The Djurdjura or Jurjura Range ( ar, جبال جرجرة, ''Jabal Jurjura'';

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''Adrar n Jerjer'') is a mountain range of the Tell Atlas, part of the Atlas Mountain System. It is located in Kabylie, Algeria.

Geography

The Djurdjura is a massif made up of two differentiated ranges, one in the north with the Haïzer and Akouker subranges and the other in the south. Its highest point, Lalla Khedidja known in

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as ''Tamgut Aâlayen'', has an elevation of and it is located in the southern range. Other notable summits are the 2,305 m high Ich n'Timedouine (أكارو تيمدواي), a peak located in the central area of the massif, highest point of the Akouker subrange.

Adrar n'Hayzer Adrar (in Tifinagh script "ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔ"), a Berber word meaning "mountain", is the name of several areas in Northwest Africa: Algeria * Adrar, Algeria, a town in Algeria * Adrar Province, an administrative division of Algeria * Adrar Distric ...

(أدرار نن هيدزر), the highest point of the Haïzer subrange, is a 2,164 m tall summit rising above Bouira and the high valley of Oued Dhous. The Thaletat is a 1,638 m high rocky mountain with a very original shape located in Tizi Ouzou Province. Other notable features of the Djurdjura range are the 1,750 m high Tizi n'Tirourda (تيروردا)

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at the eastern end and the Kweryet (كويرت), a 1500 m high mountain that rises to the north of the massif. This mountain gave its name to an ancient commune, ''Douar N'Kweryet'', a commune that gathered certain villages of the Ouacifs ''(At Wasif)'' and the Ouadhia ''(Iwadhiyen)''.

History

The range had been known to the ancient Romans as ''Mons Ferratus'', the Iron Mountains. Famous mediaeval explorer Ibn Batuta went to Béjaïa through this mountain range. He was heading towards Tunis with a caravan on his

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journey and he traveled to Béjaïa from Mitidja, a plain near

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Resorts and protected areas

The Djurdjura National Park is a

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within the range. This mountain range also has a ski resort (أكابور مركز تيكجدة) at Tikjda with places such as the ''Point De Vue Du Djurdjura'', as well as the ''Gouffre de l’Akouker''. The resort is located at a height of 1,478 m.Tikjda – Fun All Year Round
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Merveilleux printemps (Djurdjura National Park)

Features

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