El Taref

City in El Taref Province, Algeria
El Taref
الطارف
City
Location of El Taref in the El Taref Province
Location of El Taref in the El Taref Province
36°46′01″N 8°19′01″E / 36.767°N 8.317°E / 36.767; 8.317
Country Algeria
ProvinceEl Taref Province
DistrictEl Taref District
APC2012-2017
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
Area
 • Land43.0 sq mi (111.4 km2)
Population
 (2008)
 • Total25,594
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
ISO 3166 codeCP
ClimateCsa

El Taref (Arabic: الطارف) is a city in Algeria. It is the capital of El Taref Province. El Kala is a port town near El Taref. El Taref is 700 kilometers east of Algiers. In 1998, it had a population of around 20,300.

General Electric and Iberdrola are building a power station in El Taref, beginning in mid-2008, a project which will increase Algeria's energy capacity by 18%.[1]

References

  • flagAlgeria portal
  1. ^ Algerian power station construction attributed to GE-Iberdrola, Algerie Presse Service, June 11, 2008, internet article.
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