About Béjaïa
Béjaïa is a city in Bejaia, Algeria with a population of 176,139. It is the 17th largest of the 294 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Algeria, and the 3,258th largest worldwide. It lies 178 km from Algiers.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 10
Elevation
86 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Algiers
Coordinates
36.756, 5.084
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 294 in AlgeriaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.