Agdz

أكدز

Urban commune in the province of Zagora, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
11,189
Since 2014
+4.8%from 10,681 in 2014
Density
638people per km², 17.5 km²
Households
2,254
Foreign residents
20
Rank
655655th most populous of 1,503 communes10th of 25 in its province

Where it is

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

TazarineTaghbalteAit BoudaoudKtaouaTagouniteM'hamid El GhizlaneBleidaTansifteMezguitaAfella N'draAfraTamezmouteTaftechnaAit OuallalN'kobOulad Yahia LagraireTinzoulineBni ZoliZagoraTamegrouteTernataBouzeroualErrouhaFezouata

How it changed

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

Agdz +4.8%

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
22.3%aged 10 and over27.0% in 201430.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
21.2%14.0% in 201427.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.1%aged 15 and over38.0% in 20149.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.89children per woman2.96 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.1%of people3.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.0people on average5.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
96.2%of settled households95.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Agdz: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.2%75 and over2.5%
2.2%70–741.7%
2.4%65–692.9%
3.2%60–643.6%
3.3%55–593.9%
5.2%50–544.5%
6.0%45–495.6%
6.1%40–446.7%
6.6%35–397.0%
6.2%30–347.4%
5.8%25–296.5%
7.3%20–248.0%
9.6%15–199.5%
12.2%10–1411.5%
11.7%5–910.1%
10.0%0–48.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija92.7%
  • Tachelhit65.0%
  • Tamazight20.4%
  • Hassania0.3%
  • Tarifit0.2%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.8%
  • French54.6%
  • English19.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh16.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot52.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle15.2%
  • Private car12.0%
  • Employer’s transport9.0%
  • Taxi2.2%
  • Bus1.0%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Agdz’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
3,810
Standing empty
43.4%32.6% vacant10.8% a second home
Precarious
2.4%0.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
43.3%94.1% on the water mains94.7% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
2.8%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house72.6%
  • Traditional house23.2%
  • Rural-type2.1%
  • Apartment1.7%
  • Other0.3%
  • Villa0.1%
  • Slum or basic house0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years77.9%
  • 20 to 49 years21.2%
  • 50 years or more0.9%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
64157.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
58391.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
7601.3 per business
Public services
43
Associations
15in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce57.1%
  • Services24.9%
  • Industry10.8%
  • Construction7.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person83.7%
  • 2 to 313.0%
  • 4 to 93.3%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later37.2%
  • 2011–201932.8%
  • 2001–201019.0%
  • 1991–20006.9%
  • 1981–19902.4%
  • 1956–19801.7%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
08.587.01.01
As digits
085870101
Slug
agdz
Record
/api/communes/08.587.01.01.json
Boundary
/api/communes/08.587.01.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/08.587.01.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/08.587.01.01/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/08.587.01.01/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/08.587.01.01/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2884947
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("agdz");

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