Béjaïa Province
Béjaïa Province
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Map of Algeria highlighting Béjaïa | |
| Coordinates: 36°45′N 5°04′E / 36.750°N 5.067°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) | |
• Total | 915,835 |
| • Density | 280.2/km2 (725.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| Area code | +213 (0) 34 |
| ISO 3166 code | DZ-06 |
| Districts | 19 |
| Municipalities | 52 |
| Website | https://wilaya-bejaia.dz/ |
The Béjaïa Province (Arabic: ولاية بجاية, Wilāyat Bijāyah) is a province of Algeria in the Kabylie region. Its population was 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 railway.
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.