Bounoura (Arabic: بونورة, Berber: ⴰⵜ ⴱⵓⵏⵓⵔ, At-Bounour, البونور) is a town and commune in Ghardaïa Province, Algeria.

[3] Bounoura lies on the banks of the Wadi Mzab, an intermittent river in the M'zab valley, just downstream upstream of Ghardaïa.

[5] The overall literacy rate is 86.3%, and is 95.3% among males (joint highest in the province) and 77.2% among females.

[6] In 1984, the commune of Bounoura is composed of five localities, including Beni Isguen ksar.

This is particularly the case of Tafilelt, Tinemmirine, Tawenza and Tinaâm attached to Bounoura, which were built according to the principles of ksourian architecture, and adapted to the proximity of the desert.