Tissint ( ber, ⵜⵉⵙⵉⵏⵜ, ar, تيسينت, also known as Agadir Tissinnt, Agadir Tissint, or Tissinnt) is a small town near
Tata, Morocco
Tata ( ar, طاطا, ber, ⵟⴰⵟⴰ) is a province in central Morocco with a population of 18.611 according to the country's 2014 census. It is the largest city in Tata Province.
It is situated on a desert plain of the Sahara Desert, southe ...
in
Tata Province
Tata is a province in the Moroccan economic region of Souss-Massa
Souss-Massa ( ar, سوس ماسة, sūs māssa; ber, ⵙⵓⵙ ⵎⴰⵙⵙⴰ, sus massa) is one of the twelve regions of Morocco. It covers an area of 51,642 km² and h ...
in the
Souss-Massa
Souss-Massa ( ar, سوس ماسة, sūs māssa; ber, ⵙⵓⵙ ⵎⴰⵙⵙⴰ, sus massa) is one of the twelve 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 cap ...
region 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 t ...
.
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
Tata ( ar, طاطا, ber, ⵟⴰⵟⴰ) is a province in central Morocco with a population of 18.611 according to the country's 2014 census. It is the largest city in Tata Province.
It is situated on a desert plain of the Sahara Desert, southe ...
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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