Ain Zaatout
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Ain Zaatout is the administrative name of a mountainous village in north east Algeria
, called Ah Frah in the local Shawi dialect, and Beni Farah (sometimes spelled Beni Ferah) in Arabic.
It is located at 35.14° North, 5.83° East, at the southern edge of the Saharan Atlas
between the provinces of Batna
and Biskra. The region is largely rocky with an average altitude of more than 900 metres (2,953 feet) above sea level.
Ain Zaatout has an estimated population of around 5,000 composed of Farhi people, Muslim
Berbers
speaking a distinctive variant of the Shawi dialect used in the Aurès.
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
, called Ah Frah in the local Shawi dialect, and Beni Farah (sometimes spelled Beni Ferah) in Arabic.
It is located at 35.14° North, 5.83° East, at the southern edge of the Saharan Atlas
Aurès Mountains
The Aurès , or Aurea, refers to an Amazigh language-speaking region in East Algeria, as well as an extension of the Atlas mountain range that lies to the east of the Saharan Atlas in eastern Algeria and northwestern Tunisia...
between the provinces of Batna
Batna Province
Batna is a wilaya of Algeria. Capital is Batna. Localities in this province include Barika, Merouana and Timgad. Belezma National Park is there.- Administrative divisions :It is made up of 22 districts and 61 municipalities.The districts are:...
and Biskra. The region is largely rocky with an average altitude of more than 900 metres (2,953 feet) above sea level.
Ain Zaatout has an estimated population of around 5,000 composed of Farhi people, Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
Berbers
Berber people
Berbers are the indigenous peoples of North Africa west of the Nile Valley. They are continuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis, in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger River. Historically they spoke the Berber language or varieties of it, which together form a branch...
speaking a distinctive variant of the Shawi dialect used in the Aurès.