Ait Zineb

آيت زينب

Rural commune in the cercle of Amerzgane, province of Ouarzazate, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
10,530
Since 2014
+4.5%from 10,078 in 2014
Density
19.8people per km², 531.7 km²
Households
2,334
Foreign residents
8
Rank
702702nd most populous of 1,503 communes10th of 17 in its province

Next door in Tarmigt, 79.7% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.2%.

Since 2014, the share of people aged 15 and over in the labour force went from 48.4% to 34.3%. Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Assaki. Darija: 52.0% here, 51.6% there; running water: 97.3% here, 93.1% there; aged 0 to 14: 27.1% here, 27.2% there.

Compare it with Assaki

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 Zineb.

Ait Zineb +4.5%

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
29.1%aged 10 and over34.6% in 201440.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
13.8%10.8% in 201424.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
34.3%aged 15 and over48.4% in 20148.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.65children per woman1.86 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.9%of people4.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
97.3%of settled households90.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Zineb: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.6%75 and over4.3%
3.6%70–743.1%
4.2%65–694.4%
4.0%60–644.6%
4.0%55–594.4%
4.8%50–545.7%
5.3%45–496.0%
6.9%40–448.3%
6.7%35–397.3%
6.7%30–346.8%
6.1%25–296.5%
6.0%20–245.9%
8.7%15–197.5%
10.0%10–148.5%
10.3%5–98.6%
9.2%0–47.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit96.2%
  • Darija52.0%
  • Tamazight1.5%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.3%
  • French61.7%
  • English19.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot55.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle12.6%
  • Taxi9.9%
  • Private car7.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.9%
  • Bus3.8%
  • Employer’s transport2.4%
  • Animal0.6%
  • Another way0.6%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Informal transport0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
53050.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
41077.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
6761.6 per business
Public services
105
Associations
15in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce55.4%
  • Services34.1%
  • Industry9.0%
  • Construction1.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person80.0%
  • 2 to 313.4%
  • 4 to 95.4%
  • 10 to 491.0%
  • 50 and over0.2%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later40.7%
  • 2011–201934.4%
  • 2001–201015.6%
  • 1991–20006.8%
  • 1981–19901.5%
  • 1956–19801.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ait Zineb’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 23 douars in 4 fractions, with 10,529 people. One more isn’t in any douar: a nomad, or someone HCP counts apart, such as a soldier in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
تيكيرتTikirt7 douars · 3,612 people
تيكيرتTikirtGrouped3151,4662.80.91.3
أيت بومحندAït Bou MhandGrouped1104833.71.05.0
زاوية سيدي أحمدZaouiat Sidi AhmedGrouped1447———
زاوية مزاحرةZaouia MzahraDispersed2075———
تابوراحتTabourahtGrouped1065280.00.63.9
تسرݣاتTissergateGrouped592990.00.03.1
تزنتوتTazantouteGrouped1557140.40.64.7
إمزوغنImzoughene2 douars · 1,309 people
إمزوغنImzougheneGrouped1486031.01.03.0
تيمدلينTimdlineGrouped1747060.00.00.1
تمداختTamdakht7 douars · 2,103 people
تايفستTayfstGrouped462141.01.024.0
أيت فارسAit FarsGrouped321891.01.724.0
تامكوشتTamakouchtIn parts532791.51.530.2
تيݣرتTigertGrouped1135621.01.824.0
واونسمتWa-ou-NsamtGrouped29134———
تزلفتTazlaftGrouped1525941.01.324.0
أنخصىAnkhsaIn parts22131———
أيت بن حدوAït Ben Haddou7 douars · 3,505 people
أسفالوAsfalouGrouped1105051.01.016.0
أيت بولمانAït BoulmaneGrouped26106———
أيت بن حدوAït Ben HaddouGrouped2279690.00.00.4
إتلوانItlouaneGrouped774012.00.02.0
أݣيلالAguillalGrouped2094———
تسلمانتTassalmantGrouped2039601.00.65.5
تمداختTamdakhtGrouped1234701.01.024.0

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
08.401.03.01
As digits
084010301
Slug
ait-zineb
OpenStreetMap
2887637
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-zineb");

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