Dréan is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

El Taref Province El Taref () is a province (''wilaya'') of Algeriawith a population of 481136 inhabitants in 2019 El Kala is a port town in this province. El Taref is the capital city. El Kala, a port town in this province, is home to El Kala National Park and ...

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. It was named after its capital,

Dréan Dréan (Arabic: الذرعان ''ad-Draʿān'') is a small coastal town in Algeria, 25 km south of Annaba, 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 Mon ...

. French author and philosopher

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was born there.

Municipalities

The district is further divided into 3

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* Chihani * Chebaita Mokhtar Districts of El Taref Province {{ElTaref-geo-stub