Economy
The traditional economy of the area is based on arboriculture (orchards, olive trees) and on the craft industry (tapestry or pottery). The mountain and hill farming is gradually giving way to local industry (textile and agro-alimentary).
Today Kabylie is one of the most industrialised parts of Algeria. Kabylie product less than 15% of Algerian GDP (excluding oil and gas). Industries include: pharmaceutical industry in Bgayet Bejaia, agro-alimentary in Ifri and Akbou, mechanical industry in Tizi Ouzou and other little towns of western Kabylie, and petrochemical industry and oil refining in Bgayet Bejaia.
Bgayet Bejaia's port is the second biggest in Algeria after Algiers, and the 6th largest of the Mediterranean Sea.
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