Ait Blal

آيت ابلال

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

Population, 2024: 7,840
Since 2014: +0.9%from 7,770 in 2014
Density: 103people per km², 76 km²
Households: 1,334
Rank: 922922nd most populous of 1,503 communes33rd of 44 in its province

Since 2014, households with running water went from 10.1% to 95.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ait Hkim-Ait Yzid. Read French: 30.7% here, 31.0% there; running water: 95.9% here, 93.7% there; higher education: 2.3% here, 1.4% there.

Compare it with Ait Hkim-Ait Yzid

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

22322

How it changed

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

Ait Blal +0.9%

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: 49.0%aged 10 and over59.4% in 201461.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 19.5%1.1% in 201410.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 35.6%aged 15 and over44.8% in 20141.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 95.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.76children per woman2.96 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 2.3%of people2.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 5.8people on average7.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 95.9%of settled households10.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Blal: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.1%	75 and over	2.5%
1.8%	70–74	1.3%
2.5%	65–69	1.8%
3.2%	60–64	3.7%
3.6%	55–59	3.8%
2.6%	50–54	3.4%
4.3%	45–49	4.6%
4.6%	40–44	5.9%
5.2%	35–39	5.7%
7.2%	30–34	6.3%
7.8%	25–29	6.6%
10.5%	20–24	8.0%
10.5%	15–19	12.5%
11.8%	10–14	12.4%
12.2%	5–9	11.2%
10.1%	0–4	10.1%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit99.3%
Darija5.8%
Tamazight0.3%
Hassania0.1%
Tarifit0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.7%
French30.7%
English5.2%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot33.2%
Informal transport22.0%
Doesn’t travel to work21.4%
Bus19.8%
Bike or motorcycle1.0%
Private car1.0%
Employer’s transport0.8%
Animal0.4%
Another way0.3%
Taxi0.2%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 59.4%aged 10 and over49.0% in 202473.1% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 1.1%19.5% in 20248.6% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 44.8%aged 15 and over35.6% in 20242.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 82.2%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.96children per woman2.76 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 2.9%of people2.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 7.0people on average5.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 10.1%of settled households95.9% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Blal: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
1.8%	75 and over	1.4%
1.4%	70–74	1.3%
1.0%	65–69	1.3%
2.4%	60–64	1.9%
2.9%	55–59	2.2%
3.9%	50–54	4.2%
3.9%	45–49	3.8%
3.1%	40–44	4.0%
5.0%	35–39	4.9%
5.9%	30–34	6.8%
7.0%	25–29	7.3%
9.6%	20–24	8.3%
10.7%	15–19	11.6%
14.5%	10–14	13.6%
13.4%	5–9	14.1%
13.4%	0–4	13.5%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit99.6%
Darija29.9%
Tamazight0.0%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic only58.5%
Arabic and French38.0%
Arabic, French and English2.7%
Other combinations0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot54.0%
Bus40.8%
Not stated3.2%
Another way0.8%
Private car0.4%
Taxi0.4%
Bike or motorcycle0.2%
Employer’s transport0.2%
Works at home0.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood35.5%
No fixed place34.2%
Another province22.7%
Not stated3.1%
Another in the commune2.2%
Another commune1.9%
Somewhere else0.4%
At home0.1%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Labouring and small trades31.1%
Crafts and skilled trades23.5%
Farming and fishing22.3%
Farm and fishing labour13.0%
Trade and broking3.5%
Clerical work3.1%
Managers and senior professionals1.7%
Machine operating1.1%
Not classified0.6%
Technicians0.3%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma88.4%
Primary9.6%
Lower secondary0.8%
DEUG or Licence0.7%
Upper secondary0.5%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 15219.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 7247.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 861.2 per business
Public services: 53
Associations: 27in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce72.2%
Services19.4%
Industry6.9%
Construction1.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person80.6%
2 to 319.4%
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 later34.7%
2011–201947.2%
2001–20104.2%
1991–20008.3%
1981–19901.4%
1956–19804.2%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ait Blal’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 19 douars in 5 fractions, with 7,722 people. 118 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
ايت بلالAit Blal3 douars · 1,450 people
تݣفايتTagafayt	Grouped	88	426	0.4	3.8	5.4
أيت البورAit Lbour	In parts	58	358	0.0	0.9	40.2
أيت الحسن اوعليAït Lahsene Ou Ali	In parts	112	666	1.1	1.0	41.8
ايت مناAit Mna5 douars · 1,777 people
أمالو نواعساوAmalou Nouwaassawe	Grouped	28	188	—	—	—
اݣنيAgni	Grouped	38	207	3.0	2.8	45.0
إسكاونIskaoune	Grouped	45	258	3.5	3.6	22.2
أسامر نواعساوAssammar Nouasaou	Grouped	58	435	0.0	0.1	45.8
تامسيفتTamsift	Grouped	94	689	12.0	0.0	49.9
ايت واݣونAit Ouaggoun5 douars · 1,968 people
ايت إغيرAït Ighiyr	Grouped	27	156	—	—	—
ترارݣلتTararglt	Grouped	50	269	0.8	1.4	42.8
تيفرتTifert	In parts	83	453	0.9	1.1	40.9
أيت واݣونAit Ouaggoun	In parts	88	561	3.2	1.8	21.9
أعساو( أيت عبد اللحق)Asaou (Ait Abd Ellhk)	Grouped	89	529	5.0	2.3	27.4
خلادKhallad5 douars · 1,466 people
خلادKhallad	In parts	122	649	0.7	1.1	25.8
إمزيلنImzilane	Grouped	24	113	—	—	—
أشاويخAchaouykh	Grouped	10	55	—	—	—
تشتيوينTachtiwine	Grouped	27	158	—	—	—
أغبالوAghbalou	In parts	87	491	2.6	0.3	42.7
تيزي نوبادوTizi -n- Oubadouw1 douar · 1,061 people
تيزي نوبادوTizi -n- Oubadouw	Grouped	206	1,061	0.4	0.7	43.8

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: 05.081.15.01
As digits: 050811501
Slug: ait-blal
Record: /api/communes/05.081.15.01.json
Boundary: /api/communes/05.081.15.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/05.081.15.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/05.081.15.01/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/05.081.15.01/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/05.081.15.01/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/05.081.15.01/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2887321

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-blal");

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