Official Name: | Bir Tiguisit |
Other Name: | Buir Tiguisit Bir Tighissit |
Native Name: | بير تيغیسیت |
Settlement Type: | Locality |
Pushpin Map: | Western Sahara#Africa |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Western Sahara |
Subdivision Type: | Territory |
Subdivision Type1: | Claimed by |
Subdivision Name: | Western Sahara |
Subdivision Name1: | Morocco |
Subdivision Type2: | Controlled by |
Subdivision Name2: | Sahrawi Republic |
Government Type: | Locality |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.58 |
Area Total Km2: | 4.8 |
Coordinates: | 26.0339°N -10.3789°W |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | BWh |
Bir Tiguisit, Buir Tiguisit or Bir Tighissit (Arabic: بير تيغیسیت|links=no) is a locality located in the southern part of Saguia el-Hamra, in Western Sahara. It is located south of Tifariti, near the border with Mauritania. It is currently controlled by the Polisario Front, in the so-called Liberated Territories or Free Zone. The Moroccan authorities have integrated it into the Es-Semara Province in the region of Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra.
The demining carried out by MINURSO has made this population revitalized.[1] It consists of a small hospital,[2] a school[1] and some small shops.
Bir Tiguisit is located near the remains of the old Spanish colonial town of Colomina and one of the bases of MINURSO.[3]