Talsint Explained
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.
Notes and References
- Web site: POPULATION LÉGALE DES RÉGIONS, PROVINCES, PRÉFECTURES, MUNICIPALITÉS, ARRONDISSEMENTS ET COMMUNES DU ROYAUME D’APRÈS LES RÉSULTATS DU RGPH 2014 . ar, fr . . 8 April 2015 . 29 September 2017.
- Web site: World Gazetteer. dead. https://archive.today/20120919014149/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=1248939396&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-6467&srt=npan&col=adhoq&msz=1500. 19 September 2012.
- Web site: Portail national du Maroc : Discours de S.M. le Roi Mohammed VI à l’occasion du 47ème anniversaire de la Révolution du Roi et du Peuple et du 37ème anniversaire du Souverain. 20/08/2000. Maroc.ma. 12 September 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20060901052102/http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/72119D42-8181-4E8C-BC17-B842BF31DB1D. 1 September 2006.