Sidi Ameur is a city of the Tunisian Sahel located at 35° 45'n, 10° 42'e on the Mediterranean coast near Sahline, a few kilometers west of Monastir. The Mayor is Mustapha Attig[1]
It is in the Monastir Governorate, and forms a municipality with Mesjed-Aïssa. This has 8 404 inhabitants in 2014.[2] and depends on the delegation of Sahline. Its name comes from Zaouia Sidi Ameur El Mzoughi, a 15th century Muslim holy man of Morocco whose shrine attracts pilgrims yearly mostly from Sfax. The ceremonies, organized during Eid al-Kebir, are punctuated with mystic songs .
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- ^ Decree of 27 November 2012 dissolving the municipal council of Sidi Ameur Mesjed Aissa of the governorate of Monastir and designation of a special delegation, Official Gazette of the Republic of Tunisia , No. 95, November 30, 2012, p. 3060.
- ^ 2004 Census (National Institute of Statistics) Archived 2016-02-03 at the Wayback Machine.