Legata (Arabic لقاطة) is a town and commune in the Bordj Menaïel District of Boumerdès Province, Algeria, between Bordj Menaïel and Issers.

[2] It was home to the Ben-Kanoun family, which owned some 4000 hectares in the area.

[3] In the wake of the Mokrani Revolt, the French government expropriated this land to create the colony of Isserbourg there in 1874.

[5] The Isser River runs from near the town itself to the edge of the forest.

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