Bouira

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Bouira

Total population

695,585

Coordinates36.37°, 3.90°

Demographic figures from Office National des Statistiques (Algeria). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Bouïra is the capital of Bouïra Province, Algeria. The city is also called "Garanda" by the locals.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Notable people from here

Salima Ghezali

Algerian writer and journalist journalist

Khalida Toumi

Algerian politician, Minister of Communication and Culture until April 2014

Melinda Hanaoui

Algerian volleyball player

Sehryne Hanaoui

Algerian volleyball player

Abdelmalek Mokdad

Algerian footballer

A

Abderrahmane Chibane

Algerian politician

Arezki Larbi

Algerian painter

B

Bahia Farah

Algerian singer

J

John Phillips

French photographer

A

Abdenour Hadiouche

footballer

M

Mohamed Amine Saïdoune

Algerian footballer

S

Salah Brahimi

Algerian politician (1941-2010)

M

Mustapha Ishak-Boushaki

Algerian professor, cosmologist, astrophysicist, researcher and university teacher

N

Numidia Lezoul

Algerian actress

A

Ahmed Cheheima

Algerian association football player

A

Ali Bouamria

Algerian association football player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Bouira

• Pó
  743.2 mi away
• Anfeg
  898.7 mi away
• Kometnik-Zubići
  954.3 mi away · pop. 28
• Kometnik-Jorgići
  954.4 mi away · pop. 26
• Podgorje
  954.9 mi away · pop. 737
• Rezovačke Krčevine
  955.2 mi away · pop. 295
• Pivnica Slavonska
  955.3 mi away · pop. 53
• Lozan
  955.5 mi away · pop. 440
• Novi Antunovac
  955.6 mi away · pop. 103
• Mala Trapinska
  956.1 mi away · pop. 62
• Sovjak
  956.1 mi away · pop. 13
• Dvorska
  956.3 mi away · pop. 15

Browse all places in Bouira →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Bouira

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Barbary Macaque

Macaca sylvanus

Seen 2026-09-13

Matted Sandmat

Euphorbia serpens

Seen 2026-09-02

Egyptian Vulture

Neophron percnopterus

Seen 2026-08-23

African Wolf

Canis lupaster

Seen 2026-08-21

Tawny Owl

Strix aluco

Seen 2026-07-25

Viperine Snake

Natrix maura

Seen 2026-07-14

Rhynocoris erythropus

Rhynocoris erythropus

Seen 2026-07-11

Seebohm's Wheatear

Oenanthe seebohmi

Seen 2026-07-03

Pale Stonecrop

Petrosedum sediforme

Seen 2026-06-27

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).