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/square kilometers. The province's capital city is Béjaïa, the terminus of the Béni Mansour-Bejaïa line

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Béjaïa Province Tawilayt n Bgayet ولاية بجاية Wilaya de Béjaïa
Province
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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

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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]

The province was created from the Sétif (département) in 1974.

The province is divided into 19 districts (daïras), which are further divided into 52 communes or municipalities.