Ait Abdallah

آيت عبد الله

Rural commune in the cercle of Irherm, province of Taroudannt, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
1,635
Since 2014
−21.6%from 2,086 in 2014
Density
6people per km², 271.2 km²
Households
643
Rank
1,4521,452nd most populous of 1,503 communes81st of 89 in its province

Next door in Sidi Mzal, 28.5% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 60.8%.

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 Ait Abdallah.

Ait Abdallah −21.6%

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
52.2%aged 10 and over52.8% in 201468.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
25.2%22.8% in 201434.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
24.2%aged 15 and over27.2% in 20142.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
92.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.63children per woman2.12 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.3%of people12.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
2.5people on average3.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
87.4%of settled households82.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Abdallah: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
11.0%75 and over13.5%
6.4%70–746.8%
5.5%65–696.1%
6.7%60–6411.2%
6.6%55–596.8%
7.0%50–546.9%
7.4%45–497.1%
4.4%40–447.9%
6.6%35–395.3%
6.6%30–344.6%
2.5%25–293.6%
3.9%20–244.0%
4.9%15–193.6%
7.0%10–144.8%
7.0%5–94.6%
6.6%0–43.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit95.0%
  • Darija47.1%
  • Tamazight0.4%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic97.7%
  • French60.8%
  • English12.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh6.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot57.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work16.5%
  • Employer’s transport11.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle6.2%
  • Private car4.5%
  • Informal transport1.6%
  • Bus1.2%
  • Animal1.2%
  • Taxi0.0%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
11268.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2219.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1115.0 per business
Public services
79
Associations
11in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce54.5%
  • Services27.3%
  • Industry9.1%
  • Construction9.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person90.9%
  • 2 to 34.5%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over4.5%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later36.4%
  • 2011–201931.8%
  • 2001–201013.6%
  • 1991–20009.1%
  • 1981–19904.5%
  • 1956–19804.5%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ait Abdallah’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 23 douars in 1 fraction, with 1,594 people. 41 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 عبد اللهAit Abdallah23 douars · 1,594 people
تيداسTiddasGrouped1341———
بوكوزولBougouzoulGrouped2554———
أيت أورغيسAit OurghisGrouped1113———
تزي امليلTizi ImlilGrouped1528———
أوكرماضWakrmadGrouped2555———
تاوريرت نبرورTawriyrt N'BrourGrouped30813.61.016.1
أزغاغAzghaghGrouped1955———
تزغاغتTazghaghtGrouped822———
إميكرزImikarzGrouped1122———
الزغنغينZghanghineGrouped1527———
امزاورAmzaourGrouped431211.01.03.1
أساكاAssakaGrouped2372———
ألوسAlousGrouped2462———
تكاديرت نوزرارTagadirt NouzrarGrouped48———
تسكاتTassakatGrouped1536———
أزكورAzgourGrouped2252———
تزالاغتTazalaghtGrouped30820.115.014.9
أسدرمAsdarmGrouped701620.17.17.1
توليTaouliGrouped441021.05.05.0
تيتكيTitekiGrouped35801.01.411.3
أفرنيAferniGrouped471111.02.014.2
إفسفاسIfsfasGrouped35870.111.011.0
المركزCentreGrouped792211.01.01.0

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
09.541.03.03
As digits
095410303
Slug
ait-abdallah
OpenStreetMap
2875703
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-abdallah");

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