Mahdia is a town and commune in

Tiaret Province Tiaret () is a province (''wilaya'') of Algeria. The capital is Tiaret. The National Stud Farm of Chaouchaoua is located in the province of Tiaret. History The province was created from El Asnam department and Tiaret department in 1974. In 1984 ...

in northwestern

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

. 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 ...

, the town bore the name Burdeau during the French colonial era.

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Communes of Tiaret Province Cities in Algeria {{Tiaret-geo-stub