Ait Abbas

آيت عباس

Rural commune in the cercle of Azilal, province of Azilal, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024
13,548
Since 2014
+7.2%from 12,633 in 2014
Density
57.8people per km², 234.3 km²
Households
2,235
Rank
520520th most populous of 1,503 communes17th of 44 in its province

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

22006

How it changed

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

Ait Abbas +7.2%

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
47.3%aged 10 and over65.7% in 201458.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
9.2%8.9% in 201410.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.7%aged 15 and over47.8% in 20141.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
92.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.94children per woman4.73 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.2%of people2.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
6.1people on average7.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
78.4%of settled households8.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Abbas: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.8%75 and over1.9%
1.6%70–741.5%
2.4%65–692.1%
2.6%60–642.7%
3.4%55–592.9%
3.1%50–543.8%
3.5%45–494.2%
4.8%40–445.5%
5.8%35–396.7%
6.2%30–347.0%
7.3%25–296.2%
9.1%20–247.3%
11.5%15–1911.5%
13.9%10–1413.4%
12.3%5–912.2%
10.7%0–411.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit65.1%
  • Tamazight35.6%
  • Darija2.9%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%

The two censuses don’t line up here: Tachelhit 27.2% in 2014, 65.1% in 2024; Tamazight 73.3% in 2014, 35.6% in 2024. How these are spotted

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.3%
  • French21.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh9.5%
  • English2.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot48.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work32.4%
  • Informal transport9.3%
  • Bus5.2%
  • Animal1.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.1%
  • Private car1.0%
  • Employer’s transport0.7%
  • Taxi0.2%
  • Another way0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
23817.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
11548.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1171.0 per business
Public services
100
Associations
23in premises of their own
Weekly souks
3counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce74.8%
  • Services20.9%
  • Industry2.6%
  • Construction1.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person98.3%
  • 2 to 31.7%
  • 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 later12.2%
  • 2011–201954.8%
  • 2001–201029.6%
  • 1991–20003.5%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ait Abbas’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 25 douars in 7 fractions, with 13,541 people. 7 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
أيت مكازAit Mkaz4 douars · 1,961 people
إقدارنIkaddarnGrouped844801.21.76.0
إجلغيغنIjalghiyghnDispersed956601.72.113.0
أنلاتفAnlatefDispersed1106811.51.911.3
تفوغالتTafraoutDispersed16140———
ايت حيزم إكميرAit Hizem Igmir8 douars · 4,151 people
زروالتZeroualtDispersed815440.50.93.6
إغير نيسوتارIghiy-n-IssoutarGrouped493020.11.425.0
كلابو - ايت اعمرKlabou Ait AmerDispersed875960.30.829.6
تمرنوتTamernouteDispersed885640.61.428.6
سرمت نايت عباسSermt N'ait AbbasDispersed1591,0033.61.937.6
تانمزديتTinmizditDispersed1237320.21.139.6
تورتيتTourtiytDispersed733980.72.359.2
مركز إݣميرCentre IgmirGrouped212———
سݣاطSgat5 douars · 2,736 people
إݣردانIgourdaneDispersed513150.40.59.5
أتيفنAtifenDispersed1005890.11.38.1
أزكونZakkouwnDispersed1568847.22.18.2
تيفالوينTifallouwiynDispersed11261913.32.113.3
تسكولتTasklouwtDispersed6032910.01.910.2
إيبعزيزIbaziz4 douars · 1,906 people
تيرارينTirarineDispersed1257531.31.815.0
إيبعزيزIbazizDispersed966031.82.215.6
امشاشتوAmchachtouGrouped513350.21.419.1
وانشكيWanchkiDispersed342150.91.36.3
أنبدزكينAnbdzkine2 douars · 1,214 people
إيمسوناImsounaDispersed895410.41.46.2
أنيدزكينAnidzkineDispersed1016730.72.215.5
سݣاط المركزSgat Centre1 douar · 1,247 people
سݣاطSgatDispersed2381,2470.40.81.0
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 326 people
تاكستTakoustGrouped553260.00.20.2

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
05.081.03.03
As digits
050810303
Slug
ait-abbas
OpenStreetMap
2887318
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-abbas");

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