Bab Taza

باب تازة

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

Population, 2024
29,895
Since 2014
+4.1%from 28,713 in 2014
Density
101people per km², 296.1 km²
Households
6,246
Foreign residents
3
Rank
185185th most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 28 in its province

Where it is

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

TizganeStehaBni BouzraAmtarFifiBni SalahTanaqoubLaghdirIounaneBni MansourBni SelmaneTassiftTalamboteTamorotOuaouzganeM'tiouaBni SmihBni RzineBni DarkoulBab BerredOued MalhaBni Ahmed CherqiaDerdaraBni FaghloumBni Ahmed GharbiaMansouraChefchaouen

How it changed

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

Bab Taza +4.1%

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
26.3%aged 10 and over33.2% in 201437.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
14.1%6.6% in 201427.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
43.9%aged 15 and over47.2% in 20147.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.22children per woman2.66 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.4%of people3.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.8people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
23.6%of settled households28.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bab Taza: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.0%75 and over2.3%
1.7%70–741.5%
2.1%65–691.9%
3.5%60–643.7%
3.3%55–593.3%
3.9%50–543.9%
4.8%45–494.8%
6.8%40–445.7%
8.6%35–397.8%
9.3%30–348.6%
8.3%25–298.6%
7.8%20–248.3%
8.4%15–198.7%
10.5%10–1411.0%
10.2%5–910.9%
8.7%0–49.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.3%
  • Tachelhit0.4%
  • Tamazight0.2%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French32.0%
  • English6.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot82.8%
  • Private car3.6%
  • Taxi2.2%
  • Employer’s transport1.3%
  • Bus0.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.4%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
2,042
Standing empty
29.3%15.6% vacant13.7% a second home
Precarious
1.3%0.3% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
64.1%91.4% on the water mains91.8% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
2.4%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house91.8%
  • Apartment5.4%
  • Traditional house1.3%
  • Other0.6%
  • Rural-type0.4%
  • Slum or basic house0.3%
  • Villa0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years69.3%
  • 20 to 49 years28.8%
  • 50 years or more1.8%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
79026.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
50664.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
9952.0 per business
Public services
223
Associations
61in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce63.4%
  • Services27.1%
  • Industry7.1%
  • Construction2.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person60.3%
  • 2 to 331.8%
  • 4 to 96.1%
  • 10 to 491.8%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later32.0%
  • 2011–201943.3%
  • 2001–201016.0%
  • 1991–20007.1%
  • 1981–19900.6%
  • 1956–19801.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Bab Taza6,046

In the data

Code
01.151.05.01
As digits
011510501
Slug
bab-taza
Record
/api/communes/01.151.05.01.json
Boundary
/api/communes/01.151.05.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/01.151.05.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/01.151.05.01/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/01.151.05.01/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/01.151.05.01/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2563407
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bab-taza");

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