Ait Yahya

آيت يحيى

Rural commune in the cercle of Imilchil, province of Midelt, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
4,293
Since 2014
−5.9%from 4,560 in 2014
Density
17people per km², 252.2 km²
Households
763
Rank
1,2771,277th most populous of 1,503 communes24th of 29 in its province

Next door in Agoudim, 75.3% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 26.9%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 18.1% to 94.1%. 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 Yahya.

Ait Yahya −5.9%

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
45.9%aged 10 and over54.4% in 201460.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
6.7%13.8% in 20140.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
49.4%aged 15 and over49.4% in 201421.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
3.65children per woman3.25 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.2%of people4.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.6people on average6.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
94.1%of settled households18.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Yahya: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.8%75 and over3.7%
3.3%70–742.9%
3.0%65–694.7%
3.0%60–643.7%
3.4%55–594.1%
3.3%50–543.9%
4.3%45–494.2%
5.6%40–445.1%
6.8%35–396.5%
7.9%30–346.0%
7.0%25–297.4%
7.7%20–246.9%
9.0%15–198.4%
9.8%10–1411.1%
10.9%5–910.8%
11.2%0–410.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight99.0%
  • Darija9.0%
  • Tarifit0.3%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French26.9%
  • English7.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot84.1%
  • Employer’s transport6.6%
  • Animal3.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work2.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.0%
  • Private car1.0%
  • Another way0.6%
  • Informal transport0.4%
  • Bus0.3%
  • Taxi0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
6414.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2945.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
301.0 per business
Public services
35
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce89.7%
  • Services6.9%
  • Industry3.4%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person96.6%
  • 2 to 33.4%
  • 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 later37.9%
  • 2011–201937.9%
  • 2001–201020.7%
  • 1991–20000.0%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19803.4%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ait Yahya’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 10 douars in 4 fractions, with 4,293 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أيت إعدوAit Idou3 douars · 1,890 people
ايت يعدوAit YaâdouGrouped1015481.00.910.3
تسراولينTisraoulineDispersed1749211.21.21.2
مشليفنMichlifenIn parts694211.01.010.0
أنفرݣالAnfergal5 douars · 1,389 people
انفركالAnfergalGrouped623360.00.22.8
تزارينTazarineGrouped814690.00.00.1
تبوعربيتTabouarbitDispersed633580.21.44.3
تبوفروتTaboufroutGrouped25138———
مولاي عليMoulay AliGrouped1588———
أيت حطابAit Hattabe1 douar · 605 people
أيت حطابAit HattabeIn parts1096050.50.53.9
أيت علي وعسوAit Ali Ousou1 douar · 409 people
أيت علي ويسوAit Ali OuyssouGrouped644090.21.14.7

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
08.363.15.01
As digits
083631501
Slug
ait-yahya
OpenStreetMap
2827199
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-yahya");

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