Tiznit

Tiznit
ⵜⵉⵣⵏⵉⵜ (Standard Moroccan Tamazight)
تزنيت (Arabic)
City
Official logo of Tiznit
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Interactive map of Tiznit
Coordinates: 29°43′N 9°43′W / 29.717°N 9.717°W / 29.717; -9.717
Country Morocco
RegionSouss-Massa
ProvinceTiznit
Government
 • MayorAbdellah Ghazi (RNI)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total
74,699
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)
Websitetiznit.ma

Tiznit or Tiznet (Tachelhit: ⵜⵉⵣⵏⵉⵜ, Arabic: تزنيت, romanized: Tiznīt) is a town in 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. The name means ‘Basket’ in Berber.

In 2026, the Living Heritage Centre in the medina of Tiznit, designed by Studio Salima Naji Architects, won the "Dialogue with Existing Cultural Landscape" category for its integration into its heritage setting and use of southern Morocco's earthen building traditions.

People

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Tiznit is twinned with:

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  2. ↑ Room, Adrian (2008). African placenames : origins and meanings of the names for natural features, towns, cities, provinces, and counties. Internet Archive. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-7864-3546-3.
  3. ↑ Mullally, William. "Projects in Morocco, Ecuador and Iraq win Terra architecture prizes". The National. Retrieved 2026-07-30.

29°43′N 9°43′W / 29.717°N 9.717°W / 29.717; -9.717