The Béjaïa Province (
Kabyle: ''Tawilayt n Bgayet''; , Latn, ar, Wilāyat Bijāyah; or ) is a
province
A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
of
Algeria
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...
in the
Kabylie region. With a population of 984,050 inhabitants in 2019, with a density of 305 km
2. 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
An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching, inv ...
primate species, the
Barbary macaque, is found within the park; this
primate
Primates is an order (biology), order of mammals, which is further divided into the Strepsirrhini, strepsirrhines, which include lemurs, galagos, and Lorisidae, lorisids; and the Haplorhini, haplorhines, which include Tarsiiformes, tarsiers a ...
has a severely restricted and
disjunctive range.
[C. Michael Hogan. 2008]
''Barbary Macaque: Macaca sylvanus'', Globaltwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg
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
#
Adekar
#
Aït-Rizine
#
Aït-Smail
#
Akbou
#
Akfadou
#
Amalou
#
Amizour
#
Aokas
Aokas ( Berber language: ''Aweqqas'') is a coastal city and commune in northern Algeria in the Béjaïa Province.
It is located at about 25 kilometres from the province's capital city of Bejaia. The commune of Aokas was created by decree of Oc ...
#
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
Tizi N'Berber is a commune in northern Algeria in the Béjaïa Province
The Béjaïa Province (Kabyle language, Kabyle: ''Tawilayt n Bgayet''; , Latn, ar, Wilāyat Bijāyah; or ) is a provinces of Algeria, province of Algeria in the Kabyli ...
#
Toudja
Toudja is a List of communes of Algeria, commune in northern Algeria in the Béjaïa Province in the Kabylia region. The liberal pied noir writer Jules Roy discussed it in his book on the Algerian war of independence.
Oranges are grown widely in ...
References
External links
The first website of Bgayet Béjaïa Bougie and his regionOfficial website of Béjaïa Province
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bejaia Province
Kabylia
Provinces of Algeria
States and territories established in 1974