Boudouaou

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Boudouaou
Country	Algeria
Population  (2008)
• Total	56,398
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)

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.^[1] It is located 18 miles east of the capital Algiers.^[2]

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.^{[citation needed]}