El Eulma
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El Eulma 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
.
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...
, located some 210 miles east of the capital Algiers
Algiers
' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...
. It is the second-largest city in Sétif Province
Sétif Province
Sétif Province is a province 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 there.-Administrative divisions:...
with a population of 105,130 (1998 census). In the French colonial period
French colonial empires
The French colonial empire was the set of territories outside Europe that were under French rule primarily from the 17th century to the late 1960s. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the colonial empire of France was the second-largest in the world behind the British Empire. The French colonial empire...
the city was known as Saint Arnaud after Marshal Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud
Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud
Armand-Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud was a French soldier and Marshal of France during the 19th century...
.