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

Where it is

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

BigoudineArganaLamnizlaEddirSidi Moussa LhamriIssenSidi BoumoussaOulad TeimaSidi Ahmed Ou AmarEl Koudia El BeidaLagfifatAhl RamelTidsi-NissendaleneLakhnafifEl GuerdaneTaroudanntAhmar LaglalchaMachraa El AinSidi BorjaTazemmourtLamhadiToufelaaztAssadsTabiaSidi MzalAit AbdallahToumlilineImaouenSidi BoaalIrhermZaouia Sidi TaharIda Ou MoumenTamaloukteAit MakhloufTafraoutenTalmakanteAhl TifnouteToubkalIguidiTaouyalteAssaisseSidi HsaineTassousfiTaliouineZagmouzenAssakiOuziouaAoulouzIda-OugoummadAdarAzaghar N'irsOualqadiImi N'tayartToughmartTizgzaouineAgadir MelloulAzrarImoulassImilmaissSidi Abdellah Ou SaidTigougaTalgjountIda Ou GailalAit IgasAit IaazaSidi DahmaneFreijaTioutIgliArazaneOulad AissaAmalouBounrarTindineTisfaneTataouteTizi N'testTafingoultOulad BerhilIgoudar MnabhaLamharaSidi OuaazizEl FaidTinzartTisrasseOuneineNihitSidi Ahmed Ou Abdallah

How it changed

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

Askaouen −5.5%

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
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.

Askaouen: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
6.0%75 and over5.4%
4.1%70–743.1%
5.0%65–693.3%
4.5%60–645.1%
3.9%55–595.6%
5.2%50–545.4%
5.5%45–496.2%
5.7%40–446.5%
5.7%35–397.3%
6.7%30–347.0%
5.7%25–295.8%
5.9%20–246.9%
7.1%15–199.5%
10.4%10–149.4%
10.0%5–97.8%
8.6%0–45.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit97.2%
  • Darija15.7%
  • Tamazight1.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.3%
  • French43.8%
  • English10.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot49.2%
  • Employer’s transport19.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle4.7%
  • Private car1.5%
  • Bus1.2%
  • Taxi0.4%

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

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce64.8%
  • Services29.6%
  • Industry4.2%
  • Construction1.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person94.4%
  • 2 to 32.8%
  • 4 to 91.4%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over1.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later19.7%
  • 2011–201919.7%
  • 2001–201038.0%
  • 1991–200018.3%
  • 1981–19904.2%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
09.541.07.05
As digits
095410705
Slug
askaouen
Record
/api/communes/09.541.07.05.json
Boundary
/api/communes/09.541.07.05/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/09.541.07.05/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/09.541.07.05/economy.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/09.541.07.05/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2888821
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("askaouen");

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