El Taref Province

El Taref (Arabic: ولاية الطارف) 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 and, Lake Mellah.

El Tarf Province ولاية الطارف
Province
Map of Algeria highlighting El Tarf
Coordinates: 36°46′N 8°19′E
Country	Algeria
Capital	El Tarf
Area
• Total	3,339 km2 (1,289 sq mi)
Population  (2008)[1]
• 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

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

1. Ben M'Hidi
2. Besbes
3. Bouhadjar
4. Boutheldja
5. Dréan
6. El Kala
7. El Taref

Communes

1. Ain El Assel
2. Ain Kerma
3. Asfour
4. Ben Mehdi
5. Beni Amar
6. Berrihane
7. Besbes
8. Bougous
9. Bouhadjar
10. Bouteldja
11. Chebaita Mokhtar
12. Chefia
13. Chihani
14. Dréan
15. El Aioun (Algeria)
16. El Chatt
17. El Kala
18. El Taref
19. Hammam Beni Salah
20. Lac des Oiseaux
21. Oued Zitoun
22. Raml Souk
23. Souarekh
24. Zerizer
25. Zitouna

References

• Algeria portal

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.