Djurdjura National Park
| Djurdjura National Park | |
|---|---|
Kabylie, Algeria | |
| Nearest city | Tizi Ouzou, Bouïra |
| Coordinates | 36°28′0.120″N 4°7′59.880″E / 36.46670000°N 4.13330000°E |
| Area | 185 km2 |
| Established | July 23, 1983 |
| Visitors | 500,000 |
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The national park of Djurdjura (
Djurdjura Range of the Tell Atlas
.
Description
Nearby cities include
prehistoric distribution in North Africa was much broader than today.[2]
Name
The name of the
compound word Jer n Jer "the mountain of the mountains".[3]
The Latin (Mons Ferratus), in reference to the soil of the region, as well as to the resistance of the Kabyles against the Roman annexation of Kabylie. The name Djurdjura is also used for the villages located in this mountain chain. Mmis n'Djerdjer means "children of the Djurdjura", which is a Kabyle word referring to mountain inhabitants, there is also a Kabyle female group
called DjurDjura.
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References
- ^ IUCN. 2008. Redlist: Macaca sylvanus
- ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Barbary Macaque: Macaca sylvanus, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg Archived August 31, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 2-7475-8065-2
External links
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