Aïn Madhi is a town and

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Laghouat Province Laghouat ( ar, ولاية الأغواط) is one of the forty-eight provinces (''wilaya'') of Algeria. It is located in the north central part of Algeria. The province borders Tiaret Province to the north, El Bayadh Province to the west, Ghardai ...

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, and the seat of

Aïn Madhi District Aïn Madhi is a districts of Algeria, district in Laghouat Province, Laghouat provinces of Algeria, Province, Algeria. It was named after its capital, Aïn Madhi. Municipalities The district is further divided into 5 municipalities of Algeria, mu ...

. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 6,263.Statoids
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Ahmad al-Tijani Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet. Etymology The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ve ...

, founder of the

Tijaniyyah The Tijāniyyah ( ar, الطريقة التجانية, Al-Ṭarīqah al-Tijāniyyah, The Tijānī Path) is a Sufi tariqa (order, path), originating in the Maghreb but now more widespread in West Africa, particularly in Senegal, The Gambia, ...

Sufi order and film director and politician Nadia Labidi.

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Communes of Laghouat Province {{Laghouat-geo-stub