایت, ''velâyat''; tr, vilayet) is an administrative division, usually translated as "state", "province" or occasionally as "governorate". The word comes fr ...
'') in the
Kabylie
Kabylia ('' Kabyle: Tamurt n Leqbayel'' or ''Iqbayliyen'', meaning "Land of Kabyles", '','' meaning "Land of the Tribes") is a cultural, natural and historical region in northern Algeria and the homeland of the Kabyle people. It is part of th ...
region (also known as Tazwawa) in
Algeria
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History
The province was created from parts of
Médéa (département) Médéa is a former French ''département'' in Algeria which existed between 1957 and 1974. Reorganization
Considered as a French province, Algeria was departmentalised on 9 December 1848, and thereby was administratively structured in the same wa ...
and
Tizi-Ouzou department in 1974.
Administrative divisions
It is made up of 12
districts and 45
''communes'' or municipalities.
Districts
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Aïn Bessem
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Bechloul
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Bir Ghbalou
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Bordj Okhriss
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Bouïra
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El Hachimia
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Haïzer
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Kadiria
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Lakhdaria
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M'Chedellah
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Souk El Khemis
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Sour El Ghozlane
Communes
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Aïn Bessem
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Ahnif
Ahnif is a town and commune in Bouïra Province, Algeria
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Aghbalou
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Aïn El Hadjar
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Ahl El Ksar
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Ain Laloui
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Ath Mansour Taourirt
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Aomar
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Aïn Turk (Ain el Turc)
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Ait Laziz
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Bouderbala
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Bechloul
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Bir Ghbalou
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Bouiche
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Boukram
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Bordj Okhriss
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Bouira
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Dechmia
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Dirrah
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Djebahia
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El Asnam
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El Hakimia
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El Hachimia
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El Adjiba
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El Khabouzia
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El Mokrani
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Guerrouma
Guerrouma is a town and commune in Bouïra Province, Algeria
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Haizer
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Hadjera Zerga
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Kadiria
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Lakhdaria
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M'Chedallah
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Mezdour
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Maala
Maala is a town and commune in Bouïra Province, Algeria
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Maamora
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Oued El Berdi
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Ouled Rached
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Raouraoua
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Ridane
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Saharidj
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Sour El Ghouzlane
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Souk El Khemis
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Taguedit
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Taghzout
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Zbarbar
Zbarbar is a town and commune in Bouïra Province, Algeria
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Notable people
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Mohamed Aïchaoui
Mohamed Aïchaoui (29 January 1921 - 1959) was an Algerian journalist and militant in the nationalist movement against French Algeria. Aïchaoui wrote the ''Declaration of 1 November 1954'', the National Liberation Front's first appeal to the A ...
, journalist, militant and martyr
References
External links
Official website
Kabylie
Provinces of Algeria
States and territories established in 1974
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