El Eulma

El-Eulma
العلمة
City and Common
El-Eulma
Motto(s): "From the people, for the people"

Location of El Eulma in the Setif Province
El-Eulma
Location of El Eulma in the Algeria
Coordinates: 36°09′23″N 5°41′06″E / 36.156449°N 5.685081°E / 36.156449; 5.685081
Country  Algeria
Province Sétif Province
APC 2012-2017
Government
  Type Municipality
  Mayor Salim Lakehal (NLF)
Area
  Total 28.65 sq mi (74.20 km2)
Population (2008)
  Total 155,038
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
Postal code 19001
ISO 3166 code CP

El-Eulma (Arabic: العلمة) is a city in Algeria, located some 210 miles east of the capital Algiers. It is the second-largest city in Sétif Province with a population of 105,130 (1998 census). In the French colonial period the city was known as Saint Arnaud after Marshal Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud.

Coordinates: 36°09′N 5°41′E / 36.150°N 5.683°E / 36.150; 5.683

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