Sidi Lakhdar, Mostaganem

Sidi Lakhdar سيدي لخضر
Commune and town
Sidi Lakhdar
Sidi Lakhdar
Coordinates: 36.1428°N 0.460556°E / 36.1428; 0.460556
Country	Algeria
Province	Mostaganem Province
District	Sidi Lakhdar District
Area
• Total	50 sq mi (140 km^2)
Population  (2008)
• Total	34,612
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
CP	27007

Sidi Lakhdar (Arabic: سيدي لخضر) is a town and commune in Mostaganem Province, Algeria, about 300 km west of the capital, Algiers. It is the capital of Sidi Lakhdar District. According to the 1998 census, it has a population of 30,950.^[1] Under French colonial rule, the town was known as Lapasset. It changed its name in 1962.^[2]

References

1. "Communes of Algeria". Statoids. Retrieved November 24, 2010.
2. "Algérie - Lapasset". GeneaWiki. Retrieved March 4, 2018.

36.1428°N 0.460556°E / 36.1428; 0.460556