Mahdia is a town and

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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

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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.

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