Igawawen

Igawawen or Gawawa, mostly known as Zwawa (in Kabyle: Igawawen, in Arabic: زواوة, and in Latin: Jubaleni) were a group of Kabyle tribes inhabiting the Djurdjura mountains, Greater Kabylia, in Algeria, whose most famous and strongest confederations were those of the Aït Betrun, the Aït Iraten, and the Aït Mengellat, and are divided into various tribes, and the tribes themselves are divided into many villages. The Zouaoua are a branch of the Kutama tribe of the Baranis Berbers.

The Igawawen, in the most restricted sense, are only located in the south-eastern part of the Tizi-Ouzou province. In the least restricted sense however, they are located in the southern half of the Tizi Ouzou province, and a small portion of Bouira and Bejaia. The Igawawen are neighbors of the Iflissen in the west, the Kabyle tribes of the Soummam in the east, and the tribes of maritime Kabylia, including the Aït Djennad, in the north.