Tafilalt
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sijilmasa, Segelmesse, Sijilmassa, Sigilmassa, Sidjilmasa, Sidjilmassa, Sijilmâsa, Segellamesse
thumb|upright|Isoprusia tafilaltana, a fossil trilobite found in (and named after) Tafilalt Tafilalt or Tafilet (), historically Sijilmasa, is a region of Morocco, centered on its largest oasis.
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Tafilalt is indexed among the 1,486 entries in Vinony's Ramsar Wetlands collection.
Vinony's link graph records 122 inbound references to Tafilalt, and connects out to Morocco, Arabic and Hebrew.
The entry is geolocated on the map.
It sits within the topics Alawi dynasty, Geography of Drâa-Tafilalet and Oases of Morocco.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tafilalt
- Settlement.native_name
- تافيلالت
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Region
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Tafilalet_tinghreras_est.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Panorama of the oasis of Tafilalet, seen from the ksar of Tingheras (Rissani).
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Morocco
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Morocco
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Drâa-Tafilalet
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Errachidia Province
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- historical region
- Country
- Morocco
- Located in
- Drâa-Tafilalet
- Image
- Tafilalet tinghreras est.jpg
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- different from
- Sijilmasa
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- heritage designation
- Ramsar site
- Commons category
- Tafilalt
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Geography
- Notable residents
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|upright|Isoprusia tafilaltana, a fossil trilobite found in (and named after) Tafilalt Tafilalt or Tafilet (), historically Sijilmasa, is a region of Morocco, centered on its largest oasis.
==Etymology== There are many speculations regarding the origin of the word "Tafilalt"; however, it is known that Tafilalt is a Berber word meaning "jug", which is specifically a pottery jar used to store water.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tafilalt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.