Tiznit

Tiznit or Tiznet () 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. The name means ‘Basket’ in Berber.

People

• Léopold Justinard

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Tiznit is twinned with:

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

References

External links

• English version of Le Portail de la ville de Tiznit
• Tiznit entry in the Encyclopedia of the Orient
• Entry in Lexicorient