Tifelt Explained

تيفلت
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Pushpin Map:Morocco#Africa
Pushpin Relief:1
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Morocco
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Morocco
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Rabat-Salé-Kénitra
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Khémisset
Population As Of:2014
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:86709
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Utc Offset:+0
Timezone Dst:WEST
Utc Offset Dst:+1
Coordinates:33.8931°N -6.3069°W

Tifelt (Arabic: تيفلت) is a town in northwestern Morocco, west of Khemisset and east of Rabat.[2] Tifelt is in a region of Morocco that is rich with ancient history, including settlements by Berbers, Phoenicians and Romans during the first millennium BC. The nearest such major settlements are in Rabat and Volubilis.[3] Tifelt is between the cities of Rabat and Khemisset

Tifelt is a town that was served by workers of the United States Peace Corps until the 9/11 attacks on the U.S.[4] The Peace Corps workers had been assisting local women in a beekeeping cooperative, until the U.S. government evacuated the Peace Corps personnel for concerns over their safety. Peace Corps workers have since returned and now focus primarily on job skills workshops and English language classes.[4] [5]

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Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. The Times Atlas of the World, Eighth comprehensive edition, Random House (1990)
  3. http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=14906 C.Michael Hogan, Volubilis, Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham (2007)
  4. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE4D8163CF930A35750C0A967958260 New York Times, retrieved February 15, 2008
  5. Tiflet. Location information.