Sidi Ali Bounab is a mountain in
Algeria
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, about 800 m in height, shared between the wilayas of
Tizi Ouzou
Tizi Ouzou or Thizi Wezzu (, Kabyle: Tizi Wezzu) is a city in north central Algeria. It is among the largest cities in Algeria. It is the second most populous city in the Kabylie region after Bejaia.
History
Etymology
The name ''Tizi Ouzou' ...
and
Boumerdes. It overlooks the plain of
Tadmaït. Its forests are composed mainly of
cork oak
''Quercus suber'', commonly called the cork oak, is a medium-sized, evergreen oak tree in the section ''Quercus'' sect. ''Cerris''. It is the primary source of cork for wine bottle stoppers and other uses, such as cork flooring and as the cores ...
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In 1949 it was the scene of a "punitive expedition" by French gendarmes against the villages of the mountain.
[Ouarda Tengour, 2015]
L’affaire Sidi Ali Bounab ou les avatars de Mohamed Cherchar - Septembre 1949
in ''Colonisations et répressions'', ed. Chantal Chanson-Jabeur
Notes
Mountains of Algeria
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