Misserghin (sometimes spelled Miserghin or Mizerghin) is a city in Boutlélis District, Oran Province, Algeria.
Indeed, it extends over the summit and the long southern slope of the Djebel Murjadjo, the latter is connected to the south, to a narrow plain on the edge of the Oran sebkha by a series of short steep slopes[3] In 1984, the commune of Misserghin was formed from the following localities:[4]
The plain bordering the Sebkha of Oran is reserved for arboriculture: the olive tree now holds an important place while the vineyard has practically disappeared.
Another version attributed the name of the city to the name of the Berber tribe Beni Mesguen or Beni Meserguine, a branch of the Azdadja who had lived in this territory since antiquity, and to whom the foundation of the city of Oran in 902 A.D. is attributed.
During the pre-colonial period, the locality was famous for the agricultural estate owned by Bey Hassan.
[11] It was in Misserghin, a town famous for its orange groves, that the clementine was discovered by Brother Clément (Vital Rodier) in the nineteenth century,[11] when he was the director of crops at the local orphanage.
[12] Chérif Sid Cara, mayor of Misserghin, was one of the few Algerian supporters of the generals' putsch of April 1961.