Tissint | |
Other Name: | تيسينت |
Native Name: | ⵜⵉⵙⵉⵏⵜ |
Pushpin Map: | Morocco |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Morocco |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Morocco |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Souss-Massa |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Tata Province |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Total: | 9,927 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Timezone Dst: | WEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +1 |
Coordinates: | 29.9006°N -7.3203°W |
Postal Code: | 84053 |
Tissint (Berber languages: ⵜⵉⵙⵉⵏⵜ, Arabic: تيسينت, also known as Agadir Tissinnt, Agadir Tissint, or Tissinnt) is a small town near Tata, Morocco in Tata Province in the Souss-Massa region of Morocco.[1] It has a population of 9,927 as of 2004.[2]
Tissint was the site of a meteorite fall on July 18, 2011. In October 2011, nomads began to find very fresh, fusion-crusted stones in a remote area of the Oued Drâa intermittent watershed, centered about 50 km ESE of Tata, Morocco and 48 km SSW of Tissint, near the Oued El Gsaïb drainage and also near El Ga’ïdat plateau known as Hmadat Boû Rba’ine. The largest pieces were recovered in the El Ga’ïdat plateau, and the smallest ones (a few grams) were found closer to the El Aglâb mountains. One 47 g crusted stone was documented as found at 29°28.917’ N, 7°36.674’ W.[3]