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Commune and town in Blida Province, Algeria

Bougara is a city in Mitidja plain of Algeria, approximately 20 kilometers due south of Algiers. Located on the N29, the main road between Blida and Larbaâ is the capital of Bougara District in Blida province. In 1998 had a population of 34,100.Previously under French rule, it was called Rovigo; It can be found with this name in this excerpt from the 1962 Michelin map of Algeria. The French name was chosen in honor of the Duc de Rovigo was the commander-in-chief of the French army in Algeria from December 1831 to April 1833, when he was recalled because of the openly violent nature of his repressive regime. Postcards in the city under French rule can be seen here. There are the salty hot springs of Hammam-Mélouane, eight kilometers southwest of the city. An old postcard showing the baths complex can be seen here. British Army troops billeted at the French-owned farms outside Bougara autumn in 1943. In 1946, the Haganah, the pre-state Zionist military had training camps near Bougara.On June 4, 1957 Edouard Samson, chairman of the delegation spéciale or mayor of Bougara, was arrested in the city by the DST for collusion with FLN.Famous people who were born in Bougara include two liberal pied-noir writer Jules Roy (born there in 1907) and Jean Pelegri (born there in 1920). Severe Roy's mother is in the village of Sidi Moussa, about eight kilometers north of Bougara, which is where Roy was raised on his grandparents farm. .... Learn more at Wikipedia

Name	Bougara
Long Name	Bougara, Algeria
Region	Blida
Country	Algeria
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