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| Country | Algeria | ||
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| Province | Béjaïa Province | ||
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| - Mayor | Hannache Tahar (2008-2012) | ||
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| - Total | 3,268. A nickname is a Name of an entity or thing that is not its Proper name. Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's ||-|} Algeria is currently divided into 48 Wilayas ( Provinces, 553 Daïras ( circles, or Counties) and 1541 Baladiyahs Béjaïa (بجاية Kabyle: Bgayet) is a province of Algeria. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2012 ( MMXII) will be a Leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 26 km² (1,261. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 9 sq mi) | ||
| Population (1998) | |||
| - Total | 147,076 | ||
| - Density | 1,303/km² (3,374. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 8/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
Béjaïa or Bougie (Kabyle Bgayet or Tifinagh: 
, pronounced /β'gajəθ) in Algerian Arabic) is a Mediterranean port on the Gulf of Béjaïa, capital of Béjaïa Province, northern Algeria. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Kabyle is a Berber language (Kabyle Ṯaqbayliṯ,, ˌθæqβæjˈlɪθ spoken by the Kabyle people Tifinagh ( in Neo-Tifinagh Tifinaɣ in Berber Latin alphabet, tifinaɣ is an Alphabetic script used by some Africans to write their language Algerian Arabic is the variety or varieties of Arabic spoken in Algeria. ||-||-|-||-||-||-||-||-||-|} A port is a facility for receiving Ships and transferring cargo Béjaïa (بجاية Kabyle: Bgayet) is a province of Algeria. Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's Under French rule, it was formerly known under various European names, such as Budschaja in German, Bugia in Italian, and Bougie /bu'ʒi/ (both of which are words for 'candle'). France was a dominant empire in the world from the 1600s to the late 1960s possessing many colonies in various locations around the world Béjaïa is the largest city in Kabylia after Tizi Ouzou, and one of the largest principally Kabylophone city. This article focuses on the region in Algeria For the ethnic group see Kabyle people. Tizi Ouzou (in Kabyle: Tizi Uzzu in Latin script, in Tifinagh) is a city in Kabylia, Algeria, where it ranks second it Kabyle is a Berber language (Kabyle Ṯaqbayliṯ,, ˌθæqβæjˈlɪθ spoken by the Kabyle people
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Demography
The population of the city in 2005 was 187,076, while the population of the whole wilaya (province) was 905,000. A coat of arms or armorial bearings (often just arms for short in European tradition is a design belonging to a particular person (or group of people Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A wilāyah (ولاية or vilâyet (in Persian and Ottoman Turkish) is an administrative division usually [1]
Economy
The northern terminus of the Hassi Messaoud oil pipeline from the Sahara, Béjaïa is the principal oil port of the Western Mediterranean. Hassi Messaoud ( Arabic: is a town in eastern Algeria. Oil was discovered here in 1956 and the town's prominence has grown rapidly since then An oil is a substance that is in a viscous Liquid state ( "oily") at ambient temperatures or slightly warmer and is Exports, aside from crude petroleum, include iron, phosphates, wines, dried figs, and plums. Iron (ˈаɪɚn is a Chemical element with the symbol Fe (ferrum and Atomic number 26 A phosphate, an Inorganic chemical, is a salt of Phosphoric acid. Wine is an Alcoholic beverage made from the fermentation of Grape juice Ficus is a Genus of about 850 Species of woody Trees Shrubs Vines Epiphytes and hemi-epiphytes in the family A plum or gage is a stone fruit Tree in the genus Prunus, subgenus Prunus. The city also has textile and cork industries. A textile is a flexible material comprised of a network of natural or artificial Fibres often referred to as thread or Yarn. Cork material is a Prime-subset of generic cork tissue, harvested for commercial use primarily from the Cork Oak tree Quercus
History
A minor port in Carthaginian and Roman times, Béjaïa was the Roman Saldae, a veteran colony founded by emperor Vespasian of great importance in the province of Mauretania Caesariensis, later in the fraction Sitifensis. Carthage (Καρχηδών Karkhēdōn, Carthago from the Phoenician קרת חדשת phn-Latn Qart-ḥadašt meaning new town) refers The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial Titus Flavius Vespasianus, commonly known as Vespasian ( November 17 9 &ndash June 23 79) was a Roman Emperor who Mauretania Caesariensis was a Roman province located in northwestern Africa Mauretania Caesariensis was a Roman province located in northwestern Africa
In the second or third century AD, Gaius Cornelius Peregrinus, a decurion (town councillor) from Saldae was a tribunus (military commander) of the auxiliary garrison at Alauna Carvetiorum in northern Britain. Alauna (denoted for academic convenience as Alauna Carvetiorum, Alauna of the Carvetii, to distinguish it from other places with the same name was a fort An altar dedicated to him was discovered shortly before 1587 in the north-west corner of the fort, where it had probably been re-used in a late-Roman building (source).
It became the capital of the short-lived African kingdom of the Germanic Vandals (founded in 429-430), which was wiped out circa 533 by the Byzantines who established the African prefecture and later the Exarchate of Carthage. The Exarchate of Africa or of Carthage, after its capital was the name of an administrative division of the Eastern Roman Empire encompassing its possessions It had disappeared but was refounded by the Berber Hammadid dynasty (whose capital it became) in the 11th century, and became an important port and cultural center. Berbers are the indigenous peoples of North Africa west of the Nile Valley. The Hammadids, an offshoot of the Zirids were a Berber dynasty who ruled an area roughly corresponding to modern Algeria for about a century and a half As a principal town of the Hammadid leader, Emir En Nasser, Bajaia flourished and was renamed En Nassria. En Nasser's son, el Mansour, built an impressive palace inside the fortifications constructed by his father. The Hammadid Empire fell in 1152, when the Almohad ruler, Abd el Moumen, invaded from Morocco. The Almohad Dynasty (From Arabic الموحدون al-Muwahhidun, i Morocco (المغرب "al-Maghrib" officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية is a country located in North Africa [2] The son of a Pisan merchant (and probably consul), posthumously known as Fibonacci, there learned under the Almohad dynasty about Arabic numerals, and introduced them and modern mathematics into feudal Europe. Leonardo of Pisa (c 1170 – c 1250 also known as Leonardo Pisano, Leonardo Bonacci, Leonardo Fibonacci, or most commonly simply Fibonacci The arabic numerals (often capitalized are the ten Digits (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 which—along with the system
In the 13th century Bajaia was acquired by the Hafsid Empire when the dynasty took control of Tunis. Hafsid was a dynasty ruling Ifriqiya (modern Tunisia) from 1229 to 1574. Tunis ( Arabic: تونس Tūnis) is the Capital of the Tunisian Republic and also the Tunis Pirates were active along the Barbary Coast starting in the 16th century. The Barbary Coast, or Barbary, was the term used by Europeans from the 16th until the 19th century to refer to the middle and western coastal regions of North Africa—what [2]
After a Spanish occupation (1510–55), the city was taken by the Ottoman Turks. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish Until it was captured by the French in 1833, Bejaïa was a stronghold of the Barbary pirates (see Barbary States). This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The Barbary Coast, or Barbary, was the term used by Europeans from the 16th until the 19th century to refer to the middle and western coastal regions of North Africa—what
It was Christianized in the 5th century, became officially Arian under the Vandals, and then Muslim under the Berbers. City landmarks include a 16th-century mosque and a casbah (fortress) built by the Spanish in 1545.
In the museum of Bejaïa can be seen a picture of Orientalist painter Maurice Boitel, who painted in the city for a while. Maurice Boitel (born July 31, 1919 - died August 11, 2007 in Audresselles
The town is overlooked by the mountain Yemma Gouraya, whose profile is said to resemble a sleeping woman; other nearby scenic spots include the Pic des Singes (Monkey Peak) and the Aiguades beach. All three are contained in the Gouraya National Park. The Soummam river runs past the town.
Friendly relationship
Béjaïa has an official friendly relationship (protocole d'amitié) with: [3]
References
- ^ http://www.wbejaia.gov.dz/population.htm
- ^ a b Bejaia & the Corniche Kabyle, Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia: a travel survival kit, Geoff Crowther & Hugh Finlay, Lonely Planet, 2nd Edition, April 1992, p. Brest (bʁɛst in French, in Breton) is a city in the Finistère department in Bretagne in northwestern France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Tunisia (تونس Tūnis officially the Tunisian Republic ( is a country located in North Africa. Lonely Planet Publications (usually known as Lonely Planet or LP) is one of the largest travel Guidebook publishers in the world Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) 292.
- ^ Les jumelages de Brest
External links
- (French) Bgayet.Net
- (French) History of Béjaïa
- Catholic Encyclopaedia - various entries
- Google map of Béjaïa
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