Ait Ouassif
آيت واسيف
Rural commune in the cercle of Kalaat M'gouna, province of Tinghir, Drâa-Tafilalet.
- Population, 2024
- 8,885
- Since 2014
- +7.8%from 8,246 in 2014
- Density
- 38.7people per km², 229.8 km²
- Households
- 1,599
- Foreign residents
- 3
- Rank
- 821821st most populous of 1,503 communes16th of 25 in its province
Next door in Kalâat M'gouna, 49.4% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 1.2%.
Since 2014, unemployment went from 7.0% to 18.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tabant. Darija: 21.8% here, 20.1% there; household size: 5.6 here, 5.6 there; running water: 94.4% here, 91.6% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
Postcode
45153
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Ait Ouassif.
Ait Ouassif +7.8%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 40.1%aged 10 and over42.7% in 201452.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 18.6%7.0% in 20143.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 41.1%aged 15 and over46.2% in 201418.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 97.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.43children per woman2.52 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 2.5%of people3.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.6people on average7.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 94.4%of settled households90.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3% | 75 and over | 3.6% | ||
| 2.5% | 70–74 | 2.6% | ||
| 3.5% | 65–69 | 3.1% | ||
| 3.8% | 60–64 | 4.6% | ||
| 3.2% | 55–59 | 4.0% | ||
| 3.8% | 50–54 | 4.4% | ||
| 5.1% | 45–49 | 5.3% | ||
| 6.5% | 40–44 | 6.6% | ||
| 6.9% | 35–39 | 6.5% | ||
| 6.2% | 30–34 | 7.0% | ||
| 6.7% | 25–29 | 7.1% | ||
| 7.3% | 20–24 | 6.5% | ||
| 9.3% | 15–19 | 7.9% | ||
| 11.5% | 10–14 | 10.7% | ||
| 12.1% | 5–9 | 10.9% | ||
| 9.1% | 0–4 | 9.2% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 42.7%aged 10 and over40.1% in 202457.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 7.0%18.6% in 20244.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 46.2%aged 15 and over41.1% in 202422.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 92.4%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.52children per woman2.43 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 3.4%of people2.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 7.3people on average5.6 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 90.4%of settled households94.4% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.7% | 75 and over | 2.7% | ||
| 1.3% | 70–74 | 1.9% | ||
| 1.7% | 65–69 | 1.6% | ||
| 2.9% | 60–64 | 3.2% | ||
| 3.9% | 55–59 | 3.6% | ||
| 4.0% | 50–54 | 4.6% | ||
| 3.6% | 45–49 | 4.6% | ||
| 4.0% | 40–44 | 4.5% | ||
| 5.6% | 35–39 | 6.6% | ||
| 7.0% | 30–34 | 7.3% | ||
| 9.3% | 25–29 | 9.1% | ||
| 9.7% | 20–24 | 10.0% | ||
| 11.4% | 15–19 | 10.7% | ||
| 10.9% | 10–14 | 9.1% | ||
| 10.2% | 5–9 | 9.3% | ||
| 11.8% | 0–4 | 11.2% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 12414.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 6250.0% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 1121.8 per business
- Public services
- 60
- Associations
- 2in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Figures that stand out
The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.
The share of literate people who read and write Arabic is 91.4%, among the lowest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.
Across the 5 communes it borders, the median is 98.0%. Souk Lakhmis Dades is furthest from it, at 98.2%.
Douars
Ait Ouassif’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 18 douars in 2 fractions, with 8,876 people. 9 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| ايت واسيف رقم 1Ait Ouassif Rkm 19 douars · 5,101 people | ||||||
| وارشديق الغربيOuarchdik El Gharbi | Grouped | 112 | 637 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 4.0 |
| وارشديق الشرقي (تاسورت)Ouarchdik Cherki (Tassourt) | Grouped | 101 | 487 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 6.0 |
| أيت خيارAit Khiar | Grouped | 108 | 596 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 4.4 |
| أيت بوطيبAit Boutiabe | Grouped | 27 | 158 | — | — | — |
| ايت كماتAit Gmate | Grouped | 145 | 769 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 4.5 |
| اكرسيفAguersif | Grouped | 26 | 133 | — | — | — |
| أيت حمو يحيىAit Hammou Yahia | Grouped | 113 | 620 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 4.2 |
| ازروAzrou | Grouped | 176 | 1,041 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 2.4 |
| تازروتTazrout | Grouped | 134 | 660 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 7.2 |
| ايت وسيف رقم 2Ait Oussif Rkm 29 douars · 3,775 people | ||||||
| تبرخاشتTabarkhachte | Grouped | 75 | 489 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| اكلزيAklzi | Grouped | 103 | 585 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.1 |
| تيغرماتينTigharmatine | In parts | 120 | 645 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 6.1 |
| عيفرAifer | Grouped | 24 | 120 | — | — | — |
| حديدةHdida | Grouped | 139 | 812 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 12.0 |
| توزريكتTouzrigte | Grouped | 68 | 378 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 |
| ايت سعيدAït Saïd | Grouped | 32 | 174 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 19.2 |
| توربيستTourbist | Grouped | 15 | 99 | — | — | — |
| تيمستيكتTimsstikitte | Grouped | 80 | 473 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 22.0 |
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
08.577.09.03- As digits
085770903- Slug
ait-ouassif- Census figures
/api/communes/08.577.09.03/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/08.577.09.03/economy.json- Figures that stand out
/api/communes/08.577.09.03/insights.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/08.577.09.03/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/08.577.09.03/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2887609
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("ait-ouassif");