Ain Tizgha

عين تيزغة

Rural commune in the cercle of Bouznika, province of Benslimane, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
21,248
Since 2014
+35.4%from 15,692 in 2014
Density
74.4people per km², 285.6 km²
Households
4,467
Foreign residents
11
Rank
285285th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 15 in its province

Next door in Benslimane, 92.7% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 34.7%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 22.1% to 57.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Majjate. Apartments: 26.3% here, 27.9% there; can’t read or write: 22.5% here, 18.8% there; aged 65 and over: 6.8% here, 6.6% there.

Compare it with Majjate

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 Tizgha.

Ain Tizgha +35.4%

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
22.5%aged 10 and over37.3% in 201430.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
18.4%10.9% in 201431.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
41.3%aged 15 and over45.8% in 201410.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.97children per woman2.64 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.1%of people3.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.3people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
57.6%of settled households22.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ain Tizgha: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.1%75 and over3.1%
1.8%70–741.7%
2.4%65–692.5%
3.7%60–643.2%
4.0%55–593.4%
5.3%50–545.1%
6.9%45–495.3%
8.2%40–447.1%
7.8%35–398.2%
6.5%30–348.6%
5.9%25–297.4%
6.2%20–246.4%
7.9%15–198.0%
10.7%10–1411.1%
11.1%5–910.6%
9.5%0–48.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.8%
  • Tachelhit4.3%
  • Tamazight2.3%
  • Tarifit0.4%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French61.2%
  • English23.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot34.6%
  • Private car16.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work13.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle13.6%
  • Employer’s transport6.9%
  • Taxi6.2%
  • Bus4.6%
  • Informal transport2.6%
  • Train0.7%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1497.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
10671.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2,30321.7 per business
Public services
43
Associations
0in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce49.1%
  • Industry28.3%
  • Services22.6%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person57.5%
  • 2 to 38.5%
  • 4 to 910.4%
  • 10 to 4913.2%
  • 50 and over10.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later39.6%
  • 2011–201934.9%
  • 2001–201017.9%
  • 1991–20004.7%
  • 1981–19900.9%
  • 1956–19801.9%
  • Before 19560.0%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The share of businesses with 50 people or more is 10.4%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Across the 10 communes it borders, the median is 1.0%. Sidi Bettache is furthest from it, at 0.0%.

How these are picked

Douars

Ain Tizgha’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 16 douars in 3 fractions, with 19,062 people. 2,186 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
بني اورى بني مكسالBni Aoura Bni Meksal8 douars · 4,875 people
اولاد يونسOulad YounesDispersed1688451.22.03.7
بني عيسىBni IssiDispersed2039131.42.85.8
بني موسىBni MoussaDispersed1296431.61.99.0
القطابةLegtabaDispersed1948091.73.17.7
الكنادزةEl GnadzaDispersed1155180.64.16.9
اولاد بوعزةOulad BouazzaDispersed1426521.22.97.9
برابشةLebrabchaDispersed361531.15.39.8
اولاد لعروسيOulad LaaroussiDispersed773421.53.32.7
بني اورى العيونBni Aoura Laâyoune4 douars · 4,456 people
العيونLaayouneGrouped4081,6030.61.60.8
الكديةEl KoudiaIn parts3521,6062.02.68.6
ادعيديعةDaidiaaDispersed2111,0870.82.95.4
كريمةLekraymaGrouped451600.92.84.7
الحساسنةEl Hasasna4 douars · 9,731 people
اولاد احمد الساحلOulad Ahmed SahelIn parts4271,9011.33.39.4
لبسابس الشرقيةBssabes CharkiaDispersed3231,2611.38.613.5
لبسابس الغربيةEl Bssabes El GharbiaDispersed4181,6842.25.512.3
المطارAl MatarGrouped1,2194,8850.61.13.5

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
06.111.05.03
As digits
061110503
Slug
ain-tizgha
OpenStreetMap
2522588
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ain-tizgha");

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