Seriana
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Seriana is a town in Batna Province
Batna Province
Batna is a wilaya of Algeria. Capital is Batna. Localities in this province include Barika, Merouana and Timgad. Belezma National Park is there.- Administrative divisions :It is made up of 22 districts and 61 municipalities.The districts are:...

, Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

, at 35°41′30"N 06°11′11"E. In the colonial period, it was called Pasteur.

An arms factory, the Entreprise des Réalisations Industrielles de Seriana, is located there. Khaled Nezzar
Khaled Nezzar
Major-General Khaled Nezzar 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, Rahal Nezzar, was a former non-commissioned officer in the French army who had turned to farming after...

 was born in the area.

The municipality has a population of 11,000 as of 2002 (http://www.statoids.com/ydz.html).
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