Sétif

Sétif stands on the high plains of northeastern Algeria, south of the mountains leading toward Béjaïa. The Romans founded a colony here under the emperor Nerva, calling it Sitifis. In the Islamic period the town remained a center in the country of the Kutama and was connected with the Hammadid cities of Béjaïa and the Kalâa of Beni Hammad. Medieval travelers and geographers continued to mention it.