Chenouas
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| 106,000 | |
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Sunni islam |
The Chenouis or Chenoua (
Aures mountains in Eastern Algeria and the Rif region. The Shenwa language has about 76,000 speakers.[1]
Geographical distribution
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The Chenoui traditional territory includes the province of
Ain Defla, and thus are called in reference to the Mount Chenoua which dominates the city of Tipaza
, 70 km west of Algiers.
The region is part of the greater
Chelif river and its valley. It expands from 8 km north of Mostaganem until the Algiers Sahel with its highest point being Mount Zaccar (Miliana
).
The Chenoua Mount region, highest point of the Algiers Sahel, is the most eastern part of the Chenoui speaking region going from Fouka (42 km west of Algiers) until Tenès (200 km west of Algiers) or even heading further west till Ouled Boughalem in the past. Some people call them the Chelhas of the Tell or even Kabyles of the west.
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