Tafoughalt
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Tafoughalt
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Town | |
  Tafoughalt Location in Morocco | |
| Coordinates: 34°48′36″N 2°24′00″W / 34.81000°N 2.40000°W | |
| Country |  Morocco |
| Region | Oriental |
| Province | Berkane |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 2,735 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (WEST) |
Tafoughalt or Taforalt[a] is a town in Berkane Province, Oriental, Morocco. It is located in the centre of Aït Iznasen mountains. According to a 2014 census it has a population of 2,735.[2]
The parents and older brothers of Hakim Ziyech, a footballer who as of 2023[update] plays for Chelsea and the Morocco national team, originate from Tafoughalt. They immigrated to the Netherlands in the late 1960s.[3][4]
nearby to the town is an archeological site known as Grotte des Pigeons (Pigeons cave) containing well preserved paleolithic remains.