El-Eulma
العلمة | |
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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 | |
| 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 | 355,038 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Postal code | 19001 |
| ISO 3166 code | CP |
El-Eulma (Arabic: العلمة) is a city in Algeria, located 210 miles east of the capital Algiers. It is the second-largest city in Sétif Province with a population of 305,130 (1998 census). In the French colonial period the city was known as Saint Arnaud after Marshal Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud.