Meurad is a town and
commune in
Tipaza Province
Tipaza or Tipasa ( ar, ولاية تيبازة, ''Tibaza'', older ''Tefessedt'') is a province (''wilaya'') on the coast of Algeria, Its capital is Tipaza, 50 km west of the capital of Algeria.
History
The province was created from Blida Pr ...
in northern
Algeria.
The village of Meurad was erected as a commune by decree of 19 April 1888, with the douars Sahel and Beni Merit. The territory of the municipality of Merad is located to the south of the wilaya of Tipaza, about 15 km south of Tipaza.
The municipality remained in the department of Algiers in 1956 and took the name of Merad in 1962.
Journal officiel de la République Algérienne
19 décembre 1984. Décret n° 84-365, fixant la composition, la consistance et les limites territoriale des communes. Wilaya de Tipaza
page 1570
References
Communes of Tipaza Province
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