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Kabyle people
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Amazigh (Berber) ethnic group indigenous to Kabylia
Key facts
- Algeria
- c. 5 million
- France
- c. 1 million
- Canada
- 37,415
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Encyclopedic overview
The Kabyle people (/kəˈbaɪl/, Kabyle: Izwawen or Leqbayel or Iqbayliyen, pronounced [iqβæjlijən]) are a Berber ethnic group indigenous to Kabylia in the north of Algeria, spread across the Atlas Mountains, 160 kilometres (100 mi) east of Algiers. They represent the largest Berber population of Algeria and the second largest in North Africa.
Many of the Kabyles have emigrated from Algeria, influenced by factors such as the Algerian Civil War, cultural repression by the central Algerian government, and overall industrial decline. Their diaspora has resulted in Kabyle people living in numerous countries. Large populations of Kabyle people settled in France and, to a lesser extent, Canada (mainly Québec) and United States.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kabyle people” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.