Is Bordj Bounaama safe? Algeria travel risk
Is Bordj Bounaama safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Bordj Bounaama scores 45/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Algeria Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 25 Aug 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country (updated 25 Sep 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Bordj Bounaama scores 45/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Algeria (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Bordj Bounaama: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (56/100) and health and medical access (60/100).
A score of 45 is higher than the scores of 59% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Algeria travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Bordj Bounaama belongs to Tissemsilt (Algeria), centered at coordinates 35.8500° N, 1.6167° E. Distance to Algiers is 164.3 km towards the NE.
Tissemsilt
35.8500° N, 1.6167° E
Lowland
UTC
20,864
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Algeria
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Bordj Bounaama happened in January, February, March, April, October and November (6 of 6 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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