Chenoua
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For the language, see Chenoua language.
Jebel Chenoua (Arabic: جبل شنوة) (Mt. Chenoua) is a mountain group between Cherchell and Tipasa on the coast of Algeria, just west of Algiers, and a village on that mountain. Many of its inhabitants speak a Berber language, the Chenoua language.
It 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