Beja may refer to:

Ethnicity

* Beja people, an ethnic group in northeast Africa **

Blemmyes The Blemmyes ( grc, Βλέμμυες, Latin: ''Blemmyae'') were an Eastern Desert people who appeared in written sources from the 7th century BC until the 8th century AD.. By the late 4th century, they had occupied Lower Nubia and established a k ...

, historical name for this people in the ancient world *

Beja language Beja ( or ) is an Afroasiatic language of the Cushitic branch spoken on the western coast of the Red Sea by the Beja people. Its speakers number around one to two million individuals, and inhabit parts of Egypt, Sudan and Eritrea. Name The name ...

, language spoken by the Beja people *

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, a group formed primarily of Beja opposing the government of Sudan

Places

Beja, Portugal Beja () is a city and a municipality in the Alentejo region, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 35,854, in an area of . The city proper had a population of 21,658 in 2001. The municipality is the capital of the Beja District. The present Mayor ...

, a city in Portugal **

Beja District The Beja District () is located in southern Portugal. The district capital is the city of Beja. It is the largest district of the country by area, and constitutes around 11% of its area. Municipalities The district is composed of 14 municipali ...

, its district **

Beja Airbase Beja Air Base ( pt, Base Aérea de Beja; ), officially designated as Air Base No. 11 ( pt, Base Aérea Nº 11, BA11) is one of the most important military airbases in Portugal, northwest of Beja, north of Algarve. It is used by the Portuguese ...

, the nearby military airbase **

Beja Airport Beja Airport ( pt, Aeroporto de Beja; ) is a Portuguese airport that opened doors to civilian flights on April 15, 2011. Location Beja Airport, located northwest of Beja, is away from Lisbon, from Faro and less than from Spain. Beja is a ci ...

, the nearby civilian airport **

Castle of Beja The Castle of Beja ( pt, Castelo de Beja) is a medieval castle in the Freguesia (Portugal), civil parish of Beja, Concelho, municipality of Beja, Portugal, Beja, Portugal, Portuguese Beja District, district of Beja. History This region of the A ...

, the castle **

Convent of Beja Museu Rainha Dona Leonor (" Queen Eleanor Museum") is a museum housed in the former Convent of Beja, Portugal. Fodor's Portugal: Where to Stay, Eat, and Explore -Fodor's - 2001 - Page 171 0679006761 "You can see Roman artifacts and other tokens of ...

, the former convent, now a museum * Béja, a town in Tunisia ** Béja Governorate, the governorate of which it is the capital *, a village in Jaunalūksne Parish, Alūksne Municipality *

Beja State The Princely State of Beja was a Princely State of India, in present-day Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the th ...

, a former princely state of India *

Beja, Kapurthala Beja is a village in Kapurthala district of Punjab State, India. It is located from Kapurthala , which is both district and sub-district headquarters of Beja. The village is administrated by a Sarpanch, who is an elected representative. Dem ...

, a village in Punjab State, India

Association football

C.D. Beja Clube Desportivo de Beja is a Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, v ...

, an association football club based in Beja, Portugal *

Beja Football Association The Associação de Futebol de Beja ''(Beja Football Association)'' is one of the 22 District Football Associations that are affiliated to the Portuguese Football Federation. The AF Beja administers lower tier football in the district of Beja. ...

, which administers lower-tier football in the Beja District *

Olympique Béja Olympique de Béja ( ar, الأولمبي الباجي, translated to the ''Olympic of Béja'' and often referred to as OB) is a football club from Béja in Tunisia. Founded in 1929. The team plays in red and white colors and its ground is the ...

, an association football club based in the town of Béja, Tunisia

Surname

Fatos Beja Fatos Asllan Beja (born 29 November 1948 in Vlorë) is a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania for the Democratic Party of Albania The Democratic Party of Albania ( sq, Partia Demokratike e Shqipërisë, PD or PDSH) is a conserva ...

, (born 1948), Albanian politician *

Oded Beja Oded Béjà is a professor in the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, in the field of marine microbiology and metagenomics. Academic work Oded Béjà is best known for discovering the first bacterial rhodopsin naming it proteorhodopsin ...

, Israeli microbiologist *

Olinda Beja Olinda Beja (born December 8, 1946) is a São Tomé and Príncipe poet, writer and narrator. Later she immigrated to Portugal and moved to Viseu and later became a Portuguese citizen. Biography She was born in Guadalupe, São Tomé e Príncipe, ...

(born 1946), São Tomé and Príncipe poet and writer * Duke of Beja, a Portuguese noble title {{disambiguation, geo, surname Language and nationality disambiguation pages