Mahdia is a town and
commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in
Tiaret Province
Tiaret ( ar, ولاية تيارت) is a province (''wilaya'') of Algeria. The capital is Tiaret.
History
The province was created from El Asnam department and Tiaret department in 1974.
In 1984 Tissemsilt Province is carved out of its territor ...
in northwestern
Algeria
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Founded in 1905 by
Auguste Burdeau
Auguste-Laurent Burdeau (10 September 185112 December 1894) was a French politician.
He was the son of a laborer at Lyon. Forced from childhood to earn his own living, he was enabled to secure an education by bursarships at the Lycée at Lyon and ...
, the town bore the name Burdeau during the
French colonial era.
References
Communes of Tiaret Province
Cities in Algeria
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