Tiflet

Tiflet
Tiflet Location in Morocco
Coordinates: 33°53′35″N 6°18′25″W / 33.89306°N 6.30694°W / 33.89306; -6.30694Coordinates: 33°53′35″N 6°18′25″W / 33.89306°N 6.30694°W / 33.89306; -6.30694
Country	Morocco
Region	Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer
Province
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
- Summer (DST)	WEST (UTC+1)

Tiflet is a town in northwest Morocco, westerly of Meknes and easterly of Rabat.^[1] Tiflet is in a region of Morocco that is rich with ancient history including settlement by Phoenicians and Romans during the first millennium BC. The nearest such major settlements are in Rabat and Volubilis.^[2] Tiflet is between the cities of Rabat and Khemisset

Tiflet is a town that was served by workers of the United States Peace Corps until the attack on America of September 11, 2001.^[3] The Peace Corps workers had been assisting local women in a beekeeping cooperative, until the U.S. government evacuated the Peace Corps personnel for concerns over their safety.^[3]

See also

• Rabat-Fes expressway
• Volubilis

References

1. ^ The Times Atlas of the World, Eighth comprehensive edition, Random House (1990)
2. ^ C.Michael Hogan, Volubilis, Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham (2007)
3. ^ ^{a b} New York Times, retrieved February 15, 2008