Tarfaya Province
Tarfaya is a province in the Moroccan economic region of Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra, which includes the southwestern part of the territory of Morocco as of before 1975, and the northern part of the disputed territory of Western Sahara.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: province of Morocco with 13,100 residents
- Description: province of Morocco
- Also known as: “Tarfaya”
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
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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 Laayoune and Lanzarote, in the far east of the Canary Islands.
Tarfaya Province
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Tarfaya Province” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إقليم طرفاية”
- Asturian: “Provincia de Tarfaya”
- Catalan: “província de Tarfaya”
- Catalan: “Província de Tarfaya”
- Chinese: “Tarfaya Séng”
- Chinese: “塔尔法亚省”
- French: “province de Tarfaya”
- French: “Province de Tarfaya”
- French: “Tarfaya”
- German: “Provinz Tarfaya”
- German: “Tarfaya”
- Italian: “provincia di Tarfaya”
- Italian: “Provincia di Tarfaya”
- Japanese: “タルファヤ州”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tarfaya Séng”
- Moroccan Arabic: “إقليم طرفاية”
- Portuguese: “Tarfaya (província)”
- Portuguese: “Tarfaya”
- Spanish: “provincia de Tarfaya”
- Spanish: “Provincia de Tarfaya”
- Spanish: “Tarfaya”
- Turkish: “Tarfaye (il)”
- Turkish: “Tarfaye”
- Urdu: “صوبہ طرفایہ”
- Welsh: “Talaith Tarfaya”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Taoulekt and Aouzizane.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tarfaya and Casa Mar.
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