Tafoughalt

For the prehistoric cave near the town, see Taforalt.

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]

Tafoughalt ⵜⴰⴼⵓⵖⴰⵍⵜ
Town
Tafoughalt Location in Morocco
Coordinates: 34°48′36″N 2°24′00″W
Country	Morocco
Region	Oriental
Province	Berkane
Population  (2014)
• Total	2,735
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (WEST)

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.

Notes

1. Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵜⴰⴼⵓⵖⴰⵍⵜ, romanized: tafuɣalt,^[1] Arabic: تافوغالت, romanized: tāfūghālt