page_title: Chenouas
section_title: Geographical distribution
hierarchical_section_title: Chenouas / Geographical distribution
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Vue sur la baie de Tipaza et le mont Chenoua (Tipaza) en arrière plan (Algérie).
context_page_description: The Chenouis or Chenoua are a Berber- People speaking population native to Algeria. They are concentrated in the west-central mountains, and number over 750,000 people.
  The traditional area from Fouka until Ténès.
context_section_description: The Chenoui traditional territory includes the province of Tipaza, parts of the Chlef province and the north of the province of Ain Defla, and thus are called in reference to the Mount Chenoua which dominates the city of Tipaza, 70 km west of Algiers.
  The region is part of the greater Dahra region, a long mountainous region along the Meditternean coasts, separated from the Ouarsenis range by the Chelif river and its valley. It expands from 8 km north of Mostaganem until the Algiers Sahel with its highest point being Mount Zaccar (Miliana).
  The Chenoua Mount region, highest point of the Algiers Sahel, is the most eastern part of the Chenoui speaking region going from Fouka (42 km west of Algiers) until Tenès (200 km west of Algiers) or even heading further west till Ouled Boughalem in the past. Some people call them the Chelhas of the Tell or even Kabyles of the west.
caption: View of Mount Chenoua.
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