Ait El Farsi

آيت الفرسي

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

Population, 2024
5,653
Since 2014
−1.8%from 5,754 in 2014
Density
10.3people per km², 547.8 km²
Households
1,040
Rank
1,1391,139th most populous of 1,503 communes19th of 25 in its province

Since 2014, unemployment went from 4.8% to 27.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ait Haddou Youssef. In the labour force: 27.1% here, 28.6% there; apartments: 0.0% here, 0.0% there; household size: 5.4 here, 5.1 there.

Compare it with Ait Haddou Youssef

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 El Farsi.

Ait El Farsi −1.8%

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
36.3%aged 10 and over42.5% in 201443.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
27.5%4.8% in 201412.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
27.1%aged 15 and over34.4% in 20142.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.67children per woman3.91 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.1%of people5.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.4people on average7.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
90.2%of settled households74.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait El Farsi: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.4%75 and over3.9%
2.8%70–743.0%
2.4%65–692.9%
3.6%60–643.5%
2.3%55–593.5%
3.2%50–544.0%
3.6%45–495.3%
5.3%40–445.7%
4.6%35–395.2%
6.1%30–347.0%
5.6%25–296.8%
6.1%20–246.9%
9.9%15–199.5%
15.0%10–1413.3%
14.4%5–910.4%
10.7%0–49.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight99.0%
  • Tachelhit6.7%
  • Darija0.7%
  • Tarifit0.4%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic96.9%
  • French41.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh32.0%
  • English9.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot67.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle9.5%
  • Informal transport7.4%
  • Bus6.0%
  • Employer’s transport5.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work2.8%
  • Private car1.6%
  • Taxi0.4%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
9717.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
4041.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
431.1 per business
Public services
52
Associations
5in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce47.5%
  • Services45.0%
  • Industry7.5%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person95.0%
  • 2 to 35.0%
  • 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 later2.5%
  • 2011–201995.0%
  • 2001–20100.0%
  • 1991–20002.5%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • 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 literate people who read and write Amazigh in Tifinagh is 32.0%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Across the 4 communes it borders, the median is 16.1%. Ferkla El Oulia is furthest from it, at 8.6%.

Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.

How these are picked

Douars

Ait El Farsi’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 8 douars in 1 fraction, with 5,543 people. 110 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
واد إشمOued Ichm8 douars · 5,543 people
أيت الفرسيAït el FarsiGrouped3381,5271.01.11.6
أيت خوخدنAït KhoukhdeneGrouped673321.01.73.2
أكديم نيخرطانagoudim nikhrtaneGrouped2041,1111.21.26.9
بويهريBouyhriDispersed693861.42.815.7
حدو إيشوHaddou IchouIn parts7248011.11.821.5
سيدي محمد افروتنتSidi Mohamed AfroutentDispersed593374.31.215.4
إشمIchmDispersed775172.23.810.3
تورزةTourzaGrouped1408531.11.319.9

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
08.577.07.01
As digits
085770701
Slug
ait-el-farsi
OpenStreetMap
2887548
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-el-farsi");

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