Talsint
Talsint is a town and rural commune in Figuig Province, Oriental, Morocco. According to the 2004 census, it had a population of 7,098. 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.
- Type: Town with 9,080 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Talsinnt”, “Talsint ⵜⴰⵍⵙⵉⵏⵜ تالسينت”, and “جماعة تالسينت”
Talsint
- Categories: rural commune of Morocco and locality
- Location: Figuig Province, Oriental, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
32.53551° or 32° 32′ 8″ north
Longitude
-3.43947° or 3° 26′ 22″ west
Population
9,080
Elevation
1,332 metres (4,370 feet)
Open location code
8C4RGHP6+66
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Talsint” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تالسينت”
- Catalan: “Talsint”
- Cebuano: “Talsint”
- Chinese: “塔尔辛特”
- Chinese: “塔爾辛特”
- Dutch: “Talsint”
- French: “Talsint”
- Italian: “Talsint”
- Moroccan Arabic: “تالسينت”
- Portuguese: “Talsint”
- Russian: “Тальсинт”
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵜⴰⵍⵙⵉⵏⵜ (ⴰⴷⵡⵡⴰⵔ)”
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵜⴰⵍⵙⵉⵏⵜ”
- Swedish: “Talsint”
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