The Djurdjura is a
massif made up of two differentiated ranges, one in the north with the Haïzer and Akouker subranges and the other in the south. Its highest point,
Lalla Khedidja known in
Kabylian as
Tamgut Aâlayen, has an elevation of and it is located in the southern range. Other notable summits are the 2,305 m high
Ich n'Timedouine (أكارو تيمدواي), a peak located in the central area of the massif, highest point of the Akouker subrange.
Adrar n'Hayzer (أدرار نن هيدزر), the highest point of the Haïzer subrange, is a 2,164 m tall summit rising above
Bouira and the high valley of
Oued Dhous. The
Thaletat is a 1,638 m high rocky mountain with a very original shape located in
Tizi Ouzou Province. Other notable features of the Djurdjura range are the 1,750 m high
Tirourda Pass (تيروردا)
mountain pass at the eastern end and the
Kweryet (كويرت), a 1500 m high mountain that rises to the north of the massif. This mountain gave its name to an ancient
commune, ''Douar N'Kweryet
, a commune that gathered certain villages of the Ouacifs (At Wasif)
and the Ouadhia (Iwadhiyen)''. ==History==