Sidi Merouane

Sidi Merouane is a town and commune in Mila Province, Algeria. At the 1998 census it had a population of 20,018.[1]

Sidi Merouane
Commune and town
Country Algeria
ProvinceMila Province
Population
 (1998)
  Total20,018
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

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

  1. Statoids
  2. 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
  3. 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.


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