El-Eulma ( ar, العلمة) is a city in
Algeria
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, located 210 miles east of the capital
Algiers. It is the second-largest city in
Sétif Province
Sétif Province ( ar, ولاية سطيف, kab, Agezdu n Sṭif) is a province (''wilaya'') in north-eastern Algeria. Its capital and largest city is Sétif; the next largest city is El Eulma. There is also the World Heritage Site of Djémila ...
with a population of 305,130 (1998 census). In the
French colonial period the city was known as ''Saint Arnaud'' after Marshal
Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud
Armand-Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud (20 August 1798 – 29 September 1854) was a French soldier and Marshal of France. He served as French Minister of War until the Crimean War when he became Commander-in-chief of the army of the East.
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External links
El-Eulma.com
Communes of Sétif Province
Cities in Algeria
Sétif Province
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