Djurdjura
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| Elevation | 2,308 metres (7,572 ft) |
| Location |  Algeria |
| Range | Atlas Mountains |
| Prominence | 1,720 metres (5,643 ft) |
| Listing | Ultra |
Djurdjura is a mountain range situated in Kabylia (Algeria) within the Djurdjura National Park. Famous mediaeval explorer Ibn Batuta went to Béjaïa through this mountain range. Actually he was heading towards Tunis with a caravan on his jorney for Hajj. He went to Béjaïa from Mitidja, a plain land near Algiers [1]
The Zouaves of the French Army were first raised in Algeria in 1831 with one and later two battalions, initially recruited solely from the Zouaoua, a tribe of Berbers finding homes in the mountains of the Jurjura range (see Kabyles).
Lalla Fatma N'Soumer was among the last to surrender, retreating to a village hidden by the hardest peaks of Djurdjura, Takhlijt n At Aadsou, near Tirourda hill.
This mountain range has a ski resort named Tikjda.
[edit] References
- ^ Ibn Batuta Travels in Asia and Africa English translated and selected by H. A. R. Gibb.
