The Dahra Range () is a mountain range located in northern
Algeria
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. 'Dahra' is an
Arabic
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word meaning 'back'; in
toponymy
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this term indicates a long plateau of lesser altitude.
Geography
The Dahra is a low mountain chain part of the greater
Tell Atlas
The Tell Atlas ( ar, الاطلس التلي, Latn, ar, al-ʾaṭlas al-tlī) is a mountain chain over in length, belonging to the Atlas mountain ranges in North Africa, stretching mainly across northern Algeria, with ends in both north-easter ...
which stretches from
Algiers
Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...
in the east along the
Mediterranean
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coast until reaching the mouth of the
Chelif
Chelif River ( ar, وادي الشلف) (also spelled Chéliff, or Sheliff) is a river in Algeria, the longest in the country. It rises in the Saharan Atlas near the city of Aflou, flows through the Tell Atlas and empties into the Mediterranean ...
near
Mostaganem
Mostaganem ( ber, Mustɣanem; ar, مستغانم) is a port city in and capital of Mostaganem province, in the northwest of Algeria. The city, founded in the 11th century lies on the Gulf of Arzew, Mediterranean Sea and is 72 km ENE of Ora ...
at its western end. Its tallest summit is 1,550 m high
Mount Zaccar
Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest.
Mount or Mounts may also refer to:
Places
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, north of
Miliana
Miliana ( ar, مليانة) is a commune in Aïn Defla Province in northwestern Algeria. It is the administrative center of the daïra, or district, of the same name. It is approximately southwest of the Algerian capital, Algiers.r/sup>, which ...
, a town built on its slopes. The inhabitants of the area of the range are
Berber people
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The range is partly covered in
Mediterranean forest, with scattered patches of cultivation.
[ Daniel Babo, ''Algérie,'' Éditions le Sureau, coll. « Des hommes et des lieux » (), p. 45]
The inhabitants of the Dahra Range are from
Berber origin, descending from the
Banou Ifren and the
Maghraouas
References
External links
Massif des Dahra - Couleurs d'AlgériePleistocene Mazouna Stage in Western Algeria Containing Artifacts
Mountain ranges of Algeria
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