Tébessa Province

Coordinates: 35°24′N 8°7′E / 35.400°N 8.117°E

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Tébessa Province ولاية تبسة
Province
Map of Algeria highlighting Tébessa
Coordinates: 35°24′N 8°7′E / 35.400°N 8.117°E / 35.400; 8.117
Country	Algeria
Capital	Tébessa
Area
• Total	14,227 km² (5,493 sq mi)
Population (2008)^[1]
• Total	657,227
• Density	46/km² (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
Area Code	+213 (0) 37
ISO 3166 code	DZ-12
Districts	12
Municipalities	28

Tébessa (Arabic: ولاية تبسة) is a province (wilayah) of Algeria. 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

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The province was created from Annaba department and Batna (département) in 1974.

In 1984 Khenchela Province was carved out of its territory.

Administrative divisions

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The province is divided into 12 districts (daïras), which are further divided into 28 communes or municipalities.

Districts

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Communes

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References

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^ 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.

v t e Tébessa Province
Capital: Tébessa
Districts	Bir El Ater Bir Mokadem Cheria El Aouïnet El Kouif El Ma Labiodh El Ogla Morsott Negrine Ouenza Oum Ali Tébessa
Communes	Aïn Zerga Bedjene Bekkaria Bir el-Ater Bir El Mokadem Bir Dheb Boukhadra Boulhaf Dir Cheria El Aouinet El Kouif El Ma El Biodh El Meridj El Mezerra El Ogla el Malha El Ogla Ferkane Guorriguer Hammamet Lahouidjbet Morsott Negrine Ouenza Oum Ali Safsaf El Ouesra Stah Guentis Tébessa Tlidjene

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