Ait M'hamed

آيت امحمد

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

Population, 2024: 23,531
Since 2014: −0.7%from 23,696 in 2014
Density: 41.9people per km², 562.2 km²
Households: 4,183
Foreign residents: 1
Rank: 252252nd most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 44 in its province

Compare it with other communes

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

22152

How it changed

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

Ait M'hamed −0.7%

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: 47.1%aged 10 and over60.2% in 201457.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 28.5%5.2% in 201423.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 40.5%aged 15 and over45.3% in 20144.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 92.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.63children per woman2.98 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.3%of people3.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 5.6people on average6.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 82.6%of settled households35.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait M'hamed: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.0%	75 and over	2.9%
2.1%	70–74	1.9%
2.6%	65–69	2.8%
3.3%	60–64	3.5%
3.8%	55–59	3.4%
4.0%	50–54	3.9%
4.5%	45–49	4.6%
5.4%	40–44	5.4%
6.5%	35–39	6.5%
7.2%	30–34	7.2%
7.0%	25–29	6.2%
7.8%	20–24	6.7%
10.0%	15–19	10.1%
11.6%	10–14	12.7%
11.5%	5–9	12.2%
9.6%	0–4	9.9%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight75.6%
Tachelhit33.5%
Darija21.9%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

The two censuses don’t line up here: Tachelhit 0.8% in 2014, 33.5% in 2024. How these are spotted

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic97.8%
French32.1%
English6.1%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh3.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot41.1%
Doesn’t travel to work22.7%
Bus16.7%
Informal transport7.4%
Taxi4.9%
Private car2.8%
Employer’s transport2.5%
Bike or motorcycle1.1%
Another way0.6%
Animal0.3%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 60.2%aged 10 and over47.1% in 202471.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 5.2%28.5% in 202412.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 45.3%aged 15 and over40.5% in 20246.5% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 83.4%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.98children per woman2.63 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 3.5%of people4.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.8people on average5.6 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 35.3%of settled households82.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait M'hamed: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.2%	75 and over	2.3%
1.7%	70–74	1.5%
2.0%	65–69	1.7%
2.7%	60–64	2.2%
3.0%	55–59	3.1%
3.7%	50–54	3.9%
4.2%	45–49	3.8%
4.7%	40–44	4.5%
5.2%	35–39	5.3%
6.8%	30–34	6.6%
8.3%	25–29	7.8%
9.7%	20–24	8.9%
10.0%	15–19	10.7%
11.4%	10–14	11.3%
11.9%	5–9	12.5%
12.5%	0–4	13.8%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight98.6%
Darija29.8%
Tachelhit0.8%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

The two censuses don’t line up here: Tachelhit 0.8% in 2014, 33.5% in 2024. How these are spotted

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only54.6%
Arabic and French38.3%
Arabic, French and English5.6%
Other combinations1.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot60.5%
Bus29.5%
Taxi4.1%
Another way2.7%
Not stated1.7%
Private car0.6%
Bike or motorcycle0.4%
Works at home0.4%
Employer’s transport0.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood54.1%
Another province19.9%
No fixed place17.2%
Another commune3.6%
Another in the commune3.1%
Not stated1.7%
At home0.4%
Somewhere else0.1%

What people did

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

Farming and fishing30.7%
Labouring and small trades30.6%
Farm and fishing labour16.4%
Crafts and skilled trades11.0%
Trade and broking3.4%
Clerical work3.1%
Machine operating2.8%
Managers and senior professionals1.1%
Not classified0.8%
Technicians0.3%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma83.5%
Primary11.6%
Lower secondary3.1%
Upper secondary1.2%
DEUG or Licence0.6%
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: 29212.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 10736.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1091.0 per business
Public services: 152
Associations: 33in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce82.2%
Services15.9%
Industry0.9%
Construction0.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person98.1%
2 to 31.9%
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 later6.5%
2011–201957.0%
2001–201027.1%
1991–20009.3%
1981–19900.0%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ait M'hamed’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 56 douars in 10 fractions, with 23,528 people. 3 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
برناتBernat8 douars · 3,357 people
برناتBernat	In parts	92	565	2.4	2.4	9.9
سويت أيت حمادSwit Ait Ahmad	Dispersed	34	213	5.2	3.1	23.9
سويت أيت أونيرSouit Ait Ounir	Dispersed	94	705	3.5	4.1	23.3
أمزرايAmazray	Dispersed	63	397	0.9	1.7	12.8
أفوزارAfouzar	Dispersed	114	781	2.4	4.3	17.6
تݣلموستTagalmoust	Dispersed	61	303	1.1	2.9	4.8
أغبارAghbar	Dispersed	27	186	—	—	—
تياتTayat	Grouped	35	207	3.2	3.1	14.0
واورةOuaoura8 douars · 2,390 people
واورةOuaoura	Dispersed	135	738	9.9	4.2	11.3
تيساTissa	Dispersed	29	172	—	—	—
أمشيحAmchiyh	Dispersed	31	199	8.9	7.0	11.6
أعبادةAbad	Dispersed	54	371	3.1	2.0	8.2
بويلغمانBouilaghmane	Dispersed	45	254	1.9	2.7	4.8
توخساستToukhsast	Dispersed	26	150	—	—	—
سوق نوزديرSouk Nouzdir	Grouped	66	329	0.1	2.0	3.2
تيزي نترباعتTizi-n-Tarbat	Dispersed	30	177	19.3	7.6	19.3
تسامرتTassamart7 douars · 2,663 people
أخرموشAkharmouch	Dispersed	62	334	5.6	2.6	6.3
الموضعLimouda	Dispersed	32	166	12.4	3.7	13.4
تسامرتTassamart	Dispersed	164	983	20.0	4.8	21.5
تاسيدلتTassidalt	In parts	67	357	11.5	2.8	12.1
أوتهراAouthra	In parts	56	256	11.3	2.5	41.6
تنيلفتTinilaft	Dispersed	67	368	11.0	4.3	34.9
تمدايغوتTamddayghout	Dispersed	34	199	21.8	1.9	22.8
تاكستTakoust6 douars · 3,203 people
تاكستTakoust	Dispersed	171	987	2.3	3.2	6.3
أيت اعمرAit Mammar	Dispersed	58	309	4.0	5.9	7.0
تمسفريتTamsfrit	Dispersed	113	718	6.4	1.7	7.8
أوشكلAouchkl	Dispersed	57	354	15.9	2.2	21.0
إسكIsk	Dispersed	79	449	17.5	2.9	20.6
تفانتTafant	Dispersed	63	386	20.6	4.4	20.4
مركز أيت امحمدCentre Ait M'hamed4 douars · 2,500 people
الحي الإداريAl Hay Al Idari	Grouped	40	172	0.6	0.7	0.7
الطلبةEt-Talba	Grouped	126	555	0.9	0.9	0.9
الحاجEl Haj	Grouped	144	642	0.9	1.8	1.7
العطارةEl Aattara	Grouped	255	1,131	0.5	0.8	1.0
زمطZamt7 douars · 2,855 people
زمطZamt	Dispersed	69	425	3.1	1.8	16.5
أكنان زمطIgounane Zamt	Dispersed	73	427	17.1	3.3	32.4
تاغروتTaghrout	Dispersed	61	385	22.3	2.4	45.3
أݣرضAgard	Dispersed	95	546	14.7	3.1	39.0
أكندوي زمطAgandouy Zamt	Dispersed	68	411	4.6	1.8	15.7
تيغولاTighouwla	Dispersed	64	378	1.4	1.7	12.7
تينكستTinkast	Dispersed	49	283	8.6	2.2	22.8
تامدةTamda4 douars · 1,092 people
تداوتTadawt	Dispersed	50	235	1.5	2.1	6.8
أحبابLahbab	Dispersed	48	251	2.3	4.0	5.2
تبرݣنتTibargant	Dispersed	90	467	1.6	3.3	4.5
وامندنتOuamandante	Dispersed	27	139	—	—	—
تݣوفريتTagoufrit4 douars · 1,243 people
تامدةTamda	Dispersed	44	162	3.4	3.4	25.2
تيغزاTighza	Dispersed	24	129	—	—	—
حبابHbab	Grouped	164	676	1.0	1.0	1.0
تغبالوت نعثمانTaghbalout Nouathman	Dispersed	57	276	2.2	2.6	12.4
تاكست المركزيةTakoust El Markzia2 douars · 887 people
تاكست المركزيةTakoust El Markzia	Dispersed	56	348	1.0	3.1	5.3
أفراوAfraou	In parts	74	539	8.0	1.8	10.3
تمݣانتTamgant6 douars · 3,338 people
تمݣانتTamgant	Dispersed	180	1,162	12.0	2.6	18.5
أݣنان تمݣانتIgounane Tamgant	Dispersed	59	319	21.4	2.1	29.8
تايزلتTayzalte	Dispersed	95	630	15.5	3.0	25.7
تاسكراTaskra	Dispersed	80	463	4.3	2.3	16.0
أݣندوي نايت بورفاضAgandouwy-n-Aït Bou Warfad	Dispersed	37	241	6.3	1.6	34.9
أوشكول تمݣانتAouchkoul Tamgant	Dispersed	94	523	3.6	1.7	10.8

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: 05.081.03.07
As digits: 050810307
Slug: ait-m-hamed
Record: /api/communes/05.081.03.07.json
Boundary: /api/communes/05.081.03.07/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/05.081.03.07/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/05.081.03.07/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/05.081.03.07/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/05.081.03.07/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/05.081.03.07/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2887315

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