Tiznit
Tiznit, designed by Studio Salima Naji Architects, won the "Dialogue with Existing Cultural Landscape" category for its integration into its heritage setting and use of southern Morocco's earthen building traditions.
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Tiznit, designed by Studio Salima Naji Architects, won the "Dialogue with Existing Cultural Landscape" category for its integration into its heritage setting and use of southern Morocco's earthen building traditions.
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• Name — Tiznit • Type — City • Image Blank Emblem — Logo Tiznit.png • Blank Emblem Type — Logo • Blank Emblem Size — 180px • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Morocco • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Souss-Massa • Subdivision Type2 — Province • Subdivision Name2 — Tiznit • Leader Party — RNI • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Abdellah Ghazi • Population As Of — 2014 • Population Total — 74699 • Population Blank1 Title — Ethnicities • Time Zone — WET • Utc Offset — +0 • Time Zone Dst — WEST • Utc Offset Dst — +1 • Website — Tiznit Tiznit or Tiznet (Tiznīt) is a town in the west coast of the Moroccan region of Souss-Massa, founded in 1881 by Alawi Sultan Hassan I. It is the capital of Tiznit Province and recorded a population of 74,699 in the 2014 Moroccan census. The name means ‘Basket’ in Berber. In 2026, the Living Heritage Centre in the medina of Tiznit, designed by Studio Salima Naji Architects, won the "Dialogue with Existing Cultural Landscape" category for its integration into its heritage setting and use of southern Morocco's earthen building traditions.
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• Léopold Justinard • Ayyoub Bouaddi
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Twin towns – Sister cities
Tiznit is twinned with: • Somerville, Massachusetts, United States (2010) • Saint-Denis, France
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