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.

People

  • Léopold Justinard

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Tiznit is twinned with:

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

References

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