Tichla
Sign in to saveTichla is a small town in the Western Sahara under Moroccan occupation, which considers it as part of rural commune Aousserd Province in the Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab region. At the time of the 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 6,036 people living in 102 households. A few kilometers away is the Tichla Fortress.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tichla
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Rural commune and town
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Western Sahara
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Territory
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Western Sahara
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Claimed by
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Controlled by
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Prefecture
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Aousserd Province
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 50.54
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2004
- Settlement.population_total
- 6036
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- WET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +0
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- WEST
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Morocco
- Part of
- Western Sahara
- Official name
- Tichla
- Country
- Western Sahara
- Located in
- Aousserd Province
- Population
- 6735
- Elevation
- 304
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Households
- 41
Show 3 more facts
- native label
- تشلا
- twinned administrative body
- Parres
- territory claimed by
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
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Encyclopedic overview
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Tichla is a small town in the Western Sahara under Moroccan occupation, which considers it as part of rural commune Aousserd Province in the Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab region. At the time of the 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 6,036 people living in 102 households. A few kilometers away is the Tichla Fortress.
== History == The town was initially a nomadic trading hub, and only gained a bit more relevance in the 20th Century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tichla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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