Mekhareg is a town and commune in

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, Ghard ...

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. N.B. The Actual Name is "BENACER BENCHOHRA", after a personne

804 Laghouat (Algeria) - 1884 Damascus (Syria) 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number ...

who was one of the brave leaders in the resistance to the French Occupation The actual name was introduced in November 1987, replacing by an ordinance the ancient one.

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: http://www.aps.dz/algerie/62490-la-resistance-de-bennacer-benchohra-face-au-colonialisme-un-exemple-de-devouement-pour-le-pays Communes of Laghouat Province {{Laghouat-geo-stub