Tizi Ouzou (Province)

Tizi Ouzou
Basic data
Country	Algeria
Capital	Tizi Ouzou
surface	2592 km²
Residents	1,167,000 (2006 estimate)
density	450 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	DZ-15

Coordinates: 36 ° 43 '  N , 4 ° 8'  E

The Tizi Ouzou Province ( Arabic ولاية تيزي وزو, DMG Tīzī Wazū , tamazight ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵜⵉⵣⵉ ⵡⴻⵣⵣⵓ Agezdu n Tizi Wezzu ) is a province ( wilaya ) in northern Algeria .

The province covers the core area of ​​the Kabylia region , it lies on the Mediterranean coast east of the capital Algiers and has an area of ​​2592 km².

The population consists mostly of Kabyle is spoken, the Berber Kabyle . A total of around 1,167,000 people (2006 estimate) live in the province, the population density is around 451 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The capital of the province is Tizi Ouzou .

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