El Taref

Coordinates: 36°46′01″N 8°19′01″E / 36.767°N 8.317°E / 36.767; 8.317
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El Taref
الطارف
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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

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