Djidioua
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Jdiouia
جديوية | |
|---|---|
Commune and town | |
| Country | File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria |
| Province | Relizane Province |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Postal code | 4814 |
Djediouia or جديوية is a town and commune located at 35°5'46 "north, 0°49'50"east in Relizane Province, Algeria and the presumed site of Ancient city and bishopric Catabum Castra, now a Latin Catholic titular see..[1] by 2008 this had risen to 33,835 and a population density of 254 inhabitants/km2.[2]
History
[edit | edit source]The Roman town Catabum Castra was important enough in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis to become a suffragan bishopric of its capital Caesarea in Mauretania's Metropolitan Archbishop. Under the French it was known as Saint Aimé.
References
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- ^ " Wilaya de Relizane: distribution of the resident population of ordinary and collective households, by commune of residence and dispersion " . Data from the 2008 General Population and Housing Census on the ONS website.
Source and External links
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