Bouderies is a settlement in

Kasserine Kasserine ( ar, القصرين, al-Qasrīn, Tunisian Arabic: ڨصرين ') is the capital city of the Kasserine Governorate, in west-central Tunisia. It is situated below Jebel ech Chambi ( جبل الشعانبي), Tunisia's highest mountain. It ...

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, in North Africa. The settlement is located on the

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n border north of

Fériana Fériana ( ar, فريانة) is a town and commune in the Kasserine Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 26,504.Jebel ech Chambi Jebel ech Chambi ( ''Jabal ash-Sha‘ānabī''; also Mount Ash-Sha'nabi) is a mountain peak in Tunisia. It has an elevation of and is the highest mountain in the country. It stands above the city of Kasserine in western central Tunisia. The summ ...

is, at 1,544 m, one of the highest points in Tunisia.

History

Ain Bou Dries is the site of Drua, a ruined

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, of the

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Byzacena Byzacena (or Byzacium) ( grc, Βυζάκιον, ''Byzakion'') was a Late Roman province in the central part of Roman North Africa, which is now roughly Tunisia, split off from Africa Proconsularis. History At the end of the 3rd century AD, the ...

. During

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the town was

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of a Christian

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. In 411, the towns

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, Antonianus, attended the

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with the

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delegation. The town survived until at least the

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of 698AD. The 1st Armored Division of the United States Army passed through Bouderies during World War II. Today the

of Drua survives as a

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ric with the current bishop being

John Joseph Jenik John Joseph Jenik (born March 7, 1944) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 2014 to 2018. His ministerial privileges were suspended in October 2018, pending V ...

, auxiliary bishop of New York City. diocese entry
at www.gcatholic.org

References

Cities in Tunisia {{tunisia-stub