The Titteri ( ar, جبل التيطري, ber, Tittri) is a

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. It is located in the

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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-eastern ...

in the

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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 ...

. 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 ...

, stretching across parts of Aïn Defla,

Bouïra Bouïra is the capital of Bouïra Province, Algeria. The city is also called "Garanda" by the locals. Demographics It has 75,086 inhabitants as of the 1998 census,http://www.joradp.dz/JO2000/2002/047/FP15.pdf which gives it 15 seats in the PM ...

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). ...

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 climate of the area is

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.Place du Titteri dans l'ensemble de l'Algérie du nord
/ref> The highest summit of the range is 1,485 m high

Djebel Dirrah : ''For mountains or other uses, see: Jabal.'' Djebel (1937–1958) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse, who won 15 of 22 races during 1939–1942 including the Prix d'Essai, 2000 Guineas and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. He was later a leading ...

(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

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. Beekeeping and cattle-rearing were some of the traditional activities of the region.

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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 {{MédéaDZ-geo-stub

Geography

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