Teniet El Abed
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|native_name =ثية العابد
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Teniet El Abed ({{langx|ar|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, {{convert|59|km}} south of Batna, {{convert|76|km}} northeast of Biskra, and {{convert|122| km}} 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.{{cite book|last=Vinding|first=Diana|title=The Indigenous World 2002-2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RomJxg75MZMC&pg=PA352|accessdate=27 January 2013|date=1 September 2003|publisher=IWGIA|isbn=978-87-90730-74-1|page=352}}
Villages
The commune of Teniet El Abed consists of 25 localities{{cite web|url=http://www.joradp.dz/HFR/Index.htm |publisher=Journal officiel de la République Algérienne|date= 19 December 1984|title= Décret n° 84-365, fixant la composition, la consistance et les limites territoriale des communes. Wilaya de Batna|p= 1479}}
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- 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
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Notable people
- Omar Derdour, figure of the Algerian War of Independence (1913-2009)
- Jean Servier -ethnologist{{cite book|last=Horne|first=Alistair|title=A savage war of peace: Algeria, 1954-1962|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KqztAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=27 January 2013|date=25 January 1979|publisher=Penguin Books|page=88}}
References
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{{Batna Province}}
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Category:Communes of Batna Province
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