The Béjaïa Province ( Kabyle: ''Tawilayt n Bgayet''; ar, ولاية بجاية, Latn, ar, Wilāyat Bijāyah; french: wilaya de Béjaïa or ) is a

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions out ...

Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , relig ...

in the

Kabylie Kabylia ('' Kabyle: Tamurt n Leqbayel'' or ''Iqbayliyen'', meaning "Land of Kabyles", '','' meaning "Land of the Tribes") is a cultural, natural and historical region in northern Algeria and the homeland of the Kabyle people. It is part of ...

region. The province's capital city is

Béjaïa Béjaïa (; ; ar, بجاية‎, Latn, ar, Bijāya, ; kab, Bgayet, Vgayet), formerly Bougie and Bugia, is a Mediterranean port city and commune on the Gulf of Béjaïa in Algeria; it is the capital of Béjaïa Province, Kabylia. Béjaïa is ...

, the terminus of the Béni Mansour-Bejaïa line. Bejaia Algeria (North Africa)

Gouraya National Park The national park of Gouraya ( ar, الحديقة الوطنية قورايا) is one of the coastal national parks of Algeria. It is located in Béjaïa Province, near the shrine of Sidi Touati. History The park became an Algerian National ...

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 and in ...

primate Primates are a diverse order of mammals. They are divided into the strepsirrhines, which include the lemurs, galagos, and lorisids, and the haplorhines, which include the tarsiers and the simians ( monkeys and apes, the latter includin ...

species, the

Barbary macaque The Barbary macaque (''Macaca sylvanus''), also known as Barbary ape, is a macaque species native to the Atlas Mountains of Algeria, Libya, Tunisia and Morocco, along with a small introduced population in Gibraltar. It is the type species of the ...

, is found within the park; this primate 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) Sétif is a former French ''département'' in Algeria which existed between 1957 and 1974. Considered as a French province, Algeria was departmentalised on 9 December 1848, and thereby was administratively structured in the same way as metropoli ...

in 1974.

Administrative divisions

The province is divided into 19

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

(''

daïra A daïra or daerah ( ''circle''; plural ''dawaïr'') is an administrative division in Algeria and Western Sahara in West Africa, as well as Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia in Southeast Asia. It is commonly translated in English as "district". West ...

s''), which are further divided into 52 ''communes'' or municipalities.

Districts

Communes

# Adekar # Aït-Rizine # Aït-Smail #

Akbou Akbou or Aqvu ( ar, أقبو) is a town in the Kabylie region in northern Algeria in Béjaïa Province. It is a growing city with a population of 52,300 in 2008. This is a number approximately 20,000 more than what was recorded in 1998. History ...

# Akfadou # Amalou # Amizour # Aokas #

Barbacha Barbacha is a small region containing 34 separate villages in northern Algeria in the region of Kabylie. The population is mainly composed of indigenous Amazigh people from the Kabyle tribe. History Following the 2001 Black Spring in Algeria, ...

# 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 Ighil Ali is a town in northern Algeria. Notable people *Mouloud Kacem Naît Belkacem Mouloud Kacem Naît Belkacem (6 January 1927 in Belaâyane, Ighil Ali - 27 August 1992) was an Algerian politician, philosopher, historian, and writer. He ...

Ighram Ighram is a town and commune of Kabylie in northern Algeria. The town is located on the Soummam, on its left bank. It is located south-west of the wilaya of Bejaia, a distance of more than 70 km from the provincial capital and less than 5& ...

# Kendira #

Kherrata Kherrata is a town in northern Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , ...

# Melbou # Msisna # Oued Ghir #

Ouzellaguen Ouzellaguen is a town in northern Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = ...

# Seddouk # Semaoune # Sidi-Aïch # Sidi-Ayad # Sidi-Saïd #

Souk El-Thenine Souk El Ténine is a List of communes of Algeria, commune in northern Algeria in the Béjaïa Province. Communes of Béjaïa Province Cities in Algeria {{Béjaïa-geo-stub ...

# Souk-Oufella # Tala Hamza # Tamokra # Tamridjet # Taourit Ighil #

Taskriout Taskriout is a commune of Kabylia in Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates ...

Tazmalt Tazmalt is a town in northern Algeria. It's about 85 km south west of Bejaia, 50 km at east of Bouira, 55 km south east of Tizi Ouzou, and 165 km south east of the capital Algiers. Tazmalt is the biggest city of Sahel-Djurdjura r ...

# Tinabdher # Tibane # Tichy # Tifra # Timezrit # Tizi N'Berber # Toudja

References

External links

The first website of Bgayet Béjaïa Bougie and his region

Official website of Béjaïa Province
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