Official Name: | Talsint |
Settlement Type: | Rural commune |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Morocco |
Subdivision Name1: | Oriental |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Figuig |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 16,166 |
Population Urban: | 9,079 |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Timezone Dst: | WEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +1 |
Talsint is a town and rural commune in Figuig Province, Oriental, Morocco. According to the 2004 census, it had a population of 7,098.[2]
Talsint enjoyed huge media coverage in Morocco, when on 20 August 2000, King Mohammed VI announced the discovery of substantial quantities of oil and natural gas reserves in the region.[3] Further research revealed this to be untrue.