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What to see and do — Naâma

The region has been inhabited since prehistory (rock engravings in djebel Béchar). Berber Zenetes, then Arab Doui Menia and Beni Guil tribes, dominated the Western High Plateaus in the Middle Ages. A stop on the caravan route linking Tlemcen to the Touat and Western Sahara, Naâma prospered through trade and livestock. The Ottomans exercised only nominal authority. The French entered in 1872, founded Aïn Sefra in 1881 as a Moroccan border garrison. The region was a combat zone during the Bou Amama insurrection (1881-1908). Isabelle Eberhardt, an Islam-converted writer, settled here in 1904 and died the same year in a tragic flash flood. At independence, Naâma was attached to Saïda, then became a wilaya in 1984. The region is today pastoral and strategic (Moroccan border).

• 📍Aïn Sefra — Picturesque capital between dunes and mountains, Isabelle Eberhardt's town
• 📍Isabelle Eberhardt Historic monument — Ancient burial site of the writer-explorer who died in 1904, literary memorial site
• 📍Mount Aïssa — Highest wilaya peak (2,236 m), climbing hike, panoramic view
• 📍Aïn Sefra Dunes — Orange dune sea at the town's gates, spectacular landscapes
• 📍Rock Engravings — Scattered prehistoric sites (~5,000-7,000 years), animals and hunters
• 📍Aïn Sefra Ksar — Old fortified mud ksar, covered alleys, Saharan architecture