Aures Mountains

The Aurès is a rugged mountain region of northeastern Algeria, with high ridges and valleys cut by rivers such as the Abiod. Cedar and Aleppo pine grow on its upper slopes, while villages and gardens occupy the valleys. The mountains have long been home to Amazigh-speaking communities. In the seventh century they formed a stronghold of resistance to the Arab conquest, associated with the leader remembered as al-Kahina.