Ait Mazigh

آيت مزيغ

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

Population, 2024
2,765
Since 2014
−17.0%from 3,330 in 2014
Density
15.4people per km², 179.9 km²
Households
613
Foreign residents
1
Rank
1,3971,397th most populous of 1,503 communes42nd of 44 in its province

Next door in Ouaouizeght, 57.6% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 1.6%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 40.3% to 86.0%. 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 Mazigh.

Ait Mazigh −17.0%

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
44.6%aged 10 and over53.8% in 201458.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
18.5%11.0% in 20147.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.9%aged 15 and over39.3% in 20144.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
3.06children per woman2.58 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.8%of people8.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
86.0%of settled households40.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Mazigh: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.9%75 and over6.5%
3.6%70–743.3%
3.5%65–693.5%
4.2%60–644.3%
4.1%55–593.2%
4.4%50–545.4%
4.8%45–495.2%
5.1%40–445.5%
5.6%35–395.4%
5.4%30–345.9%
6.6%25–296.0%
7.9%20–246.3%
10.1%15–199.0%
11.7%10–1410.6%
9.1%5–910.5%
9.0%0–49.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight99.5%
  • Darija32.5%
  • Tachelhit0.3%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.0%
  • French56.6%
  • English9.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot54.9%
  • Employer’s transport14.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work13.5%
  • Informal transport11.5%
  • Private car3.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.9%
  • Bus0.4%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Another way0.2%
  • Taxi0.0%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
5118.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1529.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
231.5 per business
Public services
32
Associations
4in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Services46.7%
  • Commerce40.0%
  • Industry13.3%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person46.7%
  • 2 to 353.3%
  • 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 later6.7%
  • 2011–201953.3%
  • 2001–20100.0%
  • 1991–200033.3%
  • 1981–19906.7%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ait Mazigh’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 7 douars in 2 fractions, with 2,765 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
ايت مازيغAit Maziyr4 douars · 1,491 people
ايت عيسى اويشوAit Aissa Ou IchouDispersed632314.05.323.4
ايت باخوشAit BakhoucheDispersed1135010.63.224.0
ايت سيمورAit IssimourDispersed1315253.74.214.4
إيحروباسIhrroubasDispersed522341.62.534.1
أيت مازيغ الشرقيهAit Maziyr Charqia3 douars · 1,274 people
أيت واحيAit OuahiDispersed461961.51.930.5
أيت تݣونيتTagounitDispersed9953210.93.331.2
أيت إبراهيمAït BrahimDispersed10954618.92.423.6

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
05.081.09.03
As digits
050810903
Slug
ait-mazigh
OpenStreetMap
2887230
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

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