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Ait Bouada

Coordinates: 36°41′52″N 4°24′35″E / 36.6977°N 4.4098°E / 36.6977; 4.4098
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Ait Bouada
Village
Ait Bouada under the snow
Ait Bouada under the snow
Ait Bouada is located in Algeria
Ait Bouada
Ait Bouada
Location in Algeria
Coordinates: 36°41′52″N 4°24′35″E / 36.6977°N 4.4098°E / 36.6977; 4.4098
Country Algeria
ProvinceTizi Ouzou Province
DistrictAzazga District
CommuneAzazga

Ait Bouada is a town in north central Algeria. The town is located in Kabylie, about 130 kilometres east of Algiers. Ait Bouada is at an elevation of ~500 meters (~1650 ft).

Population

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Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims and speak Kabyle as their first language.

Geography

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History

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The town was mentioned by the French as early as 1846[1]

1846. The name of the town was spelled as B. Bou Ada

Following the colonisation of Algeria by the French, a lot of its inhabitants fled the region to Syria.

References

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  1. ^ "Carte de l'Algérie divisée par tribus / Par MM. E. Carette et Auguste Warnier ; Membres de la Commission Scientifique de l'Algérie". 1846.