Bou Saâda Province
Province in Algeria
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Bou Saâda Province (Arabic: ولاية بوسعادة, romanized: Wilāyat Būsaʿāda) is a province (wilaya) in northern Algeria, with Bou Saâda as its provincial capital. It was created in 2026 by separation from M'Sila Province.[3]
Bou Saâda Province
ولاية بوسعادة ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⴱⵓⵙⵄⴰⴷⴰ | |
|---|---|
Map of Bou Saâda Province | |
| Coordinates: 35°12′30″N 4°10′26″E | |
| Country |  Algeria |
| Created | 2026 |
| Capital | Bou Saâda |
| Area | |
• Total | 12,000 km2 (4,600 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)[2] | |
• Total | 384,045 |
| • Density | 32/km2 (83/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| Area code | +213 |
| ISO 3166 code | DZ-28 |
| Districts | 8 |
| Municipalities | 23 |
The province lies in the transition zone from the densely populated north of the country to the sparsely populated Sahara and covers an area of about 12,000 km².[4] Around 384,000 people lived in the province at the 2008 census,[2] giving it a population density of about 32 inhabitants per square kilometre.
Administrative divisions
The wilaya of Bou Saâda is divided into 23 communes,[3] grouped into 8 districts (daïras).
| Daïras | Communes | |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Pop. 2008[2] 384,045 | |
| Bou Saâda | Bou Saâda | 125,573 |
| El Hamel | 11,018 | |
| Oulteme | 2,289 | |
| Khoubana | Khoubana | 7,950 |
| M’Cif | 12,209 | |
| El Houamed | 7,800 | |
| Ouled Sidi Brahim | Ouled Sidi Brahim | 10,716 |
| Benzouh | 5,636 | |
| Sidi Ameur | Sidi Ameur | 21,623 |
| Tamsa | 7,431 | |
| Ben Srour | Ben Srour | 23,953 |
| Ouled Slimane | 4,116 | |
| Zarzour | 5,077 | |
| Mouhamed Boudiaf | 16,381 | |
| Aïn El Meleh | Aïn El Meleh | 37,045 |
| Bir Foda | 4,258 | |
| Aïn Farès | 3,184 | |
| Sidi M’Hamed | 8,300 | |
| Aïn Errich | 20,634 | |
| Medjedel | Medjedel | 21,058 |
| Menaâ | 8,498 | |
| Djebel Messaad | Djebel Messaad | 13,948 |
| Slim | 5,348 | |