Tinghir
Sign in to saveTinghir (, ) is a city in the region of Drâa-Tafilalet, south of the High Atlas and north of the Little Atlas in central Morocco. It is the capital of Tinghir Province. Its name originally referred to the foothills of the Atlas Mountains, but its area has expanded to encompass surrounding villages and refers to the entire oasis.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tinghir
- Settlement.native_name
- تنغير ⵜⵉⵏⵖⵉⵔ
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- 300px
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- Morocco#Africa
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- 1
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- bottom
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- 300
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- Location in Morocco
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- Country
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- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Drâa-Tafilalet
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Tinghir
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- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2014
- Settlement.population_total
- 42044
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- Ethnicities
- Settlement.timezone
- WET
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Tinghir (, ) is a city in the region of Drâa-Tafilalet, south of the High Atlas and north of the Little Atlas in central Morocco. It is the capital of Tinghir Province. Its name originally referred to the foothills of the Atlas Mountains, but its area has expanded to encompass surrounding villages and refers to the entire oasis.
The city of Tinghir (jamaat tinghir) has a population of 42,044 and the province has 322,412 inhabitants, according to the 2014 census. Lush palm trees cover about on -wide tracts along the Wadi Todgha. After the Todra Gorge, Wadi Todgha has a difficult passage along the southern slopes of the Atlas Mountains (Tizgi); it then flows across the plain, meandering slightly over to Ferkla. The palm oasis, dense and widespread, is irrigated by a network of pipes and irrigation canals. Occasional heavy rains are absorbed in a few days.