Kabylie

Kabylie, or Kabylia, is a cultural region, natural region, and historical region in northern Algeria.It is part of the Tell Atlas mountain range, and is located at the edge of the Mediterranean Sea.Kabylia covers several provinces of Algeria: the whole of Tizi Ouzou and Bejaia (Bgayet), most of Bouira (Tubirett) and parts of the wilayas of Boumerdes, Setif and Bordj Bou Arreridj.Gouraya National Park and Djurdjura National Park are also located in Kabylia.HistoryAntiquityKabylia was a part of the Kingdom of Numidia (202 BC – 46 BC). It was later taken over by the Roman Empire, and became split between the provinces of Africa and Mauretania Caesariensis. In AD 289, the Quinquegentiani, a Berber tribe from Kabylia, rebelled against Roman rule; the rebels were defeated in a year-long Roman offensive in the years 297-298, in which the Quinquegentiani were driven from their homeland in Kabylia, into the Sahara.