Boudouaou

Boudouaou, for the duration of French colonialism referred to as L'Alma is a city in the western a part of Boumerdes, Algeria. It is a coastal metropolis at the Mediterranean Sea. Its populace in 1998 became 42,500. The original call is idea to be bou-dhou-aou, Arabic for illuminator in reference to a small insect the dimensions of a beetle which at night time indicates beautiful first-rate green light in its tail. The wilaya of Boumerdes represents an archaeological treasure with the aid of the multitude of historical web sites that its sizeable territory of 1,456,16 km2 shelters.

Several prehistoric vestiges had been discovered for the duration of the duration of profession. With the advent of the colonizers and the venture of colonization at the lands of Boudouaou, many prehistoric vestiges beneath the occupation were determined: rhinoceros bones house inside the Musee de l'Homme in Paris, a bronze awl, flint Retouched and prehistoric arrows are examples of discoveries already made. Boudouaou is positioned on medium-altitude terrain that forms the cutting-edge low Kabylie-Arabo-Musulmane, of which the city of Boumerdes is the chief city.