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The Béjaïa Province (Kabyle: Tawilayt n Bgayet; Arabic: ولاية بجاية, Wilāyat Bijāyah; French: wilaya de Béjaïa or province de Béjaïa) is a province of Algeria in the Kabylie region. The province's capital city is Béjaïa, the terminus of the Béni Mansour-Bejaïa line.
Béjaïa Province
Tawilayt n Bgayet ولاية بجاية Wilaya de Béjaïa | |
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Map of Algeria highlighting Béjaïa | |
| Coordinates: 36°45′N 5°04′E / 36.750°N 5.067°E | |
| Country | |
| Capital | Béjaïa |
| Government | |
| • PPA president | Mohamed Bettache (FLN) |
| • Wāli | Ali Bedrici |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,268 km2 (1,262 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)[1] | |
• Total | 915,835 |
| • Density | 280/km2 (730/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| Area Code | +213 (0) 34 |
| ISO 3166 code | DZ-06 |
| Districts | 19 |
| Municipalities | 52 |
Gouraya National Park is located in Béjaïa Province. A population of an endangered primate species, the Barbary macaque, is found within the park; this primate has a severely restricted and disjunctive range.[2]
History
editThe province was created from the Sétif (département) in 1974.
Administrative divisions
editThe province is divided into 19 districts (daïras), which are further divided into 52 communes or municipalities.
Districts
editCommunes
edit- Adekar
- Aït-Rizine
- Aït-Smail
- Akbou
- Akfadou
- Amalou
- Amizour
- Aokas
- Barbacha
- Béjaïa
- Beni Djellil
- Beni Ksila
- Beni Maouche
- Beni Mellikeche
- Boudjellil
- Bouhamza
- Boukhelifa
- Chelata
- Chemini
- Darguina
- Draâ El-Kaïd
- El-Flaye
- El-Kseur
- Feraoun
- Ifenain Ilmathen
- Ighil Ali
- Ighram
- Kendira
- Kherrata
- Melbou
- Msisna
- Oued Ghir
- Ouzellaguen
- Seddouk
- Semaoune
- Sidi-Aïch
- Sidi-Ayad
- Sidi-Saïd
- Souk El-Thenine
- Souk-Oufella
- Tala Hamza
- Tamokra
- Tamridjet
- Taourit Ighil
- Taskriout
- Tazmalt
- Tinabdher
- Tibane
- Tichy
- Tifra
- Timezrit
- Tizi N'Berber
- Toudja
References
edit- ^ Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008 Archived July 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on 2008-07-02.
- ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Barbary Macaque: Macaca sylvanus, Globaltwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg Archived April 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
External links
edit- (in French, Arabic, Berber languages, and Kabyle) The first website of Bgayet Béjaïa Bougie and his region
- (in French and Arabic) Official website of Béjaïa Province