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Béjaïa
  
Bgayet, ⴱⴳⴰⵢⴻⵜ (Kabyle)
City
Skyline of Béjaïa
Location of Béjaïa, Algeria within Béjaïa Province
Location of Béjaïa, Algeria within Béjaïa Province
Béjaïa is located in Algeria
Béjaïa
Béjaïa
Location of Béjaïa, Algeria within Béjaïa Province
Coordinates: 36°45′N 5°04′E / 36.750°N 5.067°E / 36.750; 5.067Coordinates: 36°45′N 5°04′E / 36.750°N 5.067°E / 36.750; 5.067
Country  Algeria
Province Béjaïa Province
District Béjaïa District
Area
 • Total 120.22 km2 (46.42 sq mi)
Elevation 949 m (3,114 ft)
Population (2008 census)
 • Total 177,988
 • Density 1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
Postal code 06000
Climate Csa
Cap Carbon Lighthouse
Phare du Cap Carbon.jpg
Cap Carbon Lighthouse in 2013
Béjaïa is located in Algeria
Béjaïa
Algeria
Location Cap Carbonbr
Béjaïa
Coordinates 36°46′34.25″N 5°6′14.83″E / 36.7761806°N 5.1041194°E / 36.7761806; 5.1041194
Year first constructed 1906
Construction masonry tower
Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern rising from the keeper’s house
Markings / pattern white tower, black lantern roof
Height 14.60 metres (47.9 ft)
Focal height 224.10 metres (735.2 ft)
Range 29 nautical miles (54 km; 33 mi)
Characteristic Fl (3) W 20s.
Admiralty number E6572
NGA number 22328
ARLHS number ALG-007
Managing agent Office Nationale de Signalisation Maritime

Béjaïa (Kabyle: Bgayet, ⴱⴳⴰⵢⴻⵜ), formerly Bougie and Bugia, is a Mediterranean port city on the Gulf of Béjaïa in Algeria; it is the capital of Béjaïa Province, Kabylia. Béjaïa is the largest principally Kabyle-speaking city in the Kabylie region of Algeria. The history of Béjaïa explains the diversity of the local population. Its inhabitants are mainly Berbers.

The town is overlooked by the mountain Yemma Gouraya, whose profile is said to resemble a sleeping woman; other nearby scenic spots include the Aiguades beach and the Pic des Singes (Monkey Peak); the latter site is a habitat for the endangered Barbary macaque, which prehistorically had a much broader distribution than at present. All three of these geographic features are contained in the Gouraya National Park. The Soummam river runs past the town.

Under French rule, it was formerly known under various European names, such as Budschaja in German, Bugia in Italian, and Bougie [buˈʒi] (the latter two being words for candle, derived from the town name because of its wax trade).

Béjaïa stands on the site of the ancient city of Saldae, a minor port in Carthaginian and Roman times in an area at first inhabited by Numidian Berbers and founded as a veteran colony by emperor Augustus. It was an important town and a bishopric in the province of Mauretania Caesariensis, and the later Sitifensis.


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