Orogeny Alpine orogeny Mountain range Tell Atlas | Elevation 905 m Parent range Tell Atlas | |
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Similar Dahra Range, Djebel Chélia, Atlas blidéen, Mount Tahat, Lalla Khedidja | ||
Mount Chenoua (Arabic: جبل شنوة) (Mont Chenoua) is a mountain range in Algeria. It is located between Cherchell and Tipaza on the Mediterranean coast, just west of Algiers. There are marble quarries on the side of the mountain.
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Map of Mount Chenoua, Tipasa, Algeria
Description
There is a village on that mountain named Chenoua. A majority of its inhabitants speak a Berber language, the Chenoua language. According to local tradition the mountain range looks like a reclining pregnant woman from a certain distance.
Mount Chenoua is the site of Assia Djebar's film La Nouba des Femmes du Mont-Chenoua. It also features prominently in Albert Camus' posthumously published novel, A Happy Death. There is also a Stone Eagle statue that was built in 1991.
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Mount Chenoua Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA