Talsint

Talsint is a town and rural commune in Figuig Province, Oriental, Morocco. According to the 2004 census, it had a population of 7,098.^[2]

Talsint
Rural commune
LMAN-yallah, heading to Talsint
Coordinates: 32.539847°N 3.440805°W / 32.539847; -3.440805
Country	Morocco
Region	Oriental
Province	Figuig
Population  (2014)[1]
• Rural commune	16,166
• Urban	9,079
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (WEST)

Talsint enjoyed huge media coverage in Morocco, when on 20 August 2000, King Mohammed VI announced the discovery of substantial quantities of oil and natural gas reserves in the region.^[3] Further research revealed this to be untrue.