Bir_Tiguisit

Bir Tiguisit

Bir Tiguisit

Locality in Western Sahara

Bir Tiguisit, Buir Tiguisit or Bir Tighissit (Arabic: بير تيغیسیت) is a locality located in the southern part of Saguia el-Hamra, in Western Sahara. It is located south of Tifariti, near the border with Mauritania. It is currently controlled by the Polisario Front, in the so-called Liberated Territories or Free Zone. The Moroccan authorities have integrated it into the Es-Semara Province in the region of Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra.

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The demining carried out by MINURSO has made this population revitalized.[1] It consists of a small hospital,[2] a school[1] and some small shops.

Bir Tiguisit is located near the remains of the old Spanish colonial town of Colomina and one of the bases of MINURSO.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Misión de las Naciones Unidas para el Referéndum del Sáhara Occidental (MINURSO) (in Spanish)
  2. [2]
    Organigrama del Ministerio de Salud Pública de la R.A.S.D (in Spanish)
  3. [3]
    Territorios liberados del Sáhara Archived 2015-01-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
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