Sétif

ex-Sitifis

Population : 1.316.000 inhabitants

Communes or villages close to Sétif :
Ain Tebinet , Ain Sfia , Ouled Hachich , El Hassi , Fermatou , Ain Trick , Ouled el Hadef , Bordj Bou Rerhda , Ain Khalfoun , Ouled Boudil , Temlouka , Tinar , Ain Malah , El Anasser , Gara , Bougaa

Djemila Roman city : close to Sétif, one of the most famous sites of the area. The ruins of this old Roman city overhang the Guergour wadi

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The famous fountain of Ain Fouara where all people come to drink of its fresh water. It is almost a place of pelerinage.

Sétif preserves some vestiges of old Sitifis (capital of Mauritania Sétifienne) of IIIème century: ramparts, basilicas, ancient circus IV 2nd century.

The Necropolis Eastern of Sitifis (Sétif, Algeria) - Description of 352 tombs of the necropolis Roman; deposits spreading out since the creation of the city under Nerva until the end of antiquity.

L'Aoud S'tif or Horse of Sétif : is Hédrégi which, since its creation has escaped with any crossing. It is high in the area of Sétif, old capital of Jugurtha, always so pure then in 323 before Jesus Christ.

The town of Sétif is twinned with the town of Rennes (France)

 

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