Bordj Badji Mokhtar (Arabic: 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, with an annual growth rate of 6.0%, the highest in the province.[1] It was named after the Algerian independence activist Badji Mokhtar (1919-1954). The Prime Meridian passes near Bordj Badji Mokhtar.