Official Name: | Merad |
Other Name: | Meurad |
Native Name: | مراد |
Settlement Type: | Commune and town |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Algeria |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Tipaza Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 1998 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 19,916 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Meurad is a town and commune in Tipaza Province in northern Algeria.[2]
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.[3]