Tessala El Merdja

Tessala El Merdja is a town about 4.5 km south of Douera and 5 km west of Birtouta. It belongs to the Birtouta circonscription administrative, one of the 13 groups of communes created by decree 26-112 of 8 March 2026. It is also one of the three communes of the daira, or district, of Birtouta, and includes the locality of Les Quatre Chemins. The commune had 15,847 inhabitants at the 2008 census (ONS).