Metlili

Metlili

متليلي
Metlili متليلي
Commune and town
	Metlili
	Location of Metlili commune within Ghardaïa Province
	Metlili Location of Metlili within Algeria
	Coordinates: 32°16′22″N 3°37′39″E / 32.27278°N 3.62750°E
Country	Algeria
Province	Ghardaïa Province
District	Métlili District
Area
• Total	7,300 km2 (2,800 sq mi)
Elevation	500 m (1,600 ft)
Population (2008)
• Total	40,576
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)

Metlili (Arabic: متليلي) is a town and commune, and capital of Métlili District, in Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 40,576,^[1] up from 33,759 in 1998,^[2] and an annual growth rate of 1.9%.^[1]

The population is called Chaanbas (الشعانبة). They descend from the Banu Sulaym Arab tribe. They migrated from Arabia (south of Medina) along with the Banu Hilal tribe in the year 975 AD to Northern Egypt and then in about 1051 AD to north Africa: Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco.

^ ^a ^b ^c "Population: Ghardaïa Wilaya" (PDF) (in French). Office National des Statistiques Algérie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
^ "Algeria Communes". Statoids. Retrieved 9 March 2013.

[census2008-1] "Population: Ghardaïa Wilaya" (PDF) (in French). Office National des Statistiques Algérie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.

[2] "Algeria Communes". Statoids. Retrieved 9 March 2013.

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