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Bir Tiguisit

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Bir Tiguisit
بير تيغیسیت
Buir Tiguisit
Bir Tighissit
Locality
Bir Tiguisit is located in Western Sahara
Bir Tiguisit
Bir Tiguisit
Location in Western Sahara
Bir Tiguisit is located in Africa
Bir Tiguisit
Bir Tiguisit
Bir Tiguisit (Africa)
Coordinates: 26°02′00″N 10°29′46″W / 26.03333°N 10.49611°W / 26.03333; -10.49611
TerritoryWestern Sahara
Claimed by Morocco
 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Controlled bySahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Sahrawi Republic
Government
 • TypeLocality
Area
 • Total4.8 km2 (1.58 sq mi)
ClimateBWh

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.

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]

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