Bougara is a town in the Mitidja plain in Algeria, about 20 kilometers due south of Algiers.

[2] Previously, under French rule, it was called Rovigo; it can be found with this name on this excerpt from the 1962 Michelin map of Algeria.

The French name was chosen to honour the Duc de Rovigo who was commander-in-chief of the French army in Algeria from December 1831 to April 1833,[3][4] when he was recalled due to the overtly violent nature of his repressive regime.

British Army troops were billeted on French-owned farms outside Bougara in the autumn of 1943.

[7] On June 4, 1957 Someone, president of the délégation spéciale or mayor of Bougara, was arrested in the town by the DST for collusion with the FLN.