Mokhtar may refer to:
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Bordj Badji Mokhtar
Bordj Badji Mokhtar ( ar, برج باجي مختار) is a town and commune in Bordj Badji Mokhtar District, Bordj Badji Mokhtar Province, in south-western Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 16,437, up from 9,323 in 1998, ...
, desert town in southwestern Algeria
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Bordj Badji Mokhtar District
Bordj Badji Mokhtar District is a district of Bordj Baji Mokhtar Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 20,930.
Communes
The district is further divided into 2 communes:
*Bordj Badji Mokhtar
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, district in Algeria
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Cham Mokhtar
Cham Mokhtar ( fa, چممختار, also Romanized as Cham Mokhtār) is a village in Itivand-e Jonubi Rural District, Kakavand District, Delfan County, Lorestan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and als ...
, village in Iran
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Chebaita Mokhtar
Chebaita Mokhtar is a town and commune in El Taref Province, Algeria
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, town and commune in Algeria
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Tam-e Mokhtar
Tam-e Mokhtar ( fa, تام مختار, also Romanized as Tām-e Mokhtār; also known as Mokhtār) is a village in Sarakhs Rural District, in the Central District of Sarakhs County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the ...
, village in Iran
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Mokhtar, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad
Shah Mokhtar ( fa, شاه مختار, also Romanized as Shāh Mokhtār; also known as Mokhtār and Shāh Mokhtār-e Soflá) is a village in Sarrud-e Jonubi Rural District, in the Central District of Boyer-Ahmad County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad ...
, village in Iran
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Mokhtar, Sistan and Baluchestan
Deh-e Mokhtar ( fa, ده مختار, also Romanized as Deh-e Mokhtār; also known as Deh-e Āqā Mokhtārī and Mokhtār) is a village in Dust Mohammad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Ir ...
, village in Iran
Other
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Mokhtar (film)
''Mokhtar'' is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Halima Ouardiri and released in 2010.Bruce Kirkland, "Short film Mokhtar stands tall". ''Toronto Sun'', September 8, 2010. Shot in Morocco, the film centres on a young boy from a family of go ...
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Mokhtar (name) Makhtar came from the Arabic word which means ''Chosen''. It is used as both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
*Mokhtar Mokhtar, Egyptian footballer
*Youness Mokhtar (born 1991), Dutch-Moroccan footballer
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El Mokhtar
El Mokhtar (February 9, 1971 – December 31, 1983) was an Arabian horse, and one of three black Arabian stallions used to portray "The Black" in the second ''Black Stallion'' film, ''The Black Stallion Returns.''
El Mokhtar was imported by a ...
, an Arabian horse
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Mukhtar
A mukhtar ( ar, مختار, mukhtār, chosen one; el, μουχτάρης) is a village chief in the Levant: "an old institution that goes back to the time of the Ottoman rule". According to Amir S. Cheshin, Bill Hutman and Avi Melamed, the muk ...
, the head of a village or neighbourhood in many Arab countries as well as in Turkey and Cyprus
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