Ait Ben Yacoub

آيت بن يعقوب

Rural commune in the cercle of Midelt, province of Midelt, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
3,743
Since 2014
−6.7%from 4,012 in 2014
Density
12people per km², 311.8 km²
Households
1,044
Rank
1,3271,327th most populous of 1,503 communes26th of 29 in its province

Where it is

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

ZaidaItzerTanourdiTizi N'ghachouAghbalouBoumiaAit AyachAgoudimTounfiteAnemziSidi Yahia Ou YoussefAmersidMibladenAit IzdegMideltGuirGourramaEn-NzalaEr-RichSidi AayadZaouiat Sidi HamzaGuers TiaallalineM'zizelAmouguerImilchilBou-AzmouOuterbatAit Yahya

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Ait Ben Yacoub −6.7%

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
43.2%aged 10 and over48.5% in 201454.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
29.6%12.5% in 201448.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.0%aged 15 and over41.0% in 20147.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.11children per woman1.68 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.0%of people11.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.6people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
37.3%of settled households68.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Ben Yacoub: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.2%75 and over5.5%
3.9%70–743.4%
3.3%65–693.5%
5.0%60–644.8%
5.8%55–596.2%
6.3%50–545.8%
5.9%45–496.8%
6.3%40–446.9%
6.2%35–396.0%
7.5%30–346.8%
4.6%25–296.0%
5.7%20–245.7%
7.9%15–197.4%
9.3%10–149.0%
9.8%5–98.6%
8.3%0–47.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija95.8%
  • Tamazight35.1%
  • Tachelhit1.0%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French33.9%
  • English3.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot79.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle4.1%
  • Private car2.5%
  • Employer’s transport1.8%
  • Bus0.9%
  • Taxi0.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
6116.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2947.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
431.5 per business
Public services
32
Associations
0in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce72.4%
  • Services24.1%
  • Industry3.4%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person89.7%
  • 2 to 30.0%
  • 4 to 910.3%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later27.6%
  • 2011–201937.9%
  • 2001–201010.3%
  • 1991–200024.1%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
08.363.07.07
As digits
083630707
Slug
ait-ben-yacoub
Record
/api/communes/08.363.07.07.json
Boundary
/api/communes/08.363.07.07/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/08.363.07.07/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/08.363.07.07/economy.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/08.363.07.07/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2826585
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-ben-yacoub");

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