Tiflet

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Tiflet
تيفلت
ⵜⵉⴼⵍⵜ
Coat of arms of Tiflet
Tiflet (Morocco)
Tiflet
Tiflet
Basic data
State : MoroccoMorocco Morocco
Region : Rabat-Salé-Kénitra
Province : Khémisset
Coordinates 33 ° 54 ′  N , 6 ° 19 ′  W Coordinates: 33 ° 54 ′  N , 6 ° 19 ′  W
Residents : 86,709 (2004)
Area : 9.39 km²
Population density : 9,234 inhabitants per km²
Height : 345  m

Tiflet (from Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⵉⴼⵍⵜ Tifelt ; Arabic تيفلت) is a city with about 100,000 inhabitants in the province of Khémisset in the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region , Morocco .

Location and climate

Tiflet is about 33 km (driving distance) northwest of the provincial capital Khémisset at an altitude of about 345  m ; the state capital Rabat on the Atlantic Ocean is about 66 km to the west. The city has a connection to the A2 motorway (Rabat- Fès - Oujda ). The climate is temperate to warm and is largely determined by the nearby sea; Rain (approx. 535 mm / year) falls almost exclusively in the winter half-year.

population

year 1994 2004 2014
Residents 49,918 69,640 86,709

A large part of the population is of Berber descent and did not immigrate until the second half of the 20th century. Sometimes the Berber dialects of the Central Atlas Tamazight are still spoken, but mostly Moroccan Arabic .

economy

The region is largely agricultural; the city functions as a regional center of trade, handicrafts, administration and services.

history

For centuries Tiflet was just a village. It was not until the time of the French protectorate and especially after Morocco gained independence in 1956 that the town grew to its present size.

Attractions

The city has no historically or culturally significant sights and makes an overall rather provincial but modern impression.

Individual evidence

  1. Tiflet - climate tables
  2. Tiflet - population development etc.