Ziama Mansouriah زيامة منصورية | |
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Commune and town | |
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 Location of Ziama Mansouriah in the Jijel Province | |
  Ziama Mansouriah Location of Ziama Mansouriah in Algeria | |
| Coordinates: 36°40′25″N5°28′5″E / 36.67361°N 5.46806°E | |
| Country |  Algeria |
| Province | Jijel Province |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 12,642 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Ziama Mansouriah 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 :
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36°40′N5°29′E / 36.667°N 5.483°E
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