# Akfadou

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name          = Akfadou
| native_name            = ⴰⴽⴼⴰⴷⵓ
| other_name = أكفادو
| image_skyline          = Mairie d'Akfadou.jpg
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| nickname               = Athmensour
| image_map              = DZ 06 Akfadou.svg
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| pushpin_map            = Algeria
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| coordinates            = {{coord|36|38|N|4|36|E|region:DZ|display=inline}}
| subdivision_type       = [Country](/source/Countries_of_the_world)
| subdivision_name       = [Algeria](/source/Algeria) 
| subdivision_type2      = [Province](/source/Provinces_of_Algeria)
| subdivision_name2      = [Bejaia](/source/B%C3%A9ja%C3%AFa_Province)
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| area_total_km2         = 42.01
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| population_total       = 7358
| population_as_of       = 2008
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| timezone               = [West Africa Time](/source/West_Africa_Time)
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'''Akfadou''' is a [commune](/source/List_of_communes_of_Algeria) in northern [Algeria](/source/Algeria) in the [Béjaïa Province](/source/B%C3%A9ja%C3%AFa_Province). This locale is noted for its local population of [Barbary macaque](/source/Barbary_macaque)s, ''Macaca sylvanus''.<ref>C. Michael Hogan, 2008</ref>

== Etymology ==
The name Akfadou is a contraction of the words "akfuḍ̣̣" and "aḍ̣̣U" which respectively mean "multiple or excess" and "wind". This name recalls the harsh climate in this region especially in winter when the cold winds gust and heavy snows often isolate small villages. During the exploration of Kabylia by the French occupation in 1850, the word Akfadou was translated as the top wind ({{Langx|fr|cime au vent}}).<ref>Ernest Carette, ''Explorations scientifique de l’Algérie, étude de la Kabylie proprement dite'', 1849, {{p.|57}}.</ref><ref> [V. A. Malte-Brun](/source/Victor_Adolphe_Malte-Brun), ''Nouvelles annales des voyages'', 1857, {{p.|304}}.</ref><ref> Baron Henri Aucapitaine, ''Le Pays et la société kabyle'', 1837, {{p.|9}}</ref>

== Economy ==
The Akfadou economy is based mainly on the [retail](/source/retail) and [transport](/source/transport).

It is also characterized by agriculture based on [polyculture](/source/polyculture) and [animal husbandry](/source/animal_husbandry). The herd is made up of cattle, most of which are raised for dairy or meat production. Sheep and goats are also raised here.

==References==
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* C. Michael Hogan (2008) [https://web.archive.org/web/20120419033431/http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=31757&lang=us ''Barbary Macaque: Macaca sylvanus'', Globaltwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg]
* [http://www.unesco.org/mabdb/br/brdir/directory/biores.asp?code=ALG+06&mode=all UNESCO Biosphere Reserve: Gouraya National Park (2006)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404000945/http://www.unesco.org/mabdb/br/brdir/directory/biores.asp?code=ALG+06&mode=all |date=2015-04-04 }}

==Line notes==
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{{Coord|36|38|N|4|36|E|display=title|region:DZ_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}

{{Bejaia Province}}

Category:Communes of Béjaïa Province
Category:Berber populated places

{{Béjaïa-geo-stub}}

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