Ain Zaatout (Arabic: عين زعطوط) is the administrative name of a mountainous village in north east Algeria, called Ah Frah in the local Shawi dialect, and Beni Farah (sometimes spelled Beni Ferah) (Arabic: بني فرح) in Arabic.[1]

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Aïn Zaatout
Commune and town
Country	Algeria
Province	Biskra Province
District	El Kantara District
Population  (1998)
• Total	2,230
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)

It is located at 35.14° North, 5.83° East, at the southern edge of the Saharan Atlas between the provinces of Batna and Biskra. The region is largely rocky with an average altitude of more than 900 metres (2,953 feet) above sea level.

Ain Zaatout has an estimated population of around 5,000 composed of Farhi people, Muslim Berbers speaking a distinctive variant of the Shawi dialect used in the Aurès.

References

External links

• Ain Zaatout in Google Pages