Alnif

النيف

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

Population, 2024: 20,978
Since 2014: −7.7%from 22,724 in 2014
Density: 18.2people per km², 1,154.6 km²
Households: 3,578
Rank: 290290th most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 25 in its province

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 0.9% to 11.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tamda Noumercid. Running water: 88.5% here, 85.6% there; apartments: 2.3% here, 0.0% there; unemployment: 14.5% here, 19.8% there.

Compare it with Tamda Noumercid

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

Bordering communes

Postcode

52452

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Alnif.

Alnif −7.7%

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: 29.0%aged 10 and over30.7% in 201438.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 14.5%11.9% in 201424.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 30.4%aged 15 and over33.9% in 20144.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 98.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.50children per woman3.33 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.5%of people5.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 5.7people on average7.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 88.5%of settled households91.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Alnif: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.7%	75 and over	4.0%
3.1%	70–74	2.9%
3.3%	65–69	3.3%
2.8%	60–64	3.8%
2.8%	55–59	3.4%
3.6%	50–54	4.0%
3.8%	45–49	4.8%
5.7%	40–44	5.6%
6.0%	35–39	6.3%
7.2%	30–34	7.7%
7.3%	25–29	8.3%
6.4%	20–24	7.3%
8.3%	15–19	8.1%
12.6%	10–14	10.6%
12.8%	5–9	11.1%
10.6%	0–4	8.8%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight96.2%
Darija25.2%
Tachelhit1.1%
Tarifit0.2%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic98.3%
French54.4%
English15.0%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh11.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot65.8%
Bike or motorcycle12.8%
Bus7.4%
Private car6.3%
Doesn’t travel to work5.1%
Employer’s transport1.3%
Informal transport0.7%
Taxi0.5%
Another way0.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%
Animal0.0%

Can’t read or write: 30.7%aged 10 and over29.0% in 202442.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 11.9%14.5% in 202448.8% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 33.9%aged 15 and over30.4% in 20243.3% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 96.4%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.33children per woman2.50 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.8%of people5.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 7.5people on average5.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 91.2%of settled households88.5% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Alnif: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.2%	75 and over	3.0%
1.6%	70–74	1.5%
2.0%	65–69	2.0%
3.1%	60–64	3.2%
3.1%	55–59	3.6%
3.0%	50–54	3.9%
3.2%	45–49	3.8%
3.9%	40–44	4.3%
5.2%	35–39	5.7%
7.8%	30–34	7.3%
9.3%	25–29	8.9%
11.6%	20–24	11.1%
11.6%	15–19	11.3%
9.3%	10–14	8.9%
9.2%	5–9	9.3%
13.8%	0–4	12.3%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight92.7%
Darija32.8%
Tachelhit5.4%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Other combinations35.6%
Arabic only31.3%
Arabic and French25.7%
Arabic, French and English7.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Bus53.7%
On foot24.7%
Bike or motorcycle6.1%
Private car5.1%
Not stated3.4%
Taxi2.8%
Another way2.0%
Works at home1.4%
Employer’s transport0.7%
Train0.2%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

No fixed place30.4%
Another province28.1%
Their own neighbourhood24.3%
Another in the commune8.3%
Not stated3.2%
Another commune2.9%
At home1.4%
Somewhere else1.4%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Labouring and small trades42.4%
Crafts and skilled trades32.7%
Clerical work6.0%
Managers and senior professionals5.3%
Trade and broking4.0%
Farming and fishing2.8%
Machine operating2.7%
Farm and fishing labour1.9%
Not classified1.3%
Technicians1.1%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma58.1%
Primary26.0%
Lower secondary9.5%
Upper secondary3.5%
DEUG or Licence2.6%
Master’s or doctorate0.2%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Alnif’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings: 1,418
Standing empty: 29.4%16.7% vacant12.7% a second home
Precarious: 6.1%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 28.1%89.2% on the water mains94.3% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 8.1%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house82.2%
Apartment5.9%
Rural-type5.2%
Villa4.1%
Traditional house1.8%
Other0.8%
Slum or basic house0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years69.0%
20 to 49 years28.8%
50 years or more2.1%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 62029.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 43970.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 5691.3 per business
Public services: 157
Associations: 24in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce58.3%
Services24.1%
Industry15.7%
Construction1.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person85.4%
2 to 311.4%
4 to 93.0%
10 to 490.2%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later22.6%
2011–201939.6%
2001–201021.9%
1991–20002.5%
1981–19900.9%
1956–198010.7%
Before 19561.8%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Alnif

5,457

Douars

Alnif’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 36 douars in 9 fractions, with 15,473 people. Another 5,457 live in Alnif, its urban centre, which has no douars. 48 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
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
أيت إعزة بالرك الشماليةAit Izat Balrek Chamalia4 douars · 2,070 people
عمارAmar	Grouped	277	1,647	0.3	0.8	1.5
خطارة أزركAkhatar Azerek	Grouped	10	85	—	—	—
تينفيفتTinfift	Grouped	35	246	0.0	0.0	24.3
أفضريقAfedrik	Grouped	10	92	—	—	—
إملوان بالرك العلويImelouane Balrek El Ouloui3 douars · 1,358 people
أيت الحبيبAit Lahbib	Grouped	61	306	0.0	0.2	1.1
تيزي 2Tizi 2	Grouped	120	662	0.8	1.0	4.6
تيزي1Tizi 1	Grouped	64	390	0.1	1.1	5.0
أيت إعزة بالرك العلويAit Izat Balrek El Ouloui5 douars · 2,392 people
تيكرناTiguirna	Grouped	103	627	1.1	1.0	12.1
إمي نوزروImi n'Ouzrou	Grouped	66	370	1.0	1.2	13.2
تايشوتTaichoute	Dispersed	47	329	1.0	1.0	17.6
تانوت نومردولTanout n’Oumerdoul	Dispersed	75	478	1.4	1.5	4.8
تاكلكولتTagalgoulte	Dispersed	95	588	1.4	1.2	2.5
أيت إعزة بالرك السفلىAit Izat Balrek Essoufla2 douars · 679 people
تابوريكتTabourikt	Grouped	68	401	0.1	0.0	7.0
تاعلالتTallait	Grouped	58	278	0.1	0.0	10.0
أيت إعزة بأسامرAit Izat Bassamr8 douars · 1,495 people
تامرزيتTimerzit	Dispersed	53	304	2.0	0.1	0.9
ويحلانOuihlane	Grouped	22	120	—	—	—
تجوهراتTajouhrate	Dispersed	10	63	—	—	—
توف أسمامToufasamam	Grouped	38	262	12.8	2.0	13.0
تاسمامتTasmamt	Grouped	38	269	12.5	0.1	33.5
تاعمارتTaomart	Grouped	46	309	0.2	0.4	20.0
خطارة تالغازيتKhatart Talghazite	Grouped	18	104	—	—	—
أفرو نايت الغازيAfrou N'ait El Ghazi	Grouped	16	64	—	—	—
أيت زكانAit Zeggane4 douars · 989 people
أيت زكانAit Zeggane	Grouped	86	408	0.1	0.0	0.6
تاشعوفيتTachaoufit	Grouped	43	309	0.0	0.0	4.0
أيت بنسعيدAït Ben Saïd	Grouped	44	184	0.3	0.0	9.8
تامرغوتTamerghoute	Grouped	14	88	—	—	—
أيت أوشباروAit Aouchbarou2 douars · 1,025 people
أشباروAchbarou	Grouped	163	932	0.0	0.1	8.6
تاركاولوفTarkaoulouf	Grouped	12	93	—	—	—
أيت أوزقورAit Aouzkour5 douars · 3,508 people
أزقورAzekour	Grouped	288	1,813	0.6	0.8	7.8
تاغوشتTaghoucht	Grouped	5	26	—	—	—
أيت صرودAit Soroud	Grouped	82	529	0.0	0.1	4.9
أمكانAmgane	Grouped	77	573	0.0	0.0	7.0
مماريغنMimarighene	Grouped	87	567	0.0	0.0	9.7
إملوان بالرك السفليImelouane Balrek Essoufla3 douars · 1,957 people
مغنيةMaghnia	Grouped	73	440	0.0	0.0	1.0
توغزاToughza	Grouped	212	1,244	2.9	1.0	10.5
أيت حموAit Hammou	Grouped	43	273	1.0	1.0	18.0

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: 08.577.02.05
As digits: 085770205
Slug: alnif
Record: /api/communes/08.577.02.05.json
Boundary: /api/communes/08.577.02.05/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/08.577.02.05/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/08.577.02.05/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/communes/08.577.02.05/housing.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/08.577.02.05/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/08.577.02.05/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/08.577.02.05/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2884873

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