Tiznit city

The Southern Star: Tiznit


Tiznit is one of the beautiful old towns in the south of Morocco, it is a typical Moroccan city, streets, bazaars, craft, Tiznit Province covers 8,200 km ² is bounded on the north by Chtouka Ait Baha, South By The Guelmim province, to the east by the province of Taroudant and Tata and west by the Atlantic Ocean.

The territory of Tiznit area is part of the Anti-Atlas which is the western part of the province of Tiznit covers many artistic landscapes tourist and craft namely: Mirleft, Aglou, Tafraout, Sidi Ifni, is the city of Tiznit jewelry Berber excellence by local artisans make wonders in their small workshops located interior walls of the city of Tiznit.
Tiznit is the starting point for the foundation of a dynasty, it was the case with the emergence of Almoravid from the Medersa El Ouaggaguia to Aglou; Foundation and a zaouia radiation, namely that of Sidi Ahmed or which the Sultan Moussa Saadi Abdellah El Ghalib visited; Dissent, the most notorious was headed by the grand son of Sheikh Sidi Ahmed Ou Moussa who wanted to establish the imara Semlalia Iligh abolished by the Alaouite sultan Moulay Rachid.
The history of Tiznit is also linked to the special importance which was granted by the Sultans Alawites. Sultan Moulay Hassan first visited twice in Tiznit, one in 1882 and another in 1886. The walls of the city of Tiznit were his work. The Province was also successively visited by the Sultan Moulay Youssef in 1926, His Majesty the late King Mohammed V, His Majesty the late King Hassan II in 1965, 1970, 1973 and 1985, His Majesty King Mohammed VI