Adaghas

أدغاس

Rural commune in the cercle of Ait Daoud, province of Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
1,656
Since 2014
−41.4%from 2,825 in 2014
Density
17.3people per km², 95.9 km²
Households
432
Rank
1,4511,451st most populous of 1,503 communes57th of 57 in its province

Next door in Tiqqi, 87.4% of households have running water. Here, it’s 1.6%.

Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 59.0% to 87.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Compare it with other communes

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

Bordering communes

Postcode

44236

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Adaghas.

Adaghas −41.4%

Morocco +8.8%

People and homes

What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary

Can’t read or write
47.3%aged 10 and over63.0% in 201463.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
28.8%16.6% in 201458.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
27.6%aged 15 and over40.2% in 20142.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.60children per woman2.60 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.2%of people5.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
1.6%of settled households0.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.

Adaghas: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
8.5%75 and over7.9%
4.2%70–745.0%
5.0%65–695.0%
4.4%60–645.1%
3.9%55–596.1%
4.9%50–545.5%
4.7%45–496.0%
6.2%40–445.7%
4.7%35–394.5%
4.7%30–344.0%
6.0%25–295.1%
6.4%20–244.3%
7.3%15–1910.8%
13.2%10–1411.0%
10.0%5–98.9%
6.0%0–44.9%

Local languages used

Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.

  • Tachelhit98.4%
  • Darija30.9%
  • Tamazight1.2%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.8%
  • French50.5%
  • English13.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot52.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle10.5%
  • Private car10.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work8.0%
  • Informal transport5.9%
  • Employer’s transport5.5%
  • Bus4.2%
  • Animal1.3%
  • Another way0.8%
  • Taxi0.4%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary

Establishments
7444.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2229.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
231.0 per business
Public services
50
Associations
2in premises of their own
Weekly souks
2counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce81.8%
  • Services18.2%
  • Industry0.0%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person95.5%
  • 2 to 34.5%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later27.3%
  • 2011–201945.5%
  • 2001–201013.6%
  • 1991–20009.1%
  • 1981–19904.5%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Adaghas’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 9 douars in 2 fractions, with 1,656 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
اعشاتنAchaten3 douars · 341 people
تكركارTakarkarIn parts371494.10.511.2
أنزݣارAnzgarIn parts311122.21.07.0
دكاتDakatDispersed2080———
أرتنانArtnane6 douars · 1,315 people
أرتنانArtnaneIn parts1927380.91.11.6
أيت ابراهيمAit BrahimIn parts29115———
أيت حماد أوعليAit H'Mad Ou AliDispersed361220.61.16.4
أيت لشكرAit AchgarIn parts471961.61.61.6
تدارتTadaretDispersed1554———
تغزوتTaghzoutIn parts2590———

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

— HCP doesn’t publish the figures of a douar with fewer than 30 households.

In the data

Files and code
Code
07.211.07.01
As digits
072110701
Slug
adaghas
OpenStreetMap
2820930
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("adaghas");

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