Tipasa (province)

Tipasa
Basic data
Country	Algeria
Capital	Tipasa
surface	1700 km²
Residents	469,000 (2006 estimate)
density	276 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	DZ-42

Coordinates: 36 ° 32 '  N , 2 ° 26'  E

The Tipasa or Tipaza Province ( Arabic ولاية تيبازة, DMG Wilāyat Tībāza , tamazight ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵜⵉⵒⴰⵣⴰ Agezdu n Tipaza ) is a province ( wilaya ) in northern Algeria .

The province is located on the Mediterranean coast , around 50 km west of the capital Algiers , its area is 1700 km².

Around 469,000 people (2006 estimate) inhabit the province, so the population density is around 276 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The capital of the province is Tipasa . The city gained literary honor through the story “Homecoming to Tipasa” by the Algerian-born French writer Albert Camus .

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