Ait Mzal

آيت مزال

Rural commune in the cercle of Ait Baha, province of Chtouka-Aït Baha, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
3,305
Since 2014
−13.4%from 3,814 in 2014
Density
34.4people per km², 96 km²
Households
970
Rank
1,3661,366th most populous of 1,503 communes17th of 22 in its province

Next door in Hilala, 6.7% of households have running water. Here, it’s 83.5%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 21.7% to 83.5%. 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 Mzal.

Ait Mzal −13.4%

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
44.3%aged 10 and over54.1% in 201459.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
37.7%8.9% in 201458.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
30.6%aged 15 and over28.9% in 20143.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.14children per woman2.34 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.9%of people9.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.3people on average4.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
83.5%of settled households21.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Mzal: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
9.2%75 and over8.4%
4.3%70–745.5%
5.8%65–694.6%
5.8%60–647.1%
5.4%55–598.0%
7.6%50–548.4%
6.8%45–496.3%
5.7%40–445.8%
5.6%35–396.7%
5.7%30–344.7%
4.9%25–293.7%
5.0%20–245.1%
5.5%15–196.8%
9.0%10–147.4%
8.8%5–95.9%
4.9%0–45.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit98.8%
  • Darija55.0%
  • Tamazight0.4%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.4%
  • French54.5%
  • English13.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot28.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle22.6%
  • Doesn’t travel to work19.7%
  • Informal transport8.5%
  • Employer’s transport8.2%
  • Private car7.0%
  • Bus3.0%
  • Taxi1.7%
  • Animal0.6%
  • Another way0.4%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
16850.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
127.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
605.0 per business
Public services
150
Associations
6in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce66.7%
  • Industry33.3%
  • Construction0.0%
  • Services0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person58.3%
  • 2 to 38.3%
  • 4 to 98.3%
  • 10 to 4925.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later25.0%
  • 2011–201925.0%
  • 2001–20108.3%
  • 1991–200016.7%
  • 1981–19908.3%
  • 1956–198016.7%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ait Mzal’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 80 douars in 4 fractions, with 3,144 people. 161 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
مشݣيݣلة.Mechguigla9 douars · 511 people
أسندرارAssenndrarGrouped728———
أيت عبد اللهAit AbdallahGrouped718———
أيت زكريAit ZekriGrouped1028———
أيت تاكسيمتAit TaksimteGrouped823———
أيت إعزاAït IazzaGrouped28103———
تساكاتTasakatGrouped840———
لكبير أيت وارغنLekbir Ait OuarrheneIn parts602021.01.03.0
أسرسيفAssersifGrouped2063———
تنامارتTanammertGrouped36———
أفلا واسيفAfella Ouassif17 douars · 378 people
تامجلوشتTamjlochtGrouped823———
أيت علي بوركAit Ali IbourkGrouped411———
أيت عثمانAït AlmaneGrouped620———
أملنAmmelnGrouped59———
أمرزكانAmerzegganeGrouped2670———
تاوريرتTaourirteGrouped1542———
أكادير أونكارفAgadir OuangarfGrouped514———
إبرباضنIberbadeneIn parts923———
أيت وارغنAït OuarrheneIn parts1439———
أوليزAoulizGrouped719———
أدغارAdrharGrouped511———
بيوكرىBiougraGrouped1238———
سيصيضSaissidDispersed1130———
تيمزكيدا اوسريرTimzkida AousrirGrouped37———
توجرارتToujrartGrouped12———
تاكموتTagmoutGrouped518———
أيت الطالبAit TalebGrouped12———
تين صوفتTine Souft15 douars · 844 people
أكني نعلAgouni n’AliDispersed1652———
أفا نتين صوفتAfa N’tinnsouftGrouped310———
مليونMeliounGrouped716———
أكرض نسنينAguerd n’SnineGrouped832———
أيت داود أوحمادAit Daoud OhmadGrouped23———
توعشاقTou AchchakGrouped39———
الحدEl HadGrouped301211.06.06.0
أسكارAskarGrouped1641———
تسكيالTiskouialGrouped1760———
بيليليتنBililitenGrouped625———
أنو عمرانAnou AmraneGrouped803021.01.11.1
إفغلنIfghlenGrouped1859———
تيبركنيتTiberknitGrouped2682———
ثلاثا واناسEt Tleta ou AnhasGrouped511———
توالحاجToulhajDispersed521———
دو أكادير (أيت ولياض)Dou Agadir (Ait Oulyad)39 douars · 1,411 people
أوغيولتAourhloultGrouped1030———
إداوفنوIda ou FennouGrouped822———
أفساسنIfssassenGrouped515———
إباليونIballiounGrouped315———
أنكيوAnnkiouGrouped1128———
تيزكيTizguiDispersed702711.03.13.1
تاكنزاTaguennzaGrouped931———
إمزيلنImzileneGrouped1874———
إسلكانIsselganeGrouped1131———
أكركمAgrgoumGrouped1238———
تادارتTaddertGrouped1967———
إبرشوينIberchouayneGrouped511———
تيمزكيدا نواسيفTimzkida n'OuassifGrouped1043———
إمغراسImghrasGrouped519———
لقصبتEl KsebtDispersed24———
أفانكوريAfa n’KourriGrouped1023———
تيفغلالTiferhlalGrouped811———
أيت لمينAït LamineGrouped413———
إلماتنIlmateneIn parts1958———
إكوركارIgourgarGrouped46———
تينوديTinoudiGrouped1958———
تامجلوجتTamejloujtGrouped930———
إسميحنIsmihaneGrouped1225———
تامزووطTamzoutGrouped12———
أيت كومباركAit GombarkGrouped936———
باعريتBaariteGrouped2061———
أماسين إعامينAmassin IaamiynGrouped413———
تالميطTalmitGrouped37———
أيت حسينAït HasseineGrouped725———
إيغيرIrhirGrouped931———
أماسين نشرفاAmassine N'ChorfaDispersed381211.05.05.0
تيزركينTizerkineGrouped728———
تيمزمزيتTimzemziteIn parts731———
الانفوكتAlanfoukteGrouped412———
إمي واوولImi OuaouleGrouped1233———
أسغركيسAsghirkisIn parts1533———
أسندرارAssendrarGrouped312———
إفغلIfrhelGrouped1440———
أيت إديرAit IddirGrouped13———

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
09.163.03.05
As digits
091630305
Slug
ait-mzal
OpenStreetMap
2832997
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-mzal");

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