سطيف (Sétif)

سطيف (Sétif) had a population of 288 thousand in 2008.¹ It is located southeast of the national capital in the High Plains (steppe plateau) that is located between the Tell and the Saharan Atlas Mountains in north central الجزائر (al-Jazā'īr)². The city became important during Roman rule as a provincial capital; tourists visit to see the classical remains.³ Perhaps the tallest structure is the Djebel Meghriss Radio Tower at 382 feet.⁴

Footnotes

1. Side bar of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9tif, accessed February 13, 2017.
2. Algérie in French; Algeria in English.
3. The city was one of the first ten listed in https://www.thecrazytourist.com/15-best-places-to-visit-in-algeria/, accessed February, 2017.
4. Emporis.com lists only this structure for the city (accessed July 29, 2017).