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Kabylia or Kabylie [2] (/ k ə ˈ b ɪ l i ə /; Kabyle: Tamurt n Leqbayel or Iqbayliyen, meaning "Land of Kabyles", Arabic: منطقة القبائل, meaning "Land of the Tribes") is a mountainous coastal region in northern Algeria [3] and the homeland of the Kabyle people.
The Kabyle people (/ k ə ˈ b aɪ l /, Kabyle: Izwawen or Leqbayel or Iqbayliyen, pronounced [iqβæjlijən], Arabic: القبائل, romanized: al-qabā'il) [12] [13] are a Berber ethnic group indigenous to Kabylia in the north of Algeria, spread across the Atlas Mountains, 160 kilometres (100 mi) east of Algiers.
Français : Un aperçu de la Kabylie, une région rurale et montagneuse située dans le nord-est de l'Algérie. C'est le foyer de communautés berbères et est réputée pour sa saison de récolte des olives (automne-hiver). À l'arrière-plan, on peut voir les caractéristiques volutes de fumée s'élevant des nombreux villages.
Near the northern coast, the Petite Kabylie Mountains are separated from the Grande Kabylie range at the eastward limits of the Tell by the Soummam River. [2] The coast is predominantly mountainous in the far eastern part of the country, but limited plains provide hinterlands for the port cities of Bejaïa, Skikda, and Annaba. [2]
The Petite Kabylie is located in the mountainous area of the Bibans and the Babor Range, subranges of the Tell Atlas range bordering the Mediterranean.The Petite Kabylie is separated from the Grande Kabylie by the Soummam Valley.
"Zwawa" was the Arabic name of medieval Muslim historians for the tribes who inhabited the region between Bejaia and Dellys. [4] Some say that it's a deformation of the word "Igawawen", which was the name of a Kabyle confederation made up of eight tribes organized into two groups: the Ait Betrun (Ait Yenni, At Wasif, Ait Budrar, Ait Bu Akkash), and the Ait Mengellet (Ait Mengellet proper, Ait ...
Grande Kabylie; Petite Kabylie; Eastern Kabylie [fr] (Kabylie of Collo, Kabylie of the Kutama) The M'zab; Mitidja; Annaba region; The Saoura; Titteri; The Tell [fr] Tidikelt [fr] Trara Mountains; Touat; Oranie [fr] - see also: Oran (département) South Oranie; Chelif River valley; The Dahra Range; The Ouarsenis; The Zibans [fr] The Algerian Sahara
The Collo massif is, like the Small Kabylie and the Edough, populated by Arabized Berbers long-time but leading a sedentary life. The mountain people practice cattle breeding. Goats and sheep provided supplements (milk, flesh and hair) to poor agriculture. [6] Demographic densities are significantly lower than those of the Grande and Petite ...