Askaouen
أسكاون
Rural commune in the cercle of Taliouine, province of Taroudannt, Souss-Massa.
- Population, 2024
- 7,046
- Since 2014
- −5.5%from 7,458 in 2014
- Density
- 17.9people per km², 394.8 km²
- Households
- 1,553
- Foreign residents
- 23
- Rank
- 1,0001,000th most populous of 1,503 communes39th of 89 in its province
Since 2014, households with running water went from 19.1% to 83.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ida Ou Guelloul. Darija: 15.7% here, 14.4% there; unemployment: 4.5% here, 7.6% there; aged 65 and over: 13.4% here, 12.7% there.
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 Askaouen.
Askaouen −5.5%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 43.8%aged 10 and over45.6% in 201455.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 4.5%2.5% in 20141.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 43.8%aged 15 and over50.7% in 201419.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 95.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.83children per woman2.22 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 3.2%of people6.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.4people on average5.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 83.1%of settled households19.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0% | 75 and over | 5.4% | ||
| 4.1% | 70–74 | 3.1% | ||
| 5.0% | 65–69 | 3.3% | ||
| 4.5% | 60–64 | 5.1% | ||
| 3.9% | 55–59 | 5.6% | ||
| 5.2% | 50–54 | 5.4% | ||
| 5.5% | 45–49 | 6.2% | ||
| 5.7% | 40–44 | 6.5% | ||
| 5.7% | 35–39 | 7.3% | ||
| 6.7% | 30–34 | 7.0% | ||
| 5.7% | 25–29 | 5.8% | ||
| 5.9% | 20–24 | 6.9% | ||
| 7.1% | 15–19 | 9.5% | ||
| 10.4% | 10–14 | 9.4% | ||
| 10.0% | 5–9 | 7.8% | ||
| 8.6% | 0–4 | 5.9% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 45.6%aged 10 and over43.8% in 202455.0% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 2.5%4.5% in 20241.6% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 50.7%aged 15 and over43.8% in 202437.9% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 94.8%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.22children per woman1.83 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.8%of people3.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.7people on average4.4 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 19.1%of settled households83.1% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6% | 75 and over | 3.0% | ||
| 2.3% | 70–74 | 2.1% | ||
| 3.7% | 65–69 | 2.7% | ||
| 4.8% | 60–64 | 2.6% | ||
| 5.4% | 55–59 | 3.0% | ||
| 4.3% | 50–54 | 5.1% | ||
| 4.6% | 45–49 | 4.9% | ||
| 5.0% | 40–44 | 5.5% | ||
| 4.9% | 35–39 | 6.3% | ||
| 4.3% | 30–34 | 6.6% | ||
| 5.4% | 25–29 | 8.2% | ||
| 5.8% | 20–24 | 9.3% | ||
| 8.7% | 15–19 | 10.7% | ||
| 12.4% | 10–14 | 11.0% | ||
| 11.4% | 5–9 | 9.6% | ||
| 12.3% | 0–4 | 9.3% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 16022.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 7144.4% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 3885.5 per business
- Public services
- 88
- Associations
- 1in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Figures that stand out
The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.
The share of workers who are unpaid family workers is 20.2%, against 1.4% across its province.
Across the 9 communes it borders, the median is 1.4%. Ouzioua is furthest from it, at 0.2%.
Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 5%.
Douars
Askaouen’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 43 douars in 3 fractions, with 6,813 people. 233 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| إيدنوحIydnouh16 douars · 3,122 people | ||||||
| تمالوتTamaloute | Grouped | 156 | 731 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 2.9 |
| أسكاورAsgawr | Grouped | 47 | 234 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| أدغيغAdghigh | In parts | 70 | 289 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 4.3 |
| أسكاونAskaoun | Grouped | 197 | 856 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| أسكاون المركزAskaouen Centre | Grouped | 40 | 111 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| إيفريIfri | Grouped | 31 | 127 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| إيداوسكيوضId Ou Askiod | Grouped | 14 | 72 | — | — | — |
| تيزليTizlie | Grouped | 12 | 45 | — | — | — |
| أولوسAoualous | Grouped | 40 | 207 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
| أنيAnyi | Grouped | 10 | 36 | — | — | — |
| تزكيTizguiy | Grouped | 16 | 88 | — | — | — |
| أزربزانAzarbzane | Grouped | 11 | 45 | — | — | — |
| تدمامتTadmamt | Grouped | 32 | 128 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 |
| تمسكسيتTamsksit | Grouped | 16 | 62 | — | — | — |
| تاوريرت نزديTaourirt Nzdi | Grouped | 20 | 69 | — | — | — |
| إيد واكريانId Ou Agouryane | Grouped | 4 | 22 | — | — | — |
| أيت إرناتنAit Irnaten15 douars · 3,056 people | ||||||
| تيسخت نايت إبراهيمTissekht n'Ait Brahim | Grouped | 25 | 112 | — | — | — |
| مزدورتMazdourt | Grouped | 8 | 31 | — | — | — |
| أسيف زيمرAssif Zimar | Grouped | 151 | 697 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 9.7 |
| إيد عمر وعليId Amar-ou-Ali | Grouped | 73 | 318 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 13.6 |
| أكرض نودرارAguerd n' Oudrar | Grouped | 56 | 286 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 12.0 |
| أكلاكالAglagal | In parts | 39 | 157 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 15.0 |
| توكارينToukarine | Grouped | 111 | 487 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 22.0 |
| أيت أمزالAït Mzil | Grouped | 51 | 232 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 21.6 |
| أركArg | Grouped | 90 | 399 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.0 |
| تيسخت نايت واديفTissekhte n'Ait Ouadif | Grouped | 20 | 78 | — | — | — |
| وينيفغانWinifghane | Grouped | 8 | 24 | — | — | — |
| واكنضوضWagandoud | Grouped | 4 | 16 | — | — | — |
| أكدزAgdz | Grouped | 9 | 31 | — | — | — |
| توزنتTaouzent | Grouped | 39 | 187 | 3.9 | 0.1 | 4.9 |
| أيت المودنAit El Mouden | Grouped | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| إكرمزداثنIkrmzdaten12 douars · 635 people | ||||||
| القلعتEl Klat | Grouped | 18 | 80 | — | — | — |
| تمنارتTamanarte | Grouped | 7 | 47 | — | — | — |
| أمالوAmalou | Grouped | 19 | 56 | — | — | — |
| تيغيريتTighrit | Grouped | 12 | 61 | — | — | — |
| أكاديرAgadir | Grouped | 14 | 54 | — | — | — |
| تيغزاTighza | Grouped | 14 | 66 | — | — | — |
| أكنياAknya | Grouped | 19 | 66 | — | — | — |
| تيمسكيتTimskit | Grouped | 6 | 25 | — | — | — |
| أيت إسماعيلAit Smail | Grouped | 9 | 33 | — | — | — |
| إميضرImider | Grouped | 20 | 87 | — | — | — |
| تيميمونينTimounounine | Grouped | 8 | 36 | — | — | — |
| تاسيلاTassila | Grouped | 6 | 24 | — | — | — |
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
09.541.07.05- As digits
095410705- Slug
askaouen- Census figures
/api/communes/09.541.07.05/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/09.541.07.05/economy.json- Figures that stand out
/api/communes/09.541.07.05/insights.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/09.541.07.05/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/09.541.07.05/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2888821
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("askaouen");