Chiffa
Appearance
36°28′N 002°45′E / 36.467°N 2.750°E
Chiffa
الشفة | |
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Commune and town | |
Country | Algeria |
Province | Blida Province |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Chiffa is a town and gorge in the Tell Atlas Mountains of northern Algeria.[1] This gorge is one of the few habitat areas in Algeria that supports a sub-population of the Barbary macaque, Macaca sylvanus.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ George Wingrove Cooke (1860) Conquest and Colonisation in North Africa: Being the Substance of a Series of Letters from Algeria, published by W. Blackwood and Sons, 246 pages
- ^ C. Michael Hogan, (2008) Barbary Macaque: Macaca sylvanus, Globaltwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg Archived April 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]Media related to Chiffa at Wikimedia Commons