Bir Tiguisit : Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bir Tiguisit

Locality in Western Sahara

Bir Tiguisit بير تيغیسیت Buir Tiguisit Bir Tighissit
Locality
26°02′00″N 10°29′46″W / 26.03333°N 10.49611°W / 26.03333; -10.49611
Territory	Western Sahara
Claimed by	Morocco Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Controlled by	Sahrawi Republic
Government
• Type	Locality
Area
• Total	4.8 km² (1.58 sq mi)
Climate	BWh

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]

References

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

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic articles

History

Before 1975	Colonial wars in Morocco Spanish Sahara (1884–1975) Spanish Morocco (1913–1956) Moroccan Army of Liberation Ifni War (1957–1958)
1975	UN visiting mission (May) ICJ Advisory Opinion (October) Green March (November) Madrid Accords (November)
Since 1975	Western Sahara conflict Western Sahara War (1975–1991) Berm (built 1981–1987) Western Sahara peace process Settlement Plan (1991) UN referendum mission (MINURSO, 1991–present) Houston Agreement (1997) Baker Plan (2000/2003) UN Security Council Resolution 1495 (2003) / 1754 (2007) Manhasset negotiations (2007–2008)