The Babor Range ( Arabic : جبل البابور ; Kabyle : Idurar n Babuṛ ) is a mountain range of the Tell Atlas in Algeria . The highest point of the range is 2,004 m high Mount Babor .
4-655: The Babor Range, together with the neighboring Bibans , is part of the mountainous natural region of Petite Kabylie . There is a protected area in the range, the Djebel Babor Nature Reserve , known for birdwatching . It is also one of the few remaining habitats for the endangered Barbary macaque , Macaca sylvanus . This Algeria location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bibans The Bibans or Biban Range ( Arabic : البيبان , Kabylian : Tiggoura , French : Chaîne des Bibans or Les Bibans ) are
8-727: A chain of mountains in northern Algeria , bordering the south of Kabylie . The highest summits are 1862 m high Mansoura ( جبل منصورة ) and 1832 m high Choukchout ( جبل شوكشوط ). Located to the east of the Blidean Atlas and to the west of the Hodna Mountains , the Bibans are a subrange of the Tell Atlas , part of the Atlas Mountain System . The strategic Iron Gates mountain passes are located in
12-477: The Kabyle populations are found in the centre and the eastern part of the range, while the western end is home to Arabophone communities. Local people use to practice goat rearing and beekeeping , as well as growing olives for the production of olive oil . Ancient oil mills have been preserved in certain villages. The 200,000 ha Saharan Atlas National Park is a protected area located near Hammam Dhalaa on
16-730: The range and gave their name to the Biban Mountains. The main gorge is the deep Bab al-Kabir (Big Door), cut by the Ouadi Chebba, through which the railway line between Algiers and Constantine passes. The Bab al-Saghir (Little Door) of the Oadi Buktun is located 3.5 km to the east. Some authors claim that the range was known as El Ouennougha before the French colonization of Algeria . Traditionally these mountains have been populated by Kabyle people . In present days
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