Sidi Merouane
Appearance
Sidi Merouane | |
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Commune and town | |
Country | Algeria |
Province | Mila Province |
Population (1998) | |
• Total | 20,018 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Sidi Merouane is a town and commune in Mila Province, Algeria. At the 1998 census it had a population of 20,018.[1]
A substantial proportion of the Greek speaking inhabitants of Cargèse emigrated to Sidi Merouane in Algeria between 1874 and 1876.[2] Of the total population of 1078 in 1872,[3] it is estimated that 235 emigrated, all of them Greek speakers.
References
- ^ Statoids
- ^ Stephanopoli de Comnène 2002, pp. 70–79 ; Nicholas 2005, pp. 55, 67–68
Pélerinage à Sidi Mérouane un village Gréco-Corse en Algerie 1874-1962, Les Sites Pieds-Noirs des Pyrénées Orientales: Guelma, retrieved 2010-08-21 - ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Cargèse, École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), retrieved 2010-09-08. The population of the village was 1078 in 1872 but only 849 in 1876.