Ksar Boukhari is a town and
commune in
Médéa Province
Médéa () is a provinces of Algeria, province (''wilaya'') of Algeria, with a population of.1 062 134 inhabitants in 2019 The capital is Medea, Algeria, Médéa.
Administrative divisions
The province is divided into 19 districts (''daïras''), ...
,
Algeria
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...
. As of the 2008 census, it had a population of 59,634. The town is bordered by woods and the Atlas mountains, and is built on the Chelif river.
The old walled quarter is on a hill overlooking the main modern town. Ksar el-Boukhari is a commercial centre for pastoral peoples of the interior of Algeria, who trade in wool, livestock and cereals. It also supports a local carpet industry.
Immediately northwest is the village and fort of Boghar (Balcon du Sud), a strategic command post.
[Abdullah, Mansur G., Michael J. Anderson, ''et al'']
"Ksar el-Boukhari"
''Encyclopædia Britannica''. 2013.
References
Communes of Médéa Province
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