Tiznit
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| native_name = {{native name|ar|تزنيت}}
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| subdivision_name1 = Souss-Massa
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| subdivision_name2 = Tiznit
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| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://rgph2014.hcp.ma/file/166326/ |title=POPULATION LÉGALE DES RÉGIONS, PROVINCES, PRÉFECTURES, MUNICIPALITÉS, ARRONDISSEMENTS ET COMMUNES DU ROYAUME D’APRÈS LES RÉSULTATS DU RGPH 2014 |language=ar, fr |publisher=High Commission for Planning, Morocco |date=8 April 2015 |accessdate=29 September 2017}}
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Tiznit or Tiznet ({{langx|ar|تزنيت|Tiznīt}}, {{langx|shi-tfng|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.
International relations
{{see also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Africa#Morocco|l1=List of twin towns and sister cities in Morocco }}
=Twin towns – Sister cities=
Tiznit is twinned with:
- {{flagicon|USA}} Somerville, Massachusetts, United States (2010)
- {{flagicon|FRA}} Saint-Denis, France
References
{{reflist|30em}}
External links
{{Wikivoyage}}
- [http://www.tiznit.org/Morocco/Tiznit.php English version] of [http://www.tiznit.org Le Portail de la ville de Tiznit]
- [http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?tiznit.htm Tiznit] entry in the Encyclopedia of the Orient
- [http://lexicorient.com/morocco/tiznit.htm Entry in Lexicorient]
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{{Souss-Massa}}
{{Tiznit Province}}
Category:Populated places established in 1881
Category:Populated places in Tiznit Province