Tipaza orTipasa (Arabic:ولاية تيبازة,Tibaza, olderTefessedt) is aprovince (wilaya) on the coast ofAlgeria, Its capital isTipaza, 50 km west ofAlgiers, the capital of Algeria, and 70 km east ofMahelma Forest, with a population of 706054 inhabitants in 2019, with a density of 414/square kilometers.