Official Name: | Aokas |
Nickname: | Aweqqas |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | Algeria |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Leader Title: | President of the People's Municipal Assembly |
Leader Name: | Lagha Mohamed (2017-2022) |
Area Total Km2: | 27.87 |
Population As Of: | 15,989 (2008)[1] |
Population Density Km2: | 574 |
Timezone: | West Africa Time |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Coordinates: | 36.6333°N 20°W |
Elevation M: | 300 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 06007 |
Area Code Type: | NOS code |
Area 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.[2] Its average altitude is 300 meters.
The population of Aokas was of 15 989 in 2008.[1]
Aokas (transliterated in tifinagh: Berber languages: ⴰⵡⵇⵇⴰⵙ), means shark in berber, is located in the wilaya of Bejaia, in coastal Kabylia.
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.[3]
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