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المعاضيد (al-M'ādīd)

المعاميد (al-M'ādīd)1 had a population of 22 thousand in 1998.2 The municipality is located just south of the provincial border (within الجزائر (al-Jazā'īr)3), which is along the Hodna Mountains, part of the Saharan Atlas Mountains. Within the municipality is the World Heritage Site of the Beni Hammad fortified (but ruined) city, a former capital of the 11th century Hammadid state. Its mosque had a 25 meter minaret and a prayer room with thirteen aisles and eight bays.4

Footnotes

1. Often transcribed as Maadid. Maps show 'Bichara.'
2. Side bar of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maadid, accessed February 13, 2017. The population is of the municipality.
3. Algérie in French; Algeria in English.
4. UNESCO, World Heritage Sites (Firefly Books, 2010).