Boudouaou

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Boudouaou, during French colonialism known as L'Alma (or Alma) is a town in the western part of Boumerdès, Algeria. It is a coastal town on the Mediterranean Sea and is located at an altitude of 3 feet.^[1]

The original name is thought to be bou-dhou-aou, Arabic for illuminator in reference to a small insect the size of a beetle which at night shows beautiful brilliant green light in the its tail.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Personalities

• Rachid Mimouni (An Algerian writer)

the town re-elected mayor is Yahya Mahsasse The end of 2007 for 5 years

[edit] Footnotes

Coordinates: 36°73′N, 3°41′E

[edit] External links

• Boudouaou, Algeria Page