Tebessa Province
Tébessa (Arabic: ولاية تبسة) is a province (wilayah) of Algeria, with a population of 781.247 in 2019. Tébessa is also the name of the capital, which in ancient times it was known as Theveste. Another important city is El Ouenza. Tébessa is located only 20 kilometers west of the Tunisian border.
History
The province was created from Annaba department and Batna (département) in 1974.
In 1984 Khenchela Province was carved out of its territory.
Administrative divisions
The province is divided into 12 districts (daïras), which are further divided into 28 communes or municipalities.
Districts
Communes
- Ain Zerga
- Bedjene
- Bekkaria
- Bir Dheheb (Bir Dheb)
- Bir El Ater (Bir-El-Ater)
- Bir Mokadem
- Boukhadra
- Boulhaf Dir (Boulhaf Dyr)
- Cheria
- El Aouinet (El-Aouinnet)
- El Kouif
- El Ma El Biod (El Malabiodh)
- El Meridj
- El Mezeraa
- El Ogla
- El Ogla Malha (Ogla Melha)
- Ferkane
- Guorriguer
- Hammamet
- Lahouidjbet
- Morsott (Morsot)
- Negrine
- Ouenza
- Oum Ali
- Safsaf Ouesra (Saf Saf El Ouesra)
- Stah Guentis
- Tebessa
- Tlidjen (Tlidjene, Thelidjene)
See also
References
- ^ Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008 Archived 2008-07-24 at the Wayback Machine Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on 2008-07-02.