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BejaiaPort in Algeria, 193 km/120 mi east of Algiers; population (1998) 147,100. The town lies on the edge of a fertile plain, with an annual rainfall of 1,000 mm/40 in at the mouth of the Wadi Soummam and near Mount Gouraya (660 m/2,165 ft). Trade includes exports in wood, hides, iron ore, phosphates, tobacco, hydrocarbons, and liqueurs. Bejaia dates from Roman times, and has also been controlled by pirates, by the Spanish and by the Turks. It grew to greater importance from 1833 after French occupation, and especially after the improvement of the harbour between 1905 and 1909. The installation of the oil pipeline from Hassi Messaoud in 1959 brought a further boost to its prosperity as it became a major exporting port for Saharan oil, and exports now also include olive oil, wine and cork.
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The second call to tender concerns the concession of a piece of land in the north-central tourist pole inside the tourist expansion zone of Agrioun in the province of Bejaia (263-km east of Algiers). 1million, sailed from Finland and should have docked in Bejaia, Algeria, on 4 August. 4 — Arctic Sea fails to arrive as scheduled in the Algerian port of Bejaia with its euro1. |
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