Sétif

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Sétif is a city in northeastern Algeria known historically as the epicenter of the 1945 protests and subsequent massacres that marked a turning point in the Algerian independence movement.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sétif canonical 4
Sétif is seat of the wali 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
commune of Algeria ⓘ
associatedWithConflict Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
capitalOf Sétif Province ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Algeria ⓘ
countrySubdivision Sétif Province ⓘ
elevation approximately 1100 metres ⓘ
governmentType municipality ⓘ
hasCallingCodeType Algerian telephone numbering plan ⓘ
hasClimate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
hasColonialHistoryWith France ⓘ
hasDemographics majority Algerian population ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
commerce ⓘ
light industry ⓘ
hasLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Berber ⓘ
hasMunicipalStatus wilaya capital ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic one of the larger cities in eastern Algeria ⓘ
hasPostalCodeType Algerian postal code system ⓘ
hasReligion Islam ⓘ
hasUniversity Ferhat Abbas University of Sétif ⓘ
hasVehicleRegistrationCode 19 ⓘ
historicalEventDate 8 May 1945 ⓘ
historicalEventSite Sétif and Guelma massacre ⓘ
historicalPeriod Roman era ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity
historicalRole epicenter of 1945 protests in Algeria ⓘ
locatedIn northeastern Algeria ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Sétif Province ⓘ
locatedInCountry Algeria ⓘ
locatedInGeographicalFeature Tell Atlas region ⓘ
locatedInRegion High Plateaus of Algeria ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Africa ⓘ
memorializedBy commemorations of 8 May 1945 ⓘ
nearbyCity Algiers ⓘ
Constantine ⓘ
partOf Maghreb ⓘ
linked to: North Africa
partOfHistoricalEntity French Algeria ⓘ
roadConnection connected by national highways to Algiers ⓘ
roleInNationalHistory symbol of anti-colonial resistance in Algeria ⓘ
significanceInHistory turning point in Algerian independence movement ⓘ
transportInfrastructure Sétif Airport ⓘ
railway connections to other Algerian cities ⓘ
usesCurrency Algerian dinar ⓘ
utcOffset +1 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sétif Province → capital → Sétif ⓘ
Sétif Province → hasCity → Sétif ⓘ
Sétif Province → hasCapitalFunction → Sétif is seat of the wali ⓘ
linked to: Sétif