Talsint | |
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Rural commune | |
 LMAN-yallah, heading to Talsint | |
 Interactive map of Talsint | |
| Coordinates: 32°32′23″N 3°26′27″W / 32.539847°N 3.440805°W / 32.539847; -3.440805 | |
| Country |  Morocco |
| Region | Oriental |
| Province | Figuig |
| Population (2014)1 | |
• Rural commune | 16,166 |
| • Urban | 9,079 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (WEST) |
Talsint is a town and rural commune in Figuig Province, Oriental, Morocco. According to the 2004 census, it had a population of 7,098.2
Talsint enjoyed huge media coverage in Morocco, when on 20 August 2000, King Mohammed VI announced the discovery of substantial quantities of oil and natural gas reserves in the region.3 Further research revealed this to be untrue.
References
References
- "POPULATION LÉGALE DES RÉGIONS, PROVINCES, PRÉFECTURES, MUNICIPALITÉS, ARRONDISSEMENTS ET COMMUNES DU ROYAUME D'APRÈS LES RÉSULTATS DU RGPH 2014" (in Arabic and French). High Commission for Planning, Morocco. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- "World Gazetteer".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - "Portail national du Maroc : Discours de S.M. le Roi Mohammed VI à l'occasion du 47ème anniversaire de la Révolution du Roi et du Peuple et du 37ème anniversaire du Souverain. 20/08/2000". Maroc.ma. Archived from the original on 1 September 2006. Retrieved 12 September 2012.