Aurès Mountains

E229696
mountain mountain range

The Aurès Mountains are a rugged, historically significant mountain range in northeastern Algeria and western Tunisia, known as a stronghold of Berber (Chaoui) culture and resistance.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Aurès Mountains canonical 10
Aurès 2
Aurès Highlands 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
borderFeatureOf Algeria–Tunisia border ⓘ
climate Semi-arid ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Algeria ⓘ
Tunisia ⓘ
countrySubdivision Batna Province ⓘ
Biskra Province ⓘ
Khenchela Province ⓘ
Oum El Bouaghi Province ⓘ
culturalRegionOf Berbers ⓘ
surface form: Berber peoples

Shawiya people ⓘ
surface form: Chaoui people
elevation 2328 metres ⓘ
elevationMax 2328 metres ⓘ
ethnicGroup Berbers ⓘ
Chaoui ⓘ
geologicalFeature Part of the Saharan Atlas system ⓘ
geology Sedimentary rocks ⓘ
highestPoint Djebel Chélia ⓘ
historicalEvent Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
historicalPeriod French colonial period ⓘ
Roman era ⓘ
historicalSignificance Center of Berber resistance to foreign rule ⓘ
knownFor Berber cultural stronghold ⓘ
Chaoui music ⓘ
surface form: Chaoui culture

historical resistance ⓘ
languageRegion Zenati Berber ⓘ
surface form: Shawiya Berber
locatedIn Aurès Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
eastern Algeria ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Algeria

North Africa ⓘ
Northeastern Algeria ⓘ
Western Tunisia ⓘ
majorTown Batna ⓘ
Biskra ⓘ
Khenchela ⓘ
nameLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Berber languages ⓘ
near Sahara Desert ⓘ
notablePass Kantara Pass ⓘ
orientation Southwest–northeast ⓘ
partOf Atlas Mountains ⓘ
Tell Atlas ⓘ
rangeType Rugged mountains ⓘ
region Aurès region ⓘ
roleInEvent Early base of FLN insurgency ⓘ
traditionalEconomy Pastoralism ⓘ
Rain-fed agriculture ⓘ
usedAs Stronghold of anti-colonial resistance ⓘ
vegetation Sparse forest and scrub ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chaoui → primaryRegion → Aurès Mountains ⓘ
Chaoui → traditionalRegion → Aurès Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aurès
Tamazight → region → Aurès Mountains ⓘ
Shawiya → locatedIn → Aurès Mountains ⓘ
Shawiya → region → Aurès Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aurès
Shawiya → historicalRegion → Aurès Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aurès massif
Shawiya → spokenIn → Aurès Mountains ⓘ
Shawiya language → spokenIn → Aurès Mountains ⓘ
Zenati → historicalRegion → Aurès Mountains ⓘ
Ishawiyen → hasCulturalRegion → Aurès Mountains ⓘ
Ishawiyen → hasTraditionalTerritory → Aurès Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aurès Highlands
Batna Province → contains → Aurès Mountains ⓘ
Batna Province → hasTraditionalArchitecture → Aurès Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aurès mountain villages
Batna Province → tourismAttraction → Aurès Mountains ⓘ
Aurès Mountains → locatedIn → Aurès Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Djebel Chélia