Tiznit
Tiznit
تزنيت (Arabic) | |
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  Tiznit Location in Morocco  Tiznit Tiznit (Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 29°43′N 9°43′W / 29.717°N 9.717°W | |
| Country |  Morocco |
| Region | Souss-Massa |
| Province | Tiznit |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
• Total | 74,699 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (WEST) |
Tiznit or Tiznet (Arabic: تزنيت, romanized: Tiznīt, Tachelhit: ⵜⵉⵣⵏⵉⵜ) is a town in the west coast of the Moroccan region of Souss-Massa, founded in 1881 by Alawi Sultan Hassan I. It is the capital of Tiznit Province and recorded a population of 74,699 in the 2014 Moroccan census.[1]
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Tiznit is twinned with:
Somerville, Massachusetts, United States (2010)
Saint-Denis, France
References
- ^ a b "POPULATION LÉGALE DES RÉGIONS, PROVINCES, PRÉFECTURES, MUNICIPALITÉS, ARRONDISSEMENTS ET COMMUNES DU ROYAUME D'APRÈS LES RÉSULTATS DU RGPH 2014" (in Arabic and French). High Commission for Planning, Morocco. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
External links
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Tiznit.
- English version of Le Portail de la ville de Tiznit
- Tiznit entry in the Encyclopedia of the Orient
- Entry in Lexicorient
29°43′N 9°43′W / 29.717°N 9.717°W
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