Ait Taguella

آيت تكلا

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

Population, 2024
8,662
Since 2014
+4.8%from 8,268 in 2014
Density
63.8people per km², 135.9 km²
Households
1,956
Foreign residents
6
Rank
841841st most populous of 1,503 communes32nd of 44 in its province

Since 2014, households with running water went from 72.3% to 95.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Asni. Darija: 45.7% here, 48.0% there; unemployment: 12.2% here, 14.1% there; running water: 95.0% here, 94.2% there.

Compare it with Asni

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 Taguella.

Ait Taguella +4.8%

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
36.6%aged 10 and over46.3% in 201448.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
12.2%5.5% in 201422.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
34.7%aged 15 and over40.7% in 20144.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.24children per woman2.71 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.1%of people4.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.4people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
95.0%of settled households72.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Taguella: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.5%75 and over3.8%
2.2%70–742.0%
3.3%65–693.3%
3.9%60–644.7%
4.1%55–594.1%
5.8%50–544.6%
6.2%45–496.3%
7.1%40–446.8%
6.7%35–397.6%
6.6%30–346.6%
5.4%25–295.9%
5.8%20–247.1%
9.4%15–199.1%
11.5%10–1410.6%
10.7%5–99.5%
8.9%0–48.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight83.3%
  • Darija45.7%
  • Tachelhit26.0%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.2%
  • French54.1%
  • English18.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot43.3%
  • Informal transport17.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work9.1%
  • Bus9.0%
  • Taxi8.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle5.8%
  • Private car4.3%
  • Animal1.4%
  • Employer’s transport1.2%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
33939.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
26979.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4841.8 per business
Public services
59
Associations
11in premises of their own
Weekly souks
2counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Services46.8%
  • Commerce43.5%
  • Industry9.7%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person72.9%
  • 2 to 320.1%
  • 4 to 95.9%
  • 10 to 491.1%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later21.2%
  • 2011–201944.2%
  • 2001–201015.6%
  • 1991–200016.4%
  • 1981–19901.5%
  • 1956–19801.1%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ait Taguella’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 7 douars in 4 fractions, with 8,656 people. 6 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
تمشݣضانTamechgdane1 douar · 1,412 people
تامشكضانTamchakdaneIn parts3071,4120.10.72.4
أوزودOuzoud2 douars · 3,344 people
تازروتTazroutIn parts2059370.10.92.0
أوزودOuzoudIn parts5902,4070.61.51.5
أيت إينولAit Iynoul3 douars · 2,419 people
إحنصالنIhansaleneIn parts1707610.21.95.7
تناغملتTanaghmeltGrouped1094970.10.26.0
أسامرAssammarIn parts2701,1610.72.77.8
الموضعLimouda1 douar · 1,481 people
الموضعLimoudaIn parts3051,4811.21.42.6

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
05.081.05.01
As digits
050810501
Slug
ait-taguella
OpenStreetMap
2887335
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-taguella");

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