Ait Igas
آيت اكاس
Rural commune in the cercle of Taroudannt, province of Taroudannt, Souss-Massa.
- Population, 2024
- 10,378
- Since 2014
- +1.2%from 10,256 in 2014
- Density
- 63people per km², 164.8 km²
- Households
- 2,195
- Rank
- 719719th most populous of 1,503 communes25th of 89 in its province
Next door in Freija, 18.9% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 52.0%.
Since 2014, unemployment went from 6.8% to 22.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Moulay Brahim. Running water: 97.8% here, 91.1% there; higher education: 3.0% here, 3.0% there; read French: 52.0% here, 51.4% there.
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 Igas.
Ait Igas +1.2%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 35.7%aged 10 and over44.2% in 201447.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 22.6%6.8% in 201431.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 36.2%aged 15 and over42.8% in 20142.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 98.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.54children per woman1.80 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.0%of people3.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.7people on average6.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 97.8%of settled households92.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2% | 75 and over | 3.3% | ||
| 3.1% | 70–74 | 3.0% | ||
| 2.9% | 65–69 | 3.4% | ||
| 3.6% | 60–64 | 4.5% | ||
| 4.3% | 55–59 | 5.3% | ||
| 5.7% | 50–54 | 5.2% | ||
| 6.1% | 45–49 | 6.2% | ||
| 7.2% | 40–44 | 7.0% | ||
| 7.2% | 35–39 | 7.4% | ||
| 6.9% | 30–34 | 7.2% | ||
| 5.8% | 25–29 | 5.7% | ||
| 6.6% | 20–24 | 6.0% | ||
| 8.3% | 15–19 | 8.4% | ||
| 11.0% | 10–14 | 10.2% | ||
| 10.5% | 5–9 | 9.1% | ||
| 7.8% | 0–4 | 8.2% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 44.2%aged 10 and over35.7% in 202456.4% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 6.8%22.6% in 202415.0% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 42.8%aged 15 and over36.2% in 202410.8% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 95.9%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.80children per woman2.54 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 3.5%of people5.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 6.3people on average4.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 92.9%of settled households97.8% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.7% | 75 and over | 2.6% | ||
| 1.3% | 70–74 | 1.4% | ||
| 2.1% | 65–69 | 1.8% | ||
| 3.5% | 60–64 | 2.7% | ||
| 3.3% | 55–59 | 3.5% | ||
| 4.1% | 50–54 | 4.9% | ||
| 4.6% | 45–49 | 5.4% | ||
| 6.4% | 40–44 | 5.7% | ||
| 6.9% | 35–39 | 6.4% | ||
| 7.7% | 30–34 | 8.4% | ||
| 8.2% | 25–29 | 9.1% | ||
| 8.3% | 20–24 | 8.8% | ||
| 8.6% | 15–19 | 8.5% | ||
| 9.9% | 10–14 | 9.3% | ||
| 10.3% | 5–9 | 9.8% | ||
| 12.1% | 0–4 | 11.4% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 17516.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 8347.4% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 1201.4 per business
- Public services
- 88
- Associations
- 4in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Douars
Ait Igas’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 29 douars in 1 fraction, with 10,378 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| أيت إيكاسAit Iykas29 douars · 10,378 people | ||||||
| تالبرجتTalborjt | Grouped | 138 | 600 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 4.5 |
| سيدي موسىSidi Moussa | Grouped | 15 | 81 | — | — | — |
| إفرض ويموشاIferd Ouymoucha | Grouped | 4 | 19 | — | — | — |
| أيت واعرابAït Ouarab | Grouped | 39 | 201 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 4.1 |
| أيت الغازيAït El Rhazi | Grouped | 126 | 534 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| تيزونتTizount | Grouped | 42 | 209 | 7.9 | 1.0 | 17.8 |
| توزومطTouzzoumt | Grouped | 31 | 144 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 7.8 |
| تعاونية تاركاCoopérative Targa | Grouped | 103 | 554 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| زاوية إفركانZaouïa Ifergane | Grouped | 102 | 486 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| قصبة أوالشكرKasba ou Lachguer | Grouped | 231 | 1,010 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| أيت موسىAit Moussa | Grouped | 130 | 686 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 12.3 |
| أيت براصوAït ou Brasso | Dispersed | 32 | 212 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
| بن تافوBentaffou | Dispersed | 128 | 545 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 6.6 |
| تكاديرت نايت علي وحساينTagadirt n'Ait Ali Ou Hsein | Grouped | 105 | 524 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 9.9 |
| تعاونية الفتحCoopérative Al Fath | Grouped | 94 | 486 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 4.1 |
| إمي إغزرImi Irhzer | Dispersed | 46 | 258 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 19.8 |
| أدوزAdouz | Grouped | 64 | 259 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 13.9 |
| إكي إغزرIgi Ighzer | Grouped | 18 | 67 | — | — | — |
| إشباعنIchebane | Grouped | 132 | 614 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| زاوية المعدرZaouiet El Maader | Grouped | 21 | 94 | — | — | — |
| زاوية إمي مدغرZaouiat Imi Madghar | Grouped | 49 | 220 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 16.1 |
| بوغيولBoughioul | Grouped | 33 | 150 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 12.0 |
| أكادير تاحيونيتAgadir Tahayounit | Grouped | 25 | 116 | — | — | — |
| أيت تامنتAit Tamment | Grouped | 40 | 181 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
| أجاغجاAjarhja | In parts | 129 | 566 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 10.5 |
| لغرابLorhrab | Dispersed | 84 | 353 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 7.1 |
| أيت أوميهيAit Aoumihi | Grouped | 11 | 59 | — | — | — |
| أيت الشريفAit Cherif | Grouped | 30 | 157 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 11.6 |
| تعاونية الجوهرCoopérative El Jouhar | Grouped | 193 | 993 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 4.5 |
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
09.541.09.03- As digits
095410903- Slug
ait-igas- Census figures
/api/communes/09.541.09.03/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/09.541.09.03/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/09.541.09.03/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/09.541.09.03/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2889035
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("ait-igas");