Ait Ouafqa

آيت وافقا

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

Population, 2024
3,376
Since 2014
−19.8%from 4,210 in 2014
Density
11.2people per km², 300.4 km²
Households
1,135
Rank
1,3521,352nd most populous of 1,503 communes16th of 25 in its province

Next door in Irigh N'tahala, 49.0% of households have running water. Here, it’s 90.6%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 68.4% to 90.6%. 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 Ouafqa.

Ait Ouafqa −19.8%

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
52.4%aged 10 and over48.5% in 201464.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
29.9%49.3% in 201434.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
20.2%aged 15 and over30.9% in 20142.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.10children per woman1.31 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
9.5%of people10.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
2.9people on average3.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
90.6%of settled households68.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Ouafqa: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
12.3%75 and over11.9%
5.2%70–745.7%
6.6%65–696.8%
6.0%60–647.1%
4.7%55–598.0%
4.7%50–546.9%
5.7%45–497.3%
5.1%40–446.0%
3.6%35–394.9%
4.5%30–344.1%
3.8%25–294.6%
5.0%20–244.0%
9.0%15–197.0%
9.8%10–147.2%
7.5%5–95.0%
6.4%0–43.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit99.2%
  • Darija30.6%
  • Tamazight0.4%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.5%
  • French37.7%
  • English10.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot45.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work17.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle15.1%
  • Private car11.1%
  • Informal transport4.6%
  • Employer’s transport2.7%
  • Another way1.6%
  • Bus0.8%
  • Taxi0.8%
  • 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
24873.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
7831.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
791.0 per business
Public services
155
Associations
15in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce65.4%
  • Services21.8%
  • Construction7.7%
  • Industry5.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person98.7%
  • 2 to 31.3%
  • 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 later28.2%
  • 2011–201933.3%
  • 2001–201019.2%
  • 1991–200015.4%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19803.8%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ait Ouafqa’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 35 douars in 3 fractions, with 3,251 people. 125 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 وافقاAit Ouafqa14 douars · 1,537 people
أنكيمAnguimGrouped1126———
تيزورزينTizourzineGrouped32831.80.610.8
أغرابوAghrrabouGrouped531590.22.02.1
مستلاتMestalateGrouped391010.40.77.2
أيت الطالب براهيمAit Taleb BrahimGrouped36930.22.09.0
إكليزIklizGrouped461360.11.07.9
أيت أوشريفAit OucharifGrouped391190.31.28.0
أيت أومغارAit OumgharGrouped2054———
أمالو أوسرݣAmalous SrgGrouped33820.00.00.0
مركز أيت وافقاCentre Ait OuafqaGrouped381180.00.00.0
دوتمنروتDdou TmnroutGrouped802480.01.91.9
أفلا مستلاتAffella MestalateGrouped1432———
تلزكيTalzguiGrouped2477———
تفكاختTafkakhtGrouped722090.00.03.0
أيت عبد الله أوسعيدAit Abdellah Aousaid8 douars · 597 people
تحوواتTahouaouatGrouped1754———
تفراوت إكرامنTafraout IgramenGrouped1022———
تييوتTyouteGrouped34910.00.010.0
أنو إيديرAnou IderGrouped1121———
أيت سليمانAit SlimanGrouped1354———
دوݣاديرDougadirGrouped2376———
زاويتZaouitGrouped431410.00.74.7
أكرض أوفقيرAguerd OufkerDispersed511380.00.08.0
إغشانIghchane13 douars · 1,117 people
يوسكختYousgakhtGrouped391070.00.010.0
إزورزنIzourzineGrouped421280.00.010.0
توكالToukkalDispersed1461———
إݣليIgliGrouped381030.01.06.0
أيت لحسن أوعليAit Lahcen ou AliGrouped2554———
سلاتSlateGrouped1340———
أكني إديانAgni DyyaneGrouped1941———
تفراوت إداوعصمTafraout IdaouaassemGrouped1736———
تيزي نتاويتTizi NtaouyiteGrouped401180.10.35.4
أكني إكدمانAgni IygdmaneGrouped511350.00.015.0
أنامرAnameurGrouped862640.00.815.1
تمݣونتTamgounteGrouped619———
تسيلاTassiylaGrouped511———

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
09.581.09.03
As digits
095810903
Slug
ait-ouafqa
OpenStreetMap
2888754
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-ouafqa");

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