Azla

أزلا

Rural commune in the cercle of Tétouan, province of Tétouan, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024: 22,985
Since 2014: +42.5%from 16,128 in 2014
Density: 350people per km², 65.7 km²
Households: 5,553
Foreign residents: 3
Rank: 258258th most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 22 in its province

Next door in Zinat, 3.0% of households have running water. Here, it’s 88.0%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 10.2% to 46.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Loulad. Aged 65 and over: 7.0% here, 7.9% there; unemployment: 32.1% here, 31.6% there; can’t read or write: 31.0% here, 28.6% there.

Compare it with Loulad

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

93022

How it changed

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

Azla +42.5%

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: 31.0%aged 10 and over41.4% in 201438.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 32.1%8.1% in 201443.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 46.6%aged 15 and over46.8% in 201414.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 95.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.08children per woman1.74 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 3.9%of people4.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.1people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 88.0%of settled households74.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Azla: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.6%	75 and over	2.8%
1.8%	70–74	1.9%
2.6%	65–69	2.3%
3.8%	60–64	3.6%
4.0%	55–59	3.7%
5.0%	50–54	4.5%
6.3%	45–49	5.9%
7.8%	40–44	7.7%
8.3%	35–39	8.8%
7.3%	30–34	8.1%
6.4%	25–29	7.0%
6.7%	20–24	6.9%
8.3%	15–19	7.9%
9.5%	10–14	10.1%
10.5%	5–9	10.3%
9.1%	0–4	8.5%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.6%
Tarifit2.2%
Tachelhit1.1%
Tamazight0.7%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.8%
French31.5%
English6.3%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot36.0%
Taxi18.7%
Bike or motorcycle12.2%
Doesn’t travel to work11.1%
Private car7.7%
Informal transport5.5%
Bus4.1%
Employer’s transport3.8%
Another way0.6%
Train0.2%
Animal0.1%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 41.4%aged 10 and over31.0% in 202452.4% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 8.1%32.1% in 202426.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 46.8%aged 15 and over46.6% in 20247.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 92.5%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.74children per woman2.08 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.7%of people3.9% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.5people on average4.1 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 74.9%of settled households88.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Azla: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.5%	75 and over	1.9%
1.8%	70–74	1.9%
1.5%	65–69	1.4%
2.7%	60–64	2.6%
3.8%	55–59	3.0%
4.5%	50–54	4.6%
4.6%	45–49	4.4%
6.2%	40–44	5.7%
7.8%	35–39	7.2%
8.9%	30–34	8.7%
9.5%	25–29	11.1%
9.5%	20–24	10.3%
8.6%	15–19	8.7%
8.8%	10–14	8.6%
9.2%	5–9	9.4%
10.3%	0–4	10.5%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.9%
Tarifit3.1%
Tachelhit1.2%
Tamazight0.2%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only55.3%
Arabic and French36.7%
Arabic, French and English5.6%
Other combinations2.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot56.9%
Taxi20.0%
Bus8.0%
Bike or motorcycle5.1%
Works at home3.1%
Private car3.0%
Not stated1.7%
Another way1.5%
Employer’s transport0.7%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood45.9%
Another commune26.7%
No fixed place16.0%
Another province3.2%
At home3.1%
Another in the commune3.0%
Not stated1.7%
Somewhere else0.3%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades41.8%
Labouring and small trades17.5%
Farming and fishing15.8%
Farm and fishing labour7.1%
Machine operating6.0%
Clerical work5.8%
Trade and broking4.0%
Not classified0.9%
Managers and senior professionals0.7%
Technicians0.5%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma75.7%
Primary17.5%
Lower secondary5.0%
Upper secondary1.2%
DEUG or Licence0.5%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 37316.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 27573.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 7672.8 per business
Public services: 85
Associations: 13in premises of their own

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce56.7%
Services23.3%
Construction15.6%
Industry4.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person71.6%
2 to 319.6%
4 to 95.8%
10 to 491.8%
50 and over1.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later46.5%
2011–201933.1%
2001–20109.8%
1991–20009.1%
1981–19900.7%
1956–19800.7%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Azla’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 18 douars in 7 fractions, with 22,985 people. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
أزلاAzla2 douars · 3,201 people
أزلاAzla	In parts	767	2,918	0.0	0.2	1.1
هليلةHilila	Grouped	73	283	0.0	0.9	6.1
سيدي عبد السلامSidi Abdessalam3 douars · 1,873 people
المعاصم السفليةLemaassem Seflia	Grouped	203	818	0.0	0.6	5.2
سيدي عبد السلامSidi Abdessalam	Grouped	207	801	0.1	1.2	4.2
التلولEttaloul	Grouped	58	254	2.9	4.0	7.0
مكداسنMekdasen6 douars · 1,140 people
اشطحنChathane	Grouped	18	78	—	—	—
اسحنانIshnane	Grouped	56	260	2.9	3.9	16.0
أسوالIssoual	Grouped	82	358	2.4	2.9	15.6
ايداسنAydasen	Grouped	44	204	2.6	1.9	15.7
ولبانOulbane	Grouped	39	190	0.9	2.2	14.1
مغنوجةMaghnouja	Grouped	13	50	—	—	—
البوير تازروتEl Bouyr Tazroute2 douars · 6,688 people
تازروتTazroute	Grouped	563	2,402	0.1	1.3	10.6
البويرEl Bouyr	In parts	940	4,286	0.6	1.8	11.3
سيدي رمان دار علالو الطهرSidi Rmane Dar Alalou Etthar2 douars · 3,574 people
دار اعلالوDar Alalou	In parts	392	1,621	1.0	2.1	15.9
الطهرEtthar	In parts	481	1,953	0.8	0.9	11.8
اقنيقرةQniqra2 douars · 3,050 people
اقنيقرة الفوقيةQniqra El Fouki	In parts	557	2,265	0.8	1.1	9.1
اقنيقرة السفليةQniqra Essoufliya	Grouped	196	785	0.0	0.6	6.8
المعاصم الفوقيةLemaassem Lfouqiya1 douar · 3,459 people
المعاصم الفوقيةLemaassem Lfouqiya	In parts	864	3,459	0.7	1.3	4.0

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: 01.571.05.07
As digits: 015710507
Slug: azla
Record: /api/communes/01.571.05.07.json
Boundary: /api/communes/01.571.05.07/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/01.571.05.07/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/01.571.05.07/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/01.571.05.07/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/01.571.05.07/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/01.571.05.07/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2480066

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

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