Béni Ourtilane (or At Wartiran as it is called by its native Kabyle inhabitants) is a

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of the

Sétif Province Sétif Province ( ar, ولاية سطيف, kab, Agezdu n Sṭif) is a province (''wilaya'') in north-eastern Algeria. Its capital and largest city is Sétif; the next largest city is El Eulma. There is also the World Heritage Site of Djémila ...

in the

Petite Kabylie Petite Kabylie or Petite Kabylia ( Berber: Tamurt n Iqbayliyen, Arabic: al-Qabā'il as-Saghra, القبائل الصغرى, Maghrebi Arabic: Qbayel es-Sghira) is a natural region in the mountainous area of northern Algeria. The Petite Kabylie is p ...

region of

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. It is named after its district capital Beni Ouartilene. It is located in the north-western part of the

near the border with

Béjaïa Béjaïa (; ; ar, بجاية‎, Latn, ar, Bijāya, ; kab, Bgayet, Vgayet), formerly Bougie and Bugia, is a Mediterranean port city and commune on the Gulf of Béjaïa in Algeria; it is the capital of Béjaïa Province, Kabylia. Béjaïa is ...

and Bordj Bou Arreridj. It was originally part of the

when

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got its independence in 1962 but it became part of the Béjaïa Province in 1975. However, in 1985 it returned to become a part of the

Municipalities

Béni Ourtilane consists of four municipalities: *

Beni Ourtilane Beni Ourtilane (in Kabyle language, Kabyle: At wertilan) is a town and Communes of Algeria, commune in Setif Province, Kabylie in north-eastern Algeria. The city is mainly Kabyle people, Kabyle. Notable people * Fodil El Ouartilani, Algerian inde ...

* Beni Chebana * Aïn Legraj * Beni Mouhli

Transport

Due to its remote location in the Babor Mountains, Béni Ourtilane is only accessible by one road, National Route 74.

Notable people

* Cheikh Lhocine El Ouartilani * Cheikh Fodil El Ouartilani * Yahia Ait Hamoudi ben Abdellah Ait Hamoudi * Abdellah ben Yahia Ait Hamoudi * El Mouloud El Hafedi

References

Districts of Sétif Province Kabylie {{Sétif-geo-stub