The Tichla Fortress () is a

fort A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from La ...

in the Moroccan occupied Western Sahara. It was built by the

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during their reign in

Spanish Sahara Spanish Sahara (; ), officially the Spanish Possessions in the Sahara from 1884 to 1958, then Province of the Sahara between 1958 and 1976, was the name used for the modern territory of Western Sahara when it was occupied and ruled by Spain bet ...

in 1936. During the Mauritanian campaign in Western Sahara, fighting was seen in the town of

Tichla Tichla is a small town in the Western Sahara under the ''de facto'' control of Morocco, which considers it as part of rural commune Aousserd Province in the Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab () is one of the twelve regions of Moro ...

and the fortress. Currently it is under Moroccan occupation in the disputed

Western Sahara Western Sahara is a territorial dispute, disputed territory in Maghreb, North-western Africa. It has a surface area of . Approximately 30% of the territory () is controlled by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR); the remaining 70% is ...

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{{reflist Buildings and structures completed in 1936 1936 establishments in Morocco Forts in Morocco Buildings and structures in Western Sahara 20th-century architecture in Morocco