Ain Timguenai

عين تمكناي

Rural commune in the cercle of El Menzel, province of Sefrou, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
6,598
Since 2014
+1.2%from 6,519 in 2014
Density
86.1people per km², 76.6 km²
Households
1,750
Foreign residents
1
Rank
1,0511,051st most populous of 1,503 communes14th of 23 in its province

Next door in El Menzel, 95.6% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 1.3%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 12.7% to 23.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ouled Yaich. In the labour force: 31.3% here, 31.6% there; running water: 95.9% here, 86.6% there; aged 65 and over: 11.0% here, 11.9% there.

Compare it with Ouled Yaich

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 Ain Timguenai.

Ain Timguenai +1.2%

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
34.7%aged 10 and over37.6% in 201444.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
23.5%12.7% in 201456.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
31.3%aged 15 and over39.4% in 20145.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.29children per woman1.78 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.9%of people5.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
95.9%of settled households87.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ain Timguenai: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.1%75 and over4.6%
2.7%70–743.0%
3.8%65–693.7%
6.1%60–646.1%
6.7%55–595.9%
7.2%50–546.7%
6.6%45–495.8%
6.2%40–447.3%
5.0%35–396.9%
4.7%30–345.8%
5.0%25–295.9%
5.4%20–246.1%
9.1%15–198.3%
9.9%10–148.8%
9.3%5–98.1%
8.0%0–47.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.0%
  • Tamazight17.3%
  • Tachelhit10.3%
  • Tarifit0.3%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.4%
  • French49.8%
  • English11.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot74.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle6.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.3%
  • Private car5.1%
  • Informal transport3.6%
  • Taxi2.3%
  • Bus1.3%
  • Employer’s transport1.0%
  • Animal0.3%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
1,345
Standing empty
19.3%10.6% vacant8.8% a second home
Precarious
5.9%1.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
1.3%98.1% on the water mains96.8% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
12.0%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house86.5%
  • Traditional house5.6%
  • Rural-type4.5%
  • Villa2.0%
  • Slum or basic house1.0%
  • Other0.3%
  • Apartment0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years64.5%
  • 20 to 49 years34.3%
  • 50 years or more1.2%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
16324.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
12777.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1531.2 per business
Public services
28
Associations
8in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce60.6%
  • Services23.6%
  • Industry9.4%
  • Construction6.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person89.0%
  • 2 to 39.4%
  • 4 to 90.8%
  • 10 to 490.8%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later33.9%
  • 2011–201948.0%
  • 2001–201013.4%
  • 1991–20003.9%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.8%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Zaouiat Bougrine4,289

Douars

Ain Timguenai’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 5 douars in 2 fractions, with 2,309 people. Another 4,289 live in Zaouiat Bougrine, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
زاوية بوكرينZaouia Boukrine4 douars · 1,278 people
تيموياسTimouyasIn parts1706220.83.46.8
الزاويةZaouiaIn parts1245630.72.48.8
زمزمZamzemDispersed1154———
عين الطلبةAin TolbaDispersed939———
قاصيوةKassioua1 douar · 1,031 people
قاصيوةKassiouaIn parts2921,0310.52.011.8

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
03.451.03.03
As digits
034510303
Slug
ain-timguenai
OpenStreetMap
2816235
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ain-timguenai");

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