About Sétif
Sétif is a city in Setif, Algeria with a population of 252,127. It is the 9th largest of the 294 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Algeria, and the 2,281st largest worldwide. It lies 217 km from Algiers.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 8
Elevation
1,096 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Algiers
Coordinates
36.191, 5.414
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 294 in AlgeriaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.