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Tiznit

ⵜⵉⵣⵏⵉⵜ (Standard Moroccan Tamazight)
تزنيت (Arabic)
Tiznit ⵜⵉⵣⵏⵉⵜ (Standard Moroccan Tamazight); تزنيت (Arabic)
City
	Logo
	Interactive map of Tiznit
	Coordinates: 29°43′N 9°43′W / 29.717°N 9.717°W
Country	Morocco
Region	Souss-Massa
Province	Tiznit
Government
• Mayor	Abdellah Ghazi (RNI)
Population (2014)
• Total	74,699
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
Website	tiznit.ma

Tiznit or Tiznet (Tachelhit: ⵜⵉⵣⵏⵉⵜ, Arabic: تزنيت, romanized: Tiznīt) 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] The name means ‘Basket’ in Berber.^[2]

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.^[3]

People

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Tiznit is twinned with:

Somerville, Massachusetts, United States (2010)
Saint-Denis, France

References

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.
↑ 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.
↑ Mullally, William. "Projects in Morocco, Ecuador and Iraq win Terra architecture prizes". The National. Retrieved 2026-07-30.

External links

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 / 29.717; -9.717

[census2014-1] 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.

[Ad01-2] 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.

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Authority control databases
International	VIAF GND
National	United States Israel
Other	Yale LUX

v t e Souss-Massa region
Capital: Agadir
Provinces and prefectures	Agadir-Ida Ou Tanane Prefecture Chtouka Aït Baha Province Inezgane-Aït Melloul Prefecture Taroudannt Province Tata Province Tiznit Province
Cities	Agadir Ait Baha Ait Iaaza Aït Melloul Akka Aoulouz Aourir Biougra Drarga El Guerdan Fam El Hisn Foum Zguid Inzegan Irherm Lakhsas Lqliâa Massa M'Hamid Oulad Berhil Oulad Teima Skoura Tafrawt Taliouine Taroudant Tata Temsia Tissint Tiznit

v t e Tiznit Province
Capital: Tiznit
Municipalities	Tafraout Tiznit
Rural communes	Afella Ighir Ait Issafen Ait Ouafqa Ammelne Anzi Arbaa Ait Ahmed Arbaa Rasmouka Arbaa Sahel Bounaamane El Maader El Kabir Ida Ou Gougmar Irigh N'Tahala Ouijjane Reggada Sidi Ahmed Ou Moussa Sidi Bouabdelli Tafraout El Mouloud Tangarfa Tarsouat Tassrirt Tighmi Tioughza Tizoughrane Tnine Aday Tnine Aglou Tnine Amellou

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