Ait Youl

آيت يول

Rural commune in the cercle of Boumalne-Dades, province of Tinghir, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
4,680
Since 2014
−3.9%from 4,870 in 2014
Density
15.3people per km², 305.2 km²
Households
842
Rank
1,2351,235th most populous of 1,503 communes24th of 25 in its province

Next door in Boumalne-Dades, 58.2% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 2.6%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 9.4% to 33.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 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 Youl.

Ait Youl −3.9%

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
29.6%aged 10 and over38.8% in 201441.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
33.3%9.4% in 201428.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
31.1%aged 15 and over26.0% in 20142.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.62children per woman1.35 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
2.6%of people4.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.6people on average7.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
95.5%of settled households78.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Youl: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.1%75 and over4.1%
2.6%70–742.7%
4.0%65–693.0%
3.7%60–644.6%
3.7%55–594.9%
4.2%50–544.9%
4.9%45–496.0%
5.1%40–445.9%
6.9%35–396.4%
7.3%30–347.0%
6.4%25–297.3%
6.6%20–247.5%
8.3%15–198.1%
11.7%10–148.7%
11.2%5–910.2%
10.3%0–48.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight98.9%
  • Darija19.2%
  • Tachelhit0.5%
  • Tarifit0.3%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic90.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh47.5%
  • French46.4%
  • English7.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot63.0%
  • Private car11.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle7.7%
  • Bus6.4%
  • Taxi6.2%
  • Employer’s transport2.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work1.9%
  • Another way0.4%
  • Informal transport0.3%
  • 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
7916.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
3240.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
521.6 per business
Public services
44
Associations
3in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Services62.5%
  • Commerce31.3%
  • Industry6.3%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person65.6%
  • 2 to 325.0%
  • 4 to 99.4%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later12.5%
  • 2011–201984.4%
  • 2001–20103.1%
  • 1991–20000.0%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ait Youl’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 17 douars in 5 fractions, with 4,680 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
تاوديلتTaoudilt4 douars · 1,153 people
تاوديلتTaoudiltIn parts784917.12.325.6
إمي نتغصىImi n'TerhsaGrouped603857.61.027.5
إكودمانIgoudmaneDispersed720———
فيه الخيرFih El KheirDispersed3825712.12.215.0
أيت موتد السفلىAit Moutd Essoufla3 douars · 867 people
جيداJidaGrouped1075451.01.13.0
أيت سليمانAït SlimaneGrouped351861.02.22.9
أيت مسعودAït MessaoudGrouped311361.02.03.0
توغازوليToughazouli5 douars · 1,830 people
أيت يولAit YoulIn parts1277210.00.20.3
أيت زيادAit ZiadeGrouped532910.20.32.3
أيت إسحاقAït IshaqGrouped311800.00.03.0
أيت إبريرنAit IbrirenGrouped1065560.41.54.1
تيكايينTigayinGrouped1582———
ايت موتد العلياAit Moutd El Oulia3 douars · 606 people
اوغروضOughroudGrouped462310.41.32.6
اغرم ملولنIghrem MeloulneIn parts633190.00.42.0
تيغرماتينTigharmatineGrouped1256———
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune2 douars · 224 people
تيزي نيمغارنTizi NimgharnGrouped19131———
تيداكلينTidaklineDispersed1493———

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
08.577.05.13
As digits
085770513
Slug
ait-youl
OpenStreetMap
2887500
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-youl");

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