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Amour Range
جبال العمور
Neolithic art in Aflou
Highest point
Peak	Djebel Ksel
Elevation	2,008 m (6,588 ft)
Coordinates	34°03′0″N 2°04′0″E / 34.05000°N 2.06667°E / 34.05000; 2.06667
Dimensions
Length	130 km (81 mi) ENE/WSW
Width	40 km (25 mi) NNW/SSE
Area	7,710 km (2,980 sq mi)
Geography
Amour RangeLaghouat Province, Algeria
Parent range	Saharan Atlas
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny

The Amour Range (Arabic: جبل العمور, French: Djebel Amour) is a mountain range in Algeria, which comprises part of the Saharan Atlas of the Atlas Mountain System.

Geography

The Amour Range is located in the central area of the Saharan Atlas, with the Ksour Range in the western end and the Ouled-Naïl Range in the eastern end.

The town of Aflou, one of the highest municipalities in Algeria and also one of the coldest, is located in the range at an elevation of 1,426 m. There are about 35,000 people living in the area of the Amour Range. In Taouïala (تاوياله), located 35 km to the southeast of Aflou, there is an ecotouristic village.

Peaks

The mountains of the Amour Range have altitudes averaging between 1,400 and 2000 m. The highest summit of the range is Djebel Ksel, which sits at an elevation of 2,008 m.

Other notable peaks are:

• 1,721 m high Guern Arif (جبل قرن عريف)
• 1,707 m high Mount Sidi Okba (جبل سيدي عقبة)
• 1,706 m high Mount Gourou (جبل قورو)
• 1,686 m high Oum El Guedour (أم القدور)
• 1,503 m high Kef Sidi Bouzid (كاف سيدي بوزيد).

See also

• List of mountains in Algeria
• List of tautological place names

References

1. G. Camps, « Amour (djebel) », in Encyclopédie berbère, 4 | Alger – Amzwar En ligne, mis en ligne le 1 décembre 2012, consulté le 14 décembre 2014.
2. Google Earth
3. "Un gisement d'ostracodes non-marins dans l'Éocène inférieur du Djebel Amour, Atlas saharien central, Algérie". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
4. "Le Djebel Amour". Archived from the original on 2012-11-23. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
5. Village éco-touristique solidaire à Taouiala wilaya de Laghouat
6. Le Djebel Amour, Relief, Géologie et hydrogéologie

External links

• Despois (J.), Le djebel Amour (Algérie), 1957
• "First image Spot-1: Dejbel Amour". 23 February 1986. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
• A. Bernard, Les régions naturelles de l'Algérie
• Taouïala

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Tell Atlas	Blidean Atlas Babor Mountains Beni-Chougrane Bibans Bouzegza Mount [ar] Constantine Mountains Chenoua Mount Dahra Range Djurdjura Edough Khachna Kroumirie Ouarsenis Medjerda Mountains Murdjajo Numidian Range Saïda Mountains Tlemcen Mountains Titteri Tessala Range Trara Yemma Gouraya
Saharan Atlas	Amour Range Aurès Mountains Belezma Range Hodna Mountains Ksour Range Ouled Naïl Range Nememcha Range Zab Mountains
Saharan massifs	Ougarta Range Ahaggar Mountains Teffedest Mountains Tassili n'Ajjer Tadrart Rouge Adrar des Ifoghas
Peaks	Achaoun Anneb Djebel Antar Djebel Azao Djebel Chélia Djebel Grouz Djebel Guetiane Djebel Tsili Koudiat Béni Arif Koudiat Sidi Abdelkader Lalla Khedidja Maouna Mount Babor Mount Bissa Mount Issa Mount Tahat Mount Tamgout Mount Zaccar Pic des Singes Taourirt Tan Afella Thaletat
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