Mount Chenoua
Mountain in Algeria
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Mount Chenoua (Berber: Adrar en Cenwa, Arabic: جبل شنوة) is a mountain range in northern Algeria. It is located between Cherchell and Tipaza on the Mediterranean coast, just west of Algiers. There are marble quarries on the side of the mountain.
| Mount Chenoua Adrar en Cenwa / جبل شنوة | |
|---|---|
View of Mount Chenoua | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 905 m (2,969 ft) |
| Listing | List of mountain ranges in the world named The Sleeping Lady |
| Coordinates | 36°36′23″N 2°22′21″E[1] |
| Geography | |
| Parent range | Tell Atlas |
| Geology | |
| Orogeny | Alpine orogeny |
Description
There is a village on that mountain named Chenoua. A majority of its inhabitants speak a Berber language, the Shenwa Berber. According to local tradition the mountain range looks like a reclining pregnant woman from a certain distance.[2]
Mount Chenoua is the site of Assia Djebar's film La Nouba des Femmes du Mont Chenoua.[3] It also features prominently in Albert Camus' posthumously published novel, A Happy Death. There is also a Stone Eagle statue that was built in 1991.
