TheKroumirie (also spelledKhroumirie)[a] is a mountainous region located in northwesternTunisia and northeasternAlgeria.[1] The region is named after its people, theKhumayr (locallyKhmīr).[b][2][3]
The Kroumirie is an eastern extension of theAtlas Mountains.[2] Depending on the definition it encompasses an area of 900 km2 (350 sq mi)[3] or an area as large as 3,000 km2 (1,200 sq mi).[2] It has extensiveforest cover, over 70% of the trees beingcork oak and 20%zean oak. Other species includewild olive and the undergrowth comprises mostlyferns. Owing to a relatively high rainfall it is the most well watered region in Tunisia (40 to 60 in [1,000 to 1,500 mm] a year).Snowfall is common at higher elevations.[2]
In theRoman period, the Kroumirie was crossed by three important roads: that fromCarthage toHippo Regius and those fromSimitthu andVaga toThabraca (Tabarka). The latter was the port from which the products of the mountains—lumber, wild animals, oil, wheat and minerals—were exported. The Kroumirie is completely unmentioned in written sources from theMiddle Ages. The Khumayr had friendly commercial relations with theGenoese of Tabarka after 1540. Only in more modern times did it earn a reputation as a place of resistance against the forces of governments both Tunisian and foreign.[2]
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edit- ^Congress, The Library of."Kroumirie Mountains (Tunisia and Algeria) - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)".id.loc.gov. Retrieved2023-03-14.
- ^abcdeTalbi, M. (1986)."Khumayr". InBosworth, C. E.;van Donzel, E.;Lewis, B. &Pellat, Ch. (eds.).The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition.Volume V: Khe–Mahi. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 50–52.ISBN 978-90-04-07819-2.
- ^abTaïeb, J. (2008)."Kroumirie".Encyclopédie berbère. Vol. 28–29. pp. 4294–4297.doi:10.4000/encyclopedieberbere.125. Retrieved5 November 2020.
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