El Taref Province

El Tarf Province
El Tarf Province ; ولاية الطارف
	Province
	Map of Algeria highlighting El Tarf
	Coordinates: 36°46′N 8°19′E / 36.767°N 8.317°E
Country	Algeria
Capital	El Tarf
Area
• Total	3,339 km2 (1,289 sq mi)
Population (2008)
• Total	411,783
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
Area Code	+213 (0) 38
ISO 3166 code	DZ-36
Districts	7
Municipalities	24

El Taref (Arabic: ولاية الطارف‎, French: Wilaya d'El Tarf) is a province (wilaya) of Algeria. El Kala is a port town in this province. El Taref is the capital city. El Kala, a port town in this province, is home to El Kala National Park.

History

The province was created from parts of Annaba Province and Guelma Province in 1984.

Administrative divisions

It is made up of 7 districts, divided into 24 municipalities.

Districts

Ben M'Hidi
Besbes
Bouhadjar
Boutheldja
Dréan
El Kala
El Taref

Communes

Ain El Assel
Ain Kerma
Asfour
Ben Mehdi
Beni Amar
Berrihane
Besbes
Bougous
Bouhadjar
Bouteldja
Chebaita Mokhtar
Chefia
Chihani
Dréan
El Aioun
El Chatt
El Kala
El Taref
Hammam Beni Salah
Lac des Oiseaux
Oued Zitoun
Raml Souk Souarekh
Zerizer
Zitouna

References

^ Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008 Archived July 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on 2008-07-02.

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[Alg2008RGPH-1] Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008 Archived July 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on 2008-07-02.

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