Petite Kabylie

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The Kabyle or Kabylia (French: La Kabylie; Arabic: al-Qabā'il, القبائل which translates the tribes) is a mountainous region of Northern Algeria. The Kabyle people themselves know it as Tamurt Idurar (The Mountain Land) or Tamurt n Leqvayel (Land of the Kabyles). It forms part of the Atlas range and borders the Mediterranean. The Kabyle spreads over several administrative divisions (wilayas) of Algeria - all of Tizi Ouzou and Bejaia (Bgayet), most of Bouira (Tubiret), Bordj Bou Arreridj and parts of the wilayas of M'Sila (Tamsilt), Jijel, Boumerdes, and Setif. While a French colony, the Kabyle was divided into two départements, the Greater (Haute Kabylie) and the Lesser (Basse Kabylie).