طرفاية
طرفاية is a residential area in Tarfaya Province, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra. طرفاية is situated nearby to Mosque Arrahma, as well as near the hospital TARFAYA.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Museum and Mackenzie’s Factory.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Museum
Museum
Photo: ElWaliElAlaoui, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Museum is situated 1 km north of طرفاية.
Mackenzie’s Factory
Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Casamar, also known as Port Victoria and Mackenzie's factory, was a historical coastal fort built in 1882 in Cape Juby near the city of Tarfaya in Morocco, by the founder of the British North West Africa Company, Donald MacKenzie, who positioned there early in 1879 in the goal of trading with commercial caravans coming from Timbuktu and heading to Wadi Noun. Mackenzie’s Factory is situated 1½ km northwest of طرفاية.
Tarfaya Airport
Airstrip
Photo: Timothée Audouin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tarfaya Airport is an airstrip, which is situated 1½ km north of طرفاية.
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 both Laayoune and Lanzarote, in the far east of the Canary Islands.
طرفاية
- Type: Residential area
- Location: Tarfaya Province, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
27.93549° or 27° 56′ 8″ northLongitude
-12.92186° or 12° 55′ 19″ westOpen location code
7CV9W3PH+57OpenStreetMap ID
way 388340715OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Chinese—“طرفاية” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “طرفاية”
- Chinese: “塔尔法亚”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Siege Province Tarfaya الحصار مقاطعة طرفاية and Mosque Arrahma.
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