Béjaïa Province

Province of Algeria

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Province in Algeria

Béjaïa Province Tawilayt n Bgayet ولاية بجاية Wilaya de Béjaïa
Province

Map of Algeria highlighting Béjaïa
Coordinates: 36°45′N 5°04′E / 36.750°N 5.067°E / 36.750; 5.067
Country	Algeria
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

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.

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

The province was created from the Sétif (département) in 1974.

Administrative divisions

The province is divided into 19 districts (daïras), which are further divided into 52 communes or municipalities.

Districts

Communes

References

^ 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

(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

Provinces of Algeria