Tichla is a small town in the
Western Sahara
Western Sahara ( '; ; ) is a disputed territory on the northwest coast and in the Maghreb region of North and West Africa. About 20% of the territory is controlled by the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), while the r ...
under the de-facto control of
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
, which considers it as part of
rural commune Aousserd Province
Aousserd is a province in the Moroccan economic region of Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara
Western Sahara ( '; ; ) is a disputed territory on the northwest coast and in the Maghreb region of North and We ...
in the
Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab
Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab ( ar, الداخلة - وادي الذهب, ad-dāḵla - wādī ḏ-ḏahab; ber, ⴷⴷⴰⵅⵍⴰ ⴰⵙⵉⴼ ⵏ ⵡⵓⵕⵖ, ddaxla asif n wuṛɣ) is one of the twelve regions of Morocco. Before September 2015 it ...
region. At the time of the
2004 census, the commune had a total population of 6,036 people living in 102 households.
A few kilometers away is the
Tichla Fortress
The Tichla Fortress ( ar, تیشلا) is a fortress, fort in the Southern Provinces (Morocco), Moroccan occupied Western Sahara. It was built by the Spanish Colonial Empire, Spanish during their reign in Spanish Sahara in 1936. During the Weste ...
.
References
Populated places in Aousserd Province
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