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Tébessa Province is a region located in northeastern Algeria, situated near the borders with Tunisia and Libya. It matters as an important area in Algeria's eastern frontier region, with historical significance due to its geographic position and local economy.
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Key facts
- Country
- Algeria
- Capital
- Tébessa
- W li
- Ahmed Belhadad
- Total
- 14,227 km (5,493 sq mi)
- Density
- 46.196/km (119.65/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01 ( CET )
- Area code
- +213 (0) 37
- Iso 3166 code
- DZ-12
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province of Algeria
- Country
- Algeria
- Located in
- Algeria
- Contains
- Cheria District
- Capital
- Tébessa
- Population
- 648703
- Area
- 14227.0
- Elevation
- 956
- Shares border with
- Souk Ahras Province
- Image
- Tébessa Province.jpg
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- Commons category
- Tébessa Province
- topic's main category
- Category:Tébessa Province
- language used
- Shawiya
- topic has template
- Template:Tébessa Province
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Encyclopedic overview
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 in the province is El Ouenza. The city of Tébessa is located 20 kilometers west of the Tunisian border.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tébessa Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.