Where do the Shawiya people live in Algeria?

The Shawiya (also spelled Chaouïa) are a Berber ethnic and linguistic group primarily located in the Aurès Plateau and the Aurès Mountains region of northeastern Algeria.21

They traditionally practice a migratory lifestyle, engaging in cereal agriculture in the uplands during the summer months and moving to oases along the edge of the desert for pastoral nomadism and horticulture during other parts of the year. As a tribal minority, they have historically maintained limited interaction with the urbanized, Arabic-speaking population of Algeria.2