El Taref

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|official_name = El Taref

|native_name = {{lang|ar|الطارف}}

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|settlement_type = City

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|image_caption = El Taref

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|image_map = DZ-36-El Tarf.svg

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|map_caption = Location of El Taref in the El Taref Province

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|pushpin_map_caption = Location of El Taref in the Algeria

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|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = El Taref Province

|subdivision_type2 = District

|subdivision_name2 = El Taref District

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|government_type = Municipality

|leader_title = Mayor

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|established_title = APC

|established_date = 2012-2017

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|area_land_km2 = 111.4

|population_as_of = 2008

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|population_total = 25594

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El Taref ({{langx|ar| 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%.Algerian power station construction attributed to GE-Iberdrola, Algerie Presse Service, June 11, 2008, internet article.