Official Name: | Ziama Mansouria |
Native Name: | زيامة منصورية |
Settlement Type: | Commune and town |
Mapsize: | 180px |
Pushpin Map: | Algeria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Ziama Mansouria in Algeria |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Algeria |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Jijel Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2008 |
Population Total: | 12642 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Coordinates: | 36.6736°N 5.4681°W |
Postal Code: | 18110 |
Ziama Mansouria is a town and commune in Jijel Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 12,642.[1]
In Roman times, the Ancient city was called Cova or Choba and belonged to the Roman province of Mauretania Sitifensis. It was important enough to become a suffragan bishopric. Bishop Maximus of Cova was one of the Catholic bishops whom the Arian Vandal king Huneric summoned to Carthage in 484 and then exiled.[2] [3] [4]
No longer a residential bishopric, Cova is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[5]
The ancient diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as a titular bishopric, the lowest class, and since had the following near-consecutive incumbents :