Sidi M'Hamed

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Sidi M'Hamed (Arabic: سيدي امحمد) is a municipality in Algiers Province, Algeria. It is the seat of the district of the same name.[1] Its municipal code is 1602 and postal code is 16014 and it has a population of 90,455 as of the 1998 census, which gives it 15 seats in the PMA.[2]

The municipality is named after the founder of the Rahmaniyya Sufi order Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine.[3]

References

  1. "The official journal of People's Democratic Republic of Algeria". Retrieved 2007-11-06. 
  2. "The official journal of People's Democratic Republic of Algeria". Retrieved 2007-11-06. 
  3. Bentaleb, Mohamed (August 16, 2011). "Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine le saint aux deux tombeaux". El Moudjahid. Retrieved May 3, 2013. 

Coordinates: 36°45′27″N 3°03′31″E / 36.75750°N 3.05861°E / 36.75750; 3.05861

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