The ''Collo massif'', sometimes called ''Kabylie de Collo'', is a mountainous forest

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located in the north-east of the country and constituting part of the

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Geography

Geographers distinguish several "

Kabylie Kabylia ('' Kabyle: Tamurt n Leqbayel'' or ''Iqbayliyen'', meaning "Land of Kabyles", '','' meaning "Land of the Tribes") is a cultural, natural and historical region in northern Algeria and the homeland of the Kabyle people. It is part of the ...

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Great Kabylie Kabylia ('' Kabyle: Tamurt n Leqbayel'' or ''Iqbayliyen'', meaning "Land of Kabyles", '','' meaning "Land of the Tribes") is a cultural, natural and historical region in northern Algeria and the homeland of the Kabyle people. It is part of th ...

, Small Kabylie and Kabylie of Collo or Numidic Kabylies.E.B. et M. Dahmani, « Kabylie : Géographie », in ''Encyclopédie berbère'', 26 , Judaïsme – Kabylie
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mis en ligne le 1 juin 2011, consulté le 10 août 2015. The latter, located west of

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and north of

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, is the most watered region of

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, with more than per year. The average annual rainfall on el Goufi mountain, west of Collo, is . The climate is humid Mediterranean.Marie-Françoise André, ''Du continent au bassin versant: Théories et pratiques en géographie physique'', Presses Univ Blaise Pascal, 1 janvier 2007, 592 pages, p.562
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The Collo Massif, a segment of the

, is heavily forested. Lying between the Skikda Valley in the east and the

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in the west and strongly advancing towards the

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: the

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, is the northernmost point of Algeria. It consists of small mountains of modest altitude culminating between and dominated by

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, as well as the replanting of maritime pines which provide 30% of national cork production. Several wadis in the region have their source there: Rhummel, and , forests are lined with fertile plains.

Population

The population of the Collo massif was a peasant society in the full sense of the term: a complete sedentary lifestyle, a strong attachment to the land, a careful development. Its social structure was strong, governed by customary rules, the land was privatized with status ''melk''. The Collo massif is, like the Small Kabylie and the

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, populated by

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s 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.E.B., « Edough », in ''Encyclopédie berbère'', 17 , Douiret – Eropae
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mis en ligne le 1 juin 2011, consulté le 7 juillet 2015. Demographic densities are significantly lower than those of the Grande and Petite Kabylies.

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