Place:Boudouaou, Alger, Algeria

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NameBoudouaou
TypeTown
Coordinates36.717°N 3.4°E
Located inAlger, Algeria
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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. Its population in 2008 was 56,398.

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 its tail.

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