Tarfaya
Tarfaya is an airfield in Morocco.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Museum.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Museum
Museum
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The Antoine de Saint Exupéry Museum is a museum of air mail in Tarfaya, Morocco. Founded in 2004, it is devoted to author and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, who lived there for two years, from 1927 to 1929, and found there the inspiration for much of his literary work.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tarfaya.
Tarfaya
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tarfaya is a coastal Moroccan town, located at the level of Cape Juby, in western Morocco, on the Atlantic coast. It is located about 890 km southwest of the capital Rabat, and around 100 km from both Laayoune and Lanzarote, in the far east of the Canary Islands.
Tarfaya
- Type: Airfield
- Category: transportation
- Location: Morocco, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
27.948° or 27° 56′ 53″ northLongitude
-12.91694° or 12° 55′ 1″ westElevation
2 metres (7 feet)Open location code
7CV9W3XM+66GeoNames ID
2529924
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