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Aokas

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

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Settlement.official_name: Aokas
Settlement.nickname: Aweqqas
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: Aokas.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Algeria
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Algeria
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Bejaia
Settlement.leader_title: President of the People's Municipal Assembly
Settlement.leader_name: Lagha Mohamed (2017-2022)
Settlement.area_total_km2: 27.87
Settlement.population_as_of: 15,989 (2008)
Settlement.population_density_km2: 574
Settlement.timezone: West Africa Time
Settlement.utc_offset: +1
Settlement.elevation_m: 300
Settlement.postal_code_type: Postal code

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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.