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Teniet El Abed

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Country
  
Algeria

Population
  
11,338 (2008)

Local time
  
Wednesday 4:49 AM

Province
  
Batna Province

Teniet El Abed

Time zone
  
West Africa Time (UTC+1)

Weather
  
14°C, Wind SW at 8 km/h, 56% Humidity

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.

Contents

Map of Teniet el Abed, Algeria

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

Notable people

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

    • References

    Teniet El Abed Wikipedia
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