Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Chenouis – in Berber Ichenwiyen – constitute a Berber population of Algeria numbering more than 300000 people principally located in Western-Central part of Algeria an area which begins from Fouka (Wilaya of Tipaza) until Ténès (wilaya of Chlef); their traditional territory includes the province of Tipaza parts of the Chlef province and the extreme north of the province of Ain Defla and thus are called in reference to the Mount Chenoua which dominates the city of Tipaza 70 km west of Algiers.The Chenoua Mount region highest point of the Algiers Sahel is the most eastern part of the Chenoui speaking region going from Fouka (42 km west of Algiers) until Tenès (200 km west of Algiers) or even heading further west till ouled Boughalem in the past.
