El Taref (Arabic: 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.

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%.