Béjaïa Province

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. With a population of 984,050 inhabitants in 2019, with a density of 305 km². The province's capital city is Béjaïa, the terminus of the Béni Mansour-Bejaïa line.

Coast of Bejaia Province

Béjaïa Province Tawilayt n Bgayet ولاية بجاية Wilaya de Béjaïa
Province
Map of Algeria highlighting Béjaïa
Coordinates: 36°45′N 5°04′E
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

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

1. Adekar
2. Akbou
3. Amizour
4. Aokas
5. Barbacha
6. Béjaïa
7. Béni Maouche
8. Chemini
9. Darguina
10. El Kseur
11. Ifri-Ouzellaguen
12. Ighil Ali
13. Kherrata
14. Seddouk
15. Sidi Aïch
16. Souk El Tenine
17. Tazmalt
18. Tichy
19. Timezrit

Communes

1. Adekar
2. Aït-Rizine
3. Aït-Smail
4. Akbou
5. Akfadou
6. Amalou
7. Amizour
8. Aokas
9. Barbacha
10. Béjaïa
11. Beni Djellil
12. Beni Ksila
13. Beni Maouche
14. Beni Mellikeche
15. Boudjellil
16. Bouhamza
17. Boukhelifa
18. Chelata
19. Chemini
20. Darguina
21. Draâ El-Kaïd
22. El-Flaye
23. El-Kseur
24. Feraoun
25. Ifenain Ilmathen
26. Ighil Ali
27. Ighram
28. Kendira
29. Kherrata
30. Melbou
31. Msisna
32. Oued Ghir
33. Ouzellaguen
34. Seddouk
35. Semaoune
36. Sidi-Aïch
37. Sidi-Ayad
38. Sidi-Saïd
39. Souk El-Thenine
40. Souk-Oufella
41. Tala Hamza
42. Tamokra
43. Tamridjet
44. Taourit Ighil
45. Taskriout
46. Tazmalt
47. Tinabdher
48. Tibane
49. Tichy
50. Tifra
51. Timezrit
52. Tizi N'Berber
53. Toudja