Tissint (, , also known as Agadir Tissinnt, Agadir Tissint, or Tissinnt) is a small town near
Tata, Morocco in
Tata Province
Tata () is a province in the Morocco, Moroccan economic region of Souss-Massa. Its population in 2004 was 121,618.
The major cities and towns are:
* Akka, Morocco, Akka
* Fam El Hisn
* Foum Zguid
* Tata, Morocco, Tata
Subdivisions
The province ...
in the
Souss-Massa
Souss-Massa () is one of the twelve regions of Morocco, regions of Morocco. It covers an area of 51,642 km² and had a population of 2,676,847 as of the 2014 Moroccan census. The capital of the region is Agadir.
Geography
Souss-Massa bord ...
region of
Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...
.
It has a population of 9,927 as of 2004.
Tissint was the site of
a meteorite fall on July 18, 2011. In October 2011, nomads began to find very fresh, fusion-crusted stones in a remote area of the Oued Drâa intermittent watershed, centered about 50 km ESE of
Tata, Morocco and 48 km SSW of Tissint, near the Oued El Gsaïb drainage and also near El Ga’ïdat plateau known as Hmadat Boû Rba’ine. The largest pieces were recovered in the El Ga’ïdat plateau, and the smallest ones (a few grams) were found closer to the El Aglâb mountains. One 47 g crusted stone was documented as found at 29°28.917’ N, 7°36.674’ W.
References
Populated places in Tata Province
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