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Tafraoui

بلدية طفراوي
Tafraoui بلدية طفراوي
Municipality
	Commune of Tafraoui
	Location of Tafraoui within Oran Province
	Tafraoui Location of Tafraoui within Algeria
	Coordinates: 35°29′N 0°31′W / 35.483°N 0.517°W
Country	Algeria
Province	Oran
District	Oued Tlélat
Government
• PMA Seats	7
Area
• Total	182 km2 (70 sq mi)
Elevation	173 m (568 ft)
Population (2006)
• Total	11,600
• Density	64/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
Postal code	31160
ONS code	3112

Tafraoui is a municipality in Oran Province, Algeria close to the city of Oran. There is an airport with the same name. Capturing Tafaraoui Airport was a part of Operation Torch in the World War II.^[1]

References edit

^ Walling, Michael G. (2017). Bloodstained Sands: U.S. Amphibious Operations in World War II. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 75. ISBN 9781472814418.