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City in Bejaia, Algeria

Aokas
City

Nickname: Aweqqas
Aokas
Coordinates: 36°38′N 5°15′E / 36.633°N 5.250°E / 36.633; 5.250
Country	Algeria
Province	Bejaia
Government
• President of the People's Municipal Assembly	Lagha Mohamed (2017-2022)
Area
• Total	27.87 km (10.76 sq mi)
Elevation	300 m (1,000 ft)
• Density	574/km (1,490/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (West Africa Time)
Postal code	06007
NOS code	0622

Aokas (Berber language: Aweqqas) is a coastal city and commune in northern Algeria in the Béjaïa Province.

It is located at about 25 kilometres from the province's capital city of Bejaia. The commune of Aokas was created by decree of October 2, 1869. It covered an area of 2,202 hectares and had a population of 2,245 inhabitants in 1931. Its name in berber means shark. Its average altitude is 300 meters.

The population of Aokas was of 15 989 in 2008.

36°38′N 5°15′E / 36.633°N 5.250°E / 36.633; 5.250

Geography

Aokas (transliterated in tifinagh: ⴰⵡⵇⵇⴰⵙ), means shark in berber, is located in the wilaya of Bejaia, in coastal Kabylia.

Hamlets

Apart from the main locality of the commune, the hamlets of Aït Aïssa, Akkar, Mesbah, Tizi Djarmana, Aliouene ou Iaamrounene, Ansa, Tabellout, Tikherroubine, Amerzague, Tala Khaled, Laazib, Tidelsine, Iourarene, Tala Khelifa, Aguemoune, Tarmant I, Tarmant II and El Anseur are located in its confines.

Borders

North -> Mediterranean Sea
North-East -> Mediterranean Sea
East -> Souk El Tenine
South-East -> Souk El Tenine and Taskriout
South -> Taskriout
South-West -> Taskriout and Tizi N'Berber
West -> Tizi N'Berber
North-West -> Tichy

Cityscape

Aokas (Cape)
Aokas (...)

References

^ "Wilaya de Béjaïa : répartition de la population résidente des ménages ordinaires et collectifs, selon la commune de résidence et la dispersion" (PDF). NOS (in French). Retrieved 20 January 2019.
"Aweqqas". amawal.wikidot.com (in French). Retrieved 21 January 2019.
"Décret n°84-365 du 1 novembre 1984 fixant la composition, la consistance et les limites territoriales des communes" (PDF) (in French). Journal officiel de la République algérienne démocratique et populaire. 19 December 1984. p. 1484. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

v t e Béjaïa Province
Districts	Adekar Akbou Amizour Aokas Barbacha Béjaïa Béni Maouche Chemini Darguina El Kseur Ifri-Ouzellaguen Ighil Ali Kherrata Seddouk Sidi Aïch Souk El Tenine Tazmalt Tichy Timezrit
Communes	Adekar Aït-Rizine Aït Smaïl Akbou Akfadou Amalou Amizour Aokas Barbacha Béjaïa Beni Djellil Beni Ksila Beni Maouche Beni Mellikeche Boudjellil Bouhamza Boukhelifa Chelata Chemini Darguina Draâ El-Kaïd El-Flaye El-Kseur Feraoun Ifenain Ilmathen Ighil Ali Kendira Kherrata Melbou Mecisna Oued Ghir Ouzellaguen Oued Ghir Seddouk Semaoune Sidi Aïch Sidi-Ayad Souk El-Thenine Souk-Oufella Tala Hamza Tamokra Taourirt Ighil Taskriout Tazmalt Tinabdher Tibane Tichy Tifra Timezrit Tizi N'Berber Toudja
Villages and other locales	Aguemoune Cheurfa Tizi Tegyar Ighram Iguerali Kalâa of Ait Abbas Mahfouda Tamridjet

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