Djediouia or جديوية is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

and commune located at 35°5'46 "

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, 0°49'50" east in Relizane Province,

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and the presumed site of Ancient city and bishopric Catabum Castra, now a

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.. by 2008 this had risen to 33,835 and a population density of 254 inhabitants/km². " Wilaya de Relizane: distribution of the resident population of ordinary and collective households, by commune of residence and dispersion " . Data from the 2008 General Population and Housing Census on the ONS website

History

The Roman town Catabum Castra was important enough in the

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Mauretania Caesariensis Mauretania Caesariensis (Latin for "Caesarean Mauretania") was a Roman province located in what is now Algeria in the Maghreb. The full name refers to its capital Caesarea Mauretaniae (modern Cherchell). The province had been part of the Kingd ...

to become a

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bishopric of its capital

Caesarea in Mauretania Caesarea in Mauretania (Latin: ''Caesarea Mauretaniae'', meaning "Caesarea of Mauretania") was a Roman colony in Roman-Berber North Africa. It was the capital of Mauretania Caesariensis and is now called Cherchell, in modern Algeria. In the ...

's Metropolitan Archbishop. Under the

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it was known as Saint Aimé.

References

Source and External links

GigaCatholic with titular incumbent biography links
Communes of Relizane Province {{Relizane-geo-stub