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Place in Batna, Algeria

Teniet El Abed ثية العابد ⵜⵉⵙⵉⵏⵜ ⵍⵄⴻⴱⴷ


Teniet El Abed
Coordinates: 35°14′49″N 6°11′26″E / 35.24694°N 6.19056°E / 35.24694; 6.19056
Country	Algeria
Province	Batna
Population
• Total	11,338
Time zone	UTC+1 (West Africa Time)

Teniet El Abed (Arabic: نية العابد) is a town in the Aurès Mountains of north-eastern Algeria. As of 2008 it had a population of 11,338 people. It is located along National Route 49, 59 kilometres (37 mi) south of Batna, 76 kilometres (47 mi) northeast of Biskra, and 122 kilometres (76 mi) west of Khenchela.

History

On January 4, 2003. the Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat (GSPC) ambushed a military convoy at Teniet El-Abed, killing 43 soldiers and wounding 19.

Villages

The commune of Teniet El Abed consists of 25 localities

Aïn Bendou
Bali (or Baâli)
Boughrara
Draa Taga
Guerza
Halaoua Fedj El Kadi
Khirbèche
Hidous
Lakhouada
M'Zatra
Moulia
Ouassas
Ouled Azzous
Ouled Malem
Ouled Si Abbès
Sara
Tafrount
Tanakaret
Taouzient El Kantara
Tazourit
Tchaghat
Teniet El Abed
Tizougaghine
Tizribine
Tleth

Notable people

Omar Derdour, figure of the Algerian War of Independence (1913-2009)
Jean Servier -ethnologist

References

Vinding, Diana (1 September 2003). The Indigenous World 2002-2003. IWGIA. p. 352. ISBN 978-87-90730-74-1. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
"Décret n° 84-365, fixant la composition, la consistance et les limites territoriale des communes. Wilaya de Batna". Journal officiel de la République Algérienne. 19 December 1984. p. 1479.
Horne, Alistair (25 January 1979). A savage war of peace: Algeria, 1954-1962. Penguin Books. p. 88. Retrieved 27 January 2013.

v t e Batna Province
Capital: Batna
Districts	Aïn Djasser Aïn Touta Arris Barika Batna Bouzina Chemora Djezar El Madher Ichmoul Menaâ Merouana N'Gaous Ouled Si Slimane Ras El Aioun Seggana Seriana T'Kout Tazoult Théniet El Abed Timgad
Communes	Aïn Djasser Aïn Touta Aïn Yagout Amdoukal Arris Barika Batna Ben Foudhala El Hakania Bitam Boulhilat Boumagueur Boumia Bouzina Djerma Djezar Draa Etine El Hassi El Madher Fesdis Foum Toub Ghassira Chemora Gosbat Guigba Hayat Hidoussa Ichmoul Inoughissen Kimmel Ksar Bellezma Larbaa Lazrou Lemsane Maâfa Menaâ Merouana Metkaouak N'Gaous Chir Oued Chaaba Oued El Ma Oued Taga Ouled Ammar Ouled Aouf Ouled Fadel Ouled Sellam Ouled Si Slimane Ouyoun El Assafir Rahbat Ras El Aioun Sefiane Seggana Seriana Talkhamt Taxlent Tazoult Teniet El Abed Tighanimine Tigherghar Tilatou Timgad Tkoutt Zanat El Beida

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