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Sour El-Ghozlane

Sour El-Ghozlane
Commune and town
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Sour El-Ghozlane is located in Algeria
Sour El-Ghozlane
Sour El-Ghozlane
Coordinates: 36°8′50″N 3°41′26″E / 36.14722°N 3.69056°E / 36.14722; 3.69056Coordinates: 36°8′50″N 3°41′26″E / 36.14722°N 3.69056°E / 36.14722; 3.69056
Country  Algeria
Province Bouïra Province
District Sour El-Ghozlane
Population (2008)
 • Total 50,120
Time zone CET (UTC+1)

Sour El-Ghozlane (or Souk El Ghoziane) is a town and commune in Algeria's central-northern, just-landlocked Bouïra Province.

According to the 1998 census it has a population of 42,179.

It is the location of the Roman city Auzia, in the province Mauretania Caesariensis. The name Auzia is still used as a Roman Catholic titular bishopric. During France's colonization of Algeria until the Algerian independence, the city was known as Aumale and it was the seat of the prefecture of Aumale département.


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