Bourkika is a town and

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

Tipaza Province Tipaza or Tipasa ( ar, ولاية تيبازة, ''Tibaza'', older ''Tefessedt'') is a province (''wilaya'') on the coast of Algeria, Its capital is Tipaza, 50 km west of the capital of Algeria. History The province was created from Blida Pr ...

in northern

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. The territory of the municipality is located to the southeast of the

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 ...

, at 36.4931118n, 2.475915e about 18 km southeast of

Tipaza Tipaza (formerly ''Tefessedt'', Chenoua-Berber: Bazar, ⴱⴰⵣⴰⵔ, ar, تيپازة) is the capital of the Tipaza Province, Algeria. When it was part of the Roman Empire, it was called '' Tipasa''. The modern town was founded in 1857, and is ...

. In 1984, Bourkika became part of the

of Douaouda.Journal officiel de la République Algérienne
19 décembre 1984. Décret n° 84-365, fixant la composition, la consistance et les limites territoriale des communes. Wilaya de Tipaza
page 1570
File:Meurad - Bourkika - Boumedfaa - panoramio.jpg , The area around Bourkika.

References

Communes of Tipaza Province Tipaza Province {{Tipaza-geo-stub