Geography
The geography of the Kabyle region played an important role in Kabyle history. The difficult mountainous landscape of the Tizi Ouzou and Bejaia Provinces served as a refuge, to which most of the Kabyle people retreated, thus preserving their cultural heritage from other cultural influences, such as romans, Arabs and French..
Algerian provinces with significant Kabyle-speaking populations includes : Tizi Ouzou, Bouira and Bejaïa where they represent the majority, as well as Boumerdes, Setif, Bordj Bou Arreridj, Jijel . Other provinces with a significant Kabyle population includes Algiers .
The Kabyle region is referred to as Al Qabayel ("tribes") by the Arabic-speaking population and as Kabylie in French, but its inhabitants call it Tamurt Idurar ("Land of Mountains") or Tamurt n Iqvayliyen/Tamurt n Iqbayliyen ("Land of the Kabyles"). It is part of the Atlas Mountains and is located at the edge of the Mediterranean.
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