Afella Ighir

أفلا إغير

Rural commune in the cercle of Tafraout, province of Tiznit, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
2,446
Since 2014
−17.7%from 2,973 in 2014
Density
4.2people per km², 579.8 km²
Households
855
Rank
1,4171,417th most populous of 1,503 communes20th of 25 in its province

Next door in Tarsouat, 53.7% of households have running water. Here, it’s 91.8%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 71.0% to 91.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Compare it with other communes

Where it is

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

How it changed

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

Afella Ighir −17.7%

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
40.5%aged 10 and over40.9% in 201457.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
36.2%18.2% in 201442.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
32.5%aged 15 and over26.2% in 201410.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.49children per woman2.23 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.2%of people12.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
2.8people on average3.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
91.8%of settled households71.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Afella Ighir: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
6.4%75 and over11.6%
6.1%70–745.6%
5.7%65–696.4%
6.7%60–646.8%
8.0%55–599.3%
5.7%50–545.9%
6.8%45–495.4%
5.8%40–445.6%
5.5%35–395.5%
4.7%30–345.5%
4.0%25–294.7%
5.1%20–245.3%
6.5%15–196.0%
8.2%10–146.8%
8.7%5–95.8%
6.1%0–43.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit96.4%
  • Darija66.8%
  • Tamazight1.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French55.9%
  • English21.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot48.5%
  • Employer’s transport22.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work15.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle7.8%
  • Private car3.5%
  • Informal transport2.8%
  • Bus0.5%
  • Taxi0.0%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
15161.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
5234.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2154.1 per business
Public services
89
Associations
10in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce57.7%
  • Services23.1%
  • Industry15.4%
  • Construction3.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person80.8%
  • 2 to 37.7%
  • 4 to 95.8%
  • 10 to 493.8%
  • 50 and over1.9%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later19.2%
  • 2011–201944.2%
  • 2001–201023.1%
  • 1991–20007.7%
  • 1981–19903.8%
  • 1956–19801.9%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Afella Ighir’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 31 douars in 6 fractions, with 2,406 people. 40 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أفلا إغيرAfella Ighir11 douars · 432 people
أيت عبد القادرAït AbdelkaderGrouped2267———
تامالوتTamaloutGrouped35———
تيوريTiourriGrouped819———
تيزغتTizeghtGrouped517———
تمساوتTamsaoutGrouped1945———
أكديمAgoudimGrouped1133———
أضاضAdadGrouped616———
فيغيلFighilGrouped1234———
أفيلالAfilalGrouped1319———
كدورتGdourtGrouped34810.04.04.0
أكرض إملالنAguerd ImlalenGrouped32960.05.35.3
أفلا إغير المركزAfella Ighir Centre1 douar · 202 people
مركز أفلا إغيرCentre Afella IghirGrouped592020.00.20.2
أسيف إكنانAssif Igounane9 douars · 922 people
تمكيدشتTimguidchtGrouped1053390.00.56.5
إمي وازالImiwazalGrouped2348———
تاكموتTagmoutGrouped43860.01.818.0
تاوريرتTaourirtGrouped1219———
تامسولتTamssoultGrouped1226———
تمقييتTimkyetGrouped641780.10.220.0
إداوتميمIda OutmimGrouped713———
تيواضواTiouadouaGrouped591690.00.05.0
تازونتTazountGrouped2044———
إدوا خالدIdoua Khaled2 douars · 126 people
تيجفرتTijfertGrouped1852———
اوكليضOuaouklidDispersed2974———
تلات إفرخسTalat Eferkhss5 douars · 359 people
تلاتTalatGrouped471641.01.91.9
افرخسIfarkhssGrouped719———
تيغيغيتTighighitGrouped12———
انليوىAnliouaGrouped421483.80.818.7
تنسيغلTansighelGrouped926———
أيت بنوحAït Bou Nouh3 douars · 365 people
انكرنInkernGrouped441390.01.020.0
ايت بنوحAït Bou NouhGrouped742020.01.020.0
انسيسAnsisGrouped1424———

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
09.581.09.01
As digits
095810901
Slug
afella-ighir
OpenStreetMap
2888750
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("afella-ighir");

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