Argana

أركانة

Rural commune in the cercle of Sidi Moussa Lhamri, province of Taroudannt, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
4,123
Since 2014
−14.2%from 4,804 in 2014
Density
14people per km², 295.4 km²
Households
1,023
Rank
1,2961,296th most populous of 1,503 communes65th of 89 in its province

Next door in Assais, 23.4% of households have running water. Here, it’s 91.7%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 53.7% to 91.7%. 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 Argana.

Argana −14.2%

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
49.9%aged 10 and over54.6% in 201461.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
27.2%21.5% in 201434.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
29.6%aged 15 and over37.6% in 20142.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
93.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.97children per woman2.82 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.4%of people8.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
91.7%of settled households53.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Argana: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.9%75 and over5.2%
3.9%70–743.2%
4.6%65–694.6%
5.3%60–645.2%
5.1%55–596.3%
6.3%50–545.7%
5.8%45–497.3%
5.8%40–446.3%
6.4%35–396.5%
6.4%30–345.2%
5.7%25–295.8%
5.5%20–246.2%
8.4%15–198.0%
9.5%10–148.1%
10.0%5–98.2%
7.5%0–48.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit98.6%
  • Darija15.3%
  • Tamazight2.4%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic97.4%
  • French45.4%
  • English8.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot59.9%
  • Informal transport10.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work9.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle6.8%
  • Private car4.9%
  • Employer’s transport4.6%
  • Another way3.1%
  • Taxi0.8%
  • Bus0.3%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
12430.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2923.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
712.4 per business
Public services
94
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce72.4%
  • Services20.7%
  • Industry6.9%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person79.3%
  • 2 to 313.8%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 496.9%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later10.3%
  • 2011–201969.0%
  • 2001–201017.2%
  • 1991–20003.4%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Argana’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 30 douars in 3 fractions, with 4,065 people. 58 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
تكضيشتTagdicht8 douars · 1,112 people
دو أزارDou AzerIn parts1883———
أبوريAbouriGrouped2089———
تمكونسيTamgounsiIn parts361530.00.064.0
إكي ن الشيخIggi n’CheikhIn parts341410.01.061.0
إطوراItouraGrouped834630.00.054.0
تكرتTiguertGrouped513———
تيسيفرت الوكاسنTassifirte IloukassenGrouped1360———
إداومروانIda ou MerouaneGrouped27110———
أيت موسىAit Moussa11 douars · 1,706 people
زاوية تتريرتZaouia TatrirtGrouped25115———
أدرار نتامنتAdrar n'TamenntIn parts893400.00.98.1
تزوونتTazounteIn parts1962———
توريرت إمزيلنTaourirt ImzilenGrouped802551.20.410.6
أسيف أورينوAssif AourinouGrouped2180———
تضرضورتTaderdourtIn parts401451.13.86.9
توفسيرتToufsirtIn parts29123———
واعيسOuaisGrouped1031———
إفيدIfidGrouped571860.33.06.9
إمي وكنيImi OugniGrouped933———
أركانةArganaGrouped1043360.10.30.3
مكنونةMeknouna11 douars · 1,247 people
إنزركيInzerkiIn parts371656.50.311.4
إكنانIgounanGrouped401473.00.07.0
إكي نتواحIgi NtouahGrouped723———
أروكAroukGrouped452200.01.013.0
أكلوAglouGrouped724———
سنكاSanagaIn parts26136———
أكنزاAguenzaGrouped937———
مزينتMezzintGrouped1340———
المصلىElmasallaGrouped27108———
تلوونتTalountGrouped722———
إكرIguerIn parts863250.01.01.0

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
09.541.11.03
As digits
095411103
Slug
argana
OpenStreetMap
2835856
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("argana");

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