Seriana (;) is a town in
Batna Province
Batna Province ( ar, ولاية باتنة, Latn, ar, Wilāyat Bātnah) is a province of Algeria, in the region of Aurès. The capital is Batna. Localities in this province include N'Gaous, Merouana and Timgad. Belezma National Park is in th ...
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, at . In the colonial period, it was called Pasteur. It has been identified as the ancient
Roman Catholic Diocese of Lamiggiga.
An arms factory, the ''Entreprise des Réalisations Industrielles de Seriana'', is located there.
Khaled Nezzar
Major-General Khaled Nezzar ( ar, خالد نزّار; born 25 December 1937) is an Algerian general and former member of the High Council of State of Algeria. He was born in the ''douar'' of Thlet, in Seriana in the Batna region. His father, ...
was born in the area.
The
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
has a population of 11,000 as of 2002.
Municipalities of Algeria
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Communes of Batna Province
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