Sétif Province

The Sétif (Arabic ولاية سطيف, DMG Wilāyat satif ) Province is a province ( wilaya ) in north-eastern Algeria.

The province is located about 300 km east of the capital Algiers on an agricultural plateau at 1100 m above sea level, between Kabylia and the Atlas Mountains. The area of ​​the province is 6526 km ².

Around 1,505,000 inhabitants ( 2006 estimate ) live in the province, the population density is thus approximately 231 inhabitants / square kilometer.

The capital and administrative seat is the average university town of Sétif, of the total of 60 local authorities has yet next to the town of El Eulma more than 100,000 inhabitants.

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