Dréan (

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: الذرعان ''ad-Draʿān'') is a small coastal town in

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, 25 km south of

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, in El Taref Province. According to the 2008 census It has a population of 37,686. It was founded by French settlers under the name Mondovi (after the 1796

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) in 1848 and remained as Mondovi until 1962, when Algeria declared its independence and most of the French residents of the town chose to leave. The author

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was born in Mondovi (Dréan) in 1913, during the French rule in Algeria. It is the capital of Dréan District.

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Communes of El Taref Province {{ElTaref-geo-stub