Boujad

Boujad بجعد ⴱⵊⴰⵄⴷ
Boujad Location in Morocco
Coordinates:
Country	Morocco
Region	Béni Mellal-Khénifra
Population (2008)
• Total	50,000
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	WEST (UTC+1)

Boujad (Moroccan Arabic: بجعد, Amazigh: ⴱⵊⴰⵄⴷ) is a small city at verge of Atlas Mountains in Morocco.

History

In 12th century, Banu Hilal, an Arab tribe living between Nile and Red Sea, settled in Tunisia, Tripolitania (western Libya), Constantinois (eastern Algeria) and Tamesna (western Morocco).

Famous personnality

Famous people originated from Boujad include Moroccan politicians Lahcen Haddad, Habib El Malki and Taieb Cherkaoui, and Israeli diplomat Yehuda Lancry and politician Amir Peretz.