The Titteri ( ar, جبل التيطري, ber, Tittri) is a
historical region
Historical regions (or historical areas) are geographical regions which at some point in time had a cultural, ethnic, linguistic or political basis, regardless of latterday borders. They are used as delimitations for studying and analysing soc ...
in
Algeria
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. It is located in the
mountainous
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area of the southern
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 ...
in the
Atlas Mountains.
Geography
The Titteri was a former administrative division of the
Regency of Algiers
The Regency of Algiers ( ar, دولة الجزائر, translit=Dawlat al-Jaza'ir) was a state in North Africa lasting from 1516 to 1830, until it was conquered by the French. Situated between the regency of Tunis in the east, the Sultanate o ...
.
It is located in the area of
Médéa
Médéa ( ber, Lemdiyyet, ar, المدية ''al-Madiya''), population 123,535 (1998 census) is the capital city of Médéa Province, Algeria. It is located roughly 68 km south of Algiers.
The present-day city is situated on the site o ...
, stretching across parts of
Aïn Defla
Aïn Defla ( ar, عين الدفلى, lit. ''oleander spring'') is the capital city of Aïn Defla Province, Algeria. It is also a commune.
History
In Roman times the city was called Oppidum Novum. The vestiges of the Oppidum Novum are still visi ...
,
Bouïra
Bouïra is the capital of Bouïra Province, Algeria
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Djelfa
Djelfa ( ar, الجلفة, link=no, al-Ǧilfah) is the capital city of Djelfa Province, Algeria and the site of ancient city and former bishopric Fallaba, which remains a Latin catholic titular see.
It has a population of 490,248 (2018 census). T ...
and
M'Sila Province
ber, ⵎⵙⵉⵍⴰ ') is a province (''wilaya'') of northern Algeria. It has a population of 1 million people and an area of 18,718 km², while its capital, also called M'sila, home to M'Sila University, has a population of about 100,00 ...
as well. Its northern zone corresponds to the southern slopes of the
Blidean Atlas and its southern part reaches the western
Bibans
The Bibans or Biban Range ( ar, البيبان, Kabylian: ''Tiggoura'', french: Chaîne des Bibans or ''Les Bibans'') are a chain of mountains in northern Algeria, bordering the south of Kabylie.
Geography
The highest summits are 1862 m high Man ...
. The climate of the area is
semi-arid
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.
Place du Titteri dans l'ensemble de l'Algérie du nord
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The highest summit of the range is 1,485 m high Djebel Dirrah (جبل ديرة).
Other notable peaks of the Titteri are 1,423 m high Djebel Guern el-Adhaoura (جبل قرن العذاورة),
1,416 m high Djebel Kef Lakhdar (جبل الكاف الأخضر) and 1,400 m high Kef Afoul (جبل كاف آفول).
The main human groups inhabiting the Titteri area were mainly the Aït Ouzera, the Aït Bou Yaagoub and the Aït Slimane, who spoke the Blidean Atlas variant of the Tamazight language
The Berber languages, also known as the Amazigh languages or Tamazight,, ber, label=Tuareg Tifinagh, ⵜⵎⵣⵗⵜ, ) are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They comprise a group of closely related languages spoken by Berber communi ...
. Beekeeping and cattle-rearing were some of the traditional activities of the region.
See also
*List of mountains in Algeria
This is a list of mountains in the country of Algeria.
See also
* Ahaggar Mountains
* Teffedest Mountains
* Khachna Mountains
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Mountains of Algeria, *
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* Blidean Atlas
References
External links
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Carte des tribus du titteri - 1846 - Algérie
(Old map of the Titteri)
Mountains of Algeria
Geography of Médéa Province
Historical regions
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