Béjaïa Province

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Béjaïa Province
ولاية Bgayet
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Map of Algeria highlighting the Province of Béjaïa
Province Code 6
Area Code +213 (0) 34
Administration
Capital Béjaïa
Districts 19
Municipalities 52
Wāli Mr. Ali Bedrici
PPA president Mr. Mohamed Bettache (FLN)
Basic statistics
Area 3,268 km² (1,261.8 sq mi)
Population 915,835[1] (2008)
Density 280.2/km² (725.8/sq mi)

Bgayet or Bejaya (Kabyle : Bgayet) is a province of Algeria. The capital city is Béjaïa. Gouraya National Park is there. A population of the endangered primate, Barbary Macaque is found within this the province's Gouraya National Park; this canid has a severely restricted and disjunctive range.[2]

[edit] Administrative divisions

It is made up of 19 districts and 52 municipalities. The districts are:

The municipalities are:
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
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

[edit] References

  1. ^ Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008 Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on 2008-07-02.
  2. ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Barbary Macaque: Macaca sylvanus, Globaltwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg

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