Tiznit

Tiznit
تزنيت (Arabic)
Tiznit
Location in Morocco
Tiznit
Tiznit (Africa)
Coordinates: 29°43′N 9°43′W / 29.717°N 9.717°W / 29.717; -9.717
Country Morocco
RegionSouss-Massa
ProvinceTiznit
Population
 (2014)
  Total
74,699
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+1 (WEST)

Tiznit or Tiznet (Arabic: تزنيت, romanized: Tiznīt, Tachelhit: 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.