Tichit

Tichit, or Tichitt, is a village at the foot of the Tagant Plateau in central southern that is known for its vernacular architecture and proximity to the Dhar Tichitt archaeological sites.
  • City with 1,580 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 175 metres (574 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code THI
  • Description: village in Mauretania
  • Also known as
    “Tichitt”
    “Tichitt تيشيت”
    “Tishit”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tichitt Airport.
is an airport serving the town of Tichit in .

Tichit

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Latitude
18.4441° or 18° 26′ 39″ north
Longitude
-9.4931° or 9° 29′ 35″ west
UN/LOCODE
MR THI
Open location code
7CCGCGV4+JQ
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Tichit” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تيشيت”
  • Asturian: “Tichit”
  • Basque: “Tichit”
  • Catalan: “Tichit”
  • Catalan: “Tichitt”
  • Chinese: “提希特”
  • Danish: “Tichitt”
  • Dutch: “Tichitt”
  • Finnish: “Tichitt”
  • French: “Tichitt”
  • Galician: “Antigo ksar de Tichitt”
  • Georgian: “ტიშიტი”
  • German: “Tichit”
  • German: “Tichite”
  • German: “Tichitt”
  • Hebrew: “טישיט”
  • Hebrew: “תישית”
  • Hindi: “तिशित”
  • Italian: “Tichitt”
  • Japanese: “ティシット”
  • Kabyle: “Ticcit”
  • Kotava: “Tichitt”
  • Latvian: “Tīšīta”
  • Lithuanian: “Tidžitas”
  • Lithuanian: “Tišitas”
  • Malay: “Tichit”
  • Nepali: “तिचित”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tichitt”
  • Norwegian: “Tichitt”
  • Polish: “Tichit”
  • Polish: “Tichitt”
  • Polish: “Tiszit”
  • Polish: “Tiszitt”
  • Portuguese: “Tichit”
  • Romanian: “Tichitt”
  • Russian: “Тишит”
  • Spanish: “Tichit”
  • Spanish: “Tichitt”
  • Swedish: “Tichit”
  • Swedish: “Tichitt”
  • Turkish: “Tichitt”
  • Ukrainian: “Тішит”
  • Urdu: “تیشیت”

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