Béjaïa Province
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| Béjaïa Province | |
| ولاية Bgayet | |
Map of Algeria highlighting the Province of Béjaïa |
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| 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:
- Adekar
- Akbou
- Amizour
- Aokas
- Barbacha
- Béjaïa
- Béni Maouche
- Chemini
- Darguina
- El Kseur
- Ifri-Ouzellaguen
- Ighil Ali
- Kherrata
- Seddouk
- Sidi Aïch
- Souk El Tenine
- Tazmalt
- Tichy
- Timzrit
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Barbary Macaque: Macaca sylvanus, Globaltwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg
[edit] External links
- (French) (Amazigh, Kabyle, French, Arabic) The first website of Bgayet Béjaïa Bougie and his region
- (French) (Arabic) Official website of Béjaïa Province
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