Ait Issafen

آيت إسفن

Rural commune in the cercle of Anezi, province of Tiznit, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
2,497
Since 2014
−24.2%from 3,293 in 2014
Density
22.2people per km², 112.5 km²
Households
813
Foreign residents
5
Rank
1,4151,415th most populous of 1,503 communes19th of 25 in its province

Since 2014, households with running water went from 36.2% to 73.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

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 Issafen.

Ait Issafen −24.2%

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
60.5%aged 10 and over55.7% in 201476.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
5.4%30.8% in 20146.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
19.0%aged 15 and over21.3% in 20141.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
91.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.41children per woman1.21 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.0%of people16.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
2.9people on average4.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
73.1%of settled households36.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Issafen: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
12.2%75 and over14.0%
7.6%70–746.6%
8.0%65–696.5%
6.2%60–647.2%
6.5%55–597.7%
7.7%50–548.6%
6.0%45–497.0%
4.4%40–446.7%
4.3%35–394.7%
4.1%30–342.5%
3.6%25–293.6%
4.6%20–244.6%
6.3%15–196.0%
8.4%10–146.0%
6.2%5–94.7%
3.6%0–43.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit99.1%
  • Darija10.1%
  • Tamazight1.0%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic94.1%
  • French43.0%
  • English9.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh6.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Informal transport32.4%
  • On foot23.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work15.2%
  • Taxi10.3%
  • Private car5.4%
  • Bus5.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle5.2%
  • Another way1.4%
  • Employer’s transport1.1%
  • 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
11044.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
87.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
81.0 per business
Public services
91
Associations
11in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce100.0%
  • Industry0.0%
  • Construction0.0%
  • Services0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person100.0%
  • 2 to 30.0%
  • 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 later0.0%
  • 2011–201937.5%
  • 2001–201025.0%
  • 1991–20000.0%
  • 1981–199012.5%
  • 1956–198025.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ait Issafen’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 56 douars in 1 fraction, with 2,322 people. 175 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 إيسافنAit Iyssafen56 douars · 2,322 people
إد الطالبId-at-TalbGrouped2677———
تيزغرانTizourharaneGrouped1662———
أنامر أورسموكAnamer OursmougGrouped1248———
إد الحوزومId al HouzoumGrouped341021.07.16.1
أكني أوترونAgni ou TrounGrouped1730———
تينملينTinemelineGrouped820———
ألبيضAlbidGrouped39911.210.210.2
إكورضانIgrdaneGrouped1133———
إرازانIrazaneGrouped48———
إكنانIgounaneGrouped26———
تالمدكوشتTamedcouchtGrouped518———
أيت داودAït DawdGrouped2885———
إغالنIghalnGrouped391081.01.03.4
تكنزاTaganzaGrouped1025———
إدوقاسIdwaqqasGrouped1321———
إدوازنيكId OuazingGrouped2364———
إمي أوكنImi OugniGrouped1022———
تاوريرت ولزانTaourirt OuilazanGrouped2362———
إغاريونIghariounGrouped1844———
إدكورحالIdgourhalGrouped1841———
أكرض إفرضAgrd IyfrdGrouped30960.03.32.3
أغرابوAgharrabouGrouped321071.02.73.8
أمنارAmanarGrouped110———
أفودAfoudGrouped1434———
تافراوت ندباكنسيسTafraout NadbaknsisGrouped518———
تاوريرت إد علي أوزكريTaourirt Id Ali AouzkriGrouped1238———
أزرو ومانAzrou WamaneGrouped2779———
أكرض تيزكيAguerd TizguiGrouped1336———
إمساهلنImsahlenGrouped931———
أكرض أيت القاسمAguerd Ait KassemGrouped39———
إجماحIjmahGrouped1124———
توفرارToufrarGrouped410———
أيت بوجمعةAït BoujmaGrouped37———
إكضيIgdiGrouped1638———
أمان أوسدرمAman OusdrmGrouped49———
إدرمنIdrmnGrouped1536———
أيت واشحالAït WachhalGrouped826———
ترمانتTaramanteGrouped1446———
أكرضانIgourdaneGrouped2363———
أنامر زكاغنAnamar ZougaghneGrouped1345———
تملالتTamlaltDispersed1546———
إبوعلانIboualaneGrouped1233———
أنامر أيت باهاAnamar Ait BahaGrouped414———
تونينTouniyneGrouped413———
إكجيمينIygjjiymnGrouped935———
تكنيتTagniytGrouped1029———
تيغمرتTiyghmrtGrouped1323———
أوشان تليليتOuchane N'TliliteGrouped2052———
تويسنTouysenGrouped2055———
تينساTinsaGrouped39———
أكادير أومزارAgadir WamazrGrouped1023———
إمي أوزغارImi OuzagharGrouped48———
تانمرتTanemertGrouped311———
الركنRkounDispersed662271.01.25.6
أباكريمAbakriymGrouped48———
تيزي إكضيTizi IgdiGrouped37———

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
09.581.03.01
As digits
095810301
Slug
ait-issafen
OpenStreetMap
2888769
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-issafen");

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