Bir Tiguisit Explained

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
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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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.un.org/es/peacekeeping/publications/yir/2011/minurso.shtml Misión de las Naciones Unidas para el Referéndum del Sáhara Occidental (MINURSO)
  2. http://msprasd.org/modules.php?name=Ministerio Organigrama del Ministerio de Salud Pública de la R.A.S.D
  3. http://www.cantabriaporelsahara.com/documentacion/documentos/301120081858.pdf Territorios liberados del Sáhara