Beni Ourtilane (in Kabyle: At wertilan) is a town and commune in Setif Province, Kabylie in north-eastern Algeria.[1]
Beni Ouartilene
At wertilan (Ith Warthirane) أيت ورثيلان | |
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Commune and town | |
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Coordinates: 36°26′00″N 4°54′00″E / 36.4333°N 4.9°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | Setif Province |
District | Beni Ourtilane District |
Area | |
• Total | 28 sq mi (73 km2) |
Population (2008) | |
• Total | 10,591 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
The city is mainly Kabyle.
Notable people
edit- Fodil El Ouartilani, Algerian independence activist and advisor to Imam Yahya of Yemen
- Hocine El Ouartilani, Islamic scholar and travel writer
References
edit- ^ "Communes of Algeria". Statoids. Retrieved December 12, 2010.