title: Ait Bouada
text: # Ait Bouada
  
  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
  
  Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims and speak Kabyle as their first language.
  
  ## History
  
  The town was mentioned by the French as early as 1846
  
  Following the colonisation of Algeria by the French, a lot of its inhabitants fled the region to Syria.
  
  