Teseney

Teseney تسني ተሰነይ
City
Teseney تسني Location in Eritrea
Coordinates: 15°06′36″N 36°39′27″E / 15.11000°N 36.65750°E / 15.11000; 36.65750
Country	Eritrea
Region	Gash-Barka
District	Teseney
Elevation	919 m (3,015 ft)
Population  (2012)
• City	4,815
• Metro	65,000
Climate	BWh

Teseney (Arabic: تسني, Tigrinya: ተሰነይ), also spelled Tessenei or Tesseney, is a market town in western Eritrea. It lies south-east of Kassala in Sudan, on the Gash River. The city was much fought over in the Eritrean War of Independence during which much of it was destroyed. After the war, Tessenei has become a governmental administrative center with customs and agricultural offices and a military base.^[1]