sentences:  High mountains are interspersed with hills and flatlands, and local inhabitants settle in both the high mountains and valleys.In addition to the rainy climate, which influences the way they build their houses as well as their special agricultural practices, there are also numerous cultural characteristics that contribute to an emphasised sense of identity and make the Jbala people clearly distinguishable from their neighbours from the eastern part of the Rif Mountains ("Riafa" or "Rwafa") where the climate is more arid, and from the former shepherds from the Atlantic coast ("‘Arab").There are only a few cities in the country of the Jbala, and its population remains mostly rural.