Béjaïa Province
ولاية Bgayet
Map of Algeria highlighting the Province of Béjaïa
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

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ 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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