Bouïra Province


Bouïra / ⵜⵓⴱⵉⵔⴻⵜ is a mountainous Province in The Kabylie region, in northern Algeria with strong cultural traditions, a breathtaking landscape and nature, a home to delicious Berber cuisine and the vast olive fields & olive oil production. It was founded as a province of its own in the year 1974, after being separated from Tizi Ouzou.

Population and Ethnicity

Bouira is one of Kabylia regions, with a population of 694,750 and is estimated to be around +1.5 million by the year 2020.
The population are from a kabyle descent, although around 25 percent of the population don't speak the kabyle language due to the Arabisation that has been committed by the government over the past 58 years.

Administrative divisions

It is made up of 12 districts and 45 communes or municipalities.

Districts

  1. Aïn Bessem
  2. Bechloul
  3. Bir Ghbalou
  4. Bordj Okhriss
  5. Bouïra
  6. El Hachimia
  7. Haïzer
  8. Kadiria
  9. Lakhdaria
  10. M'Chedellah
  11. Souk El Khemis
  12. Sour El Ghozlane

    Communes

  13. Aïn Bessem
  14. Ahnif
  15. Aghbalou
  16. Aïn El Hadjar
  17. Ahl El Ksar
  18. Ain Laloui
  19. Ath Mansour Taourirt
  20. Aomar
  21. Aïn Turk
  22. Ait Laziz
  23. Bouderbala
  24. Bechloul
  25. Bir Ghbalou
  26. Bouiche
  27. Boukram
  28. Bordj Okhriss
  29. Bouira
  30. Dechmia
  31. Dirrah
  32. Djebahia
  33. El Asnam
  34. El Hakimia
  35. El Hachimia
  36. El Adjiba
  37. El Khabouzia
  38. El Mokrani
  39. Guerrouma
  40. Haizer
  41. Hadjera Zerga
  42. Kadiria
  43. Lakhdaria
  44. M'Chedallah
  45. Mezdour
  46. Maala
  47. Maamora
  48. Oued El Berdi
  49. Ouled Rached
  50. Raouraoua
  51. Ridane
  52. Saharidj
  53. Sour El Ghouzlane
  54. Souk El Khemis
  55. Taguedit
  56. Taghzout
  57. Zbarbar