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
Next door in Chefchaouen, 93.4% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 18.6%.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ouled Slama. Aged 65 and over: 5.8% here, 6.3% there; in the labour force: 43.9% here, 43.7% there; unemployment: 14.1% here, 18.0% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
Postcode
91002
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Bab Taza.
Bab Taza +4.1%
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.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0% | 75 and over | 2.3% | ||
| 1.7% | 70–74 | 1.5% | ||
| 2.1% | 65–69 | 1.9% | ||
| 3.5% | 60–64 | 3.7% | ||
| 3.3% | 55–59 | 3.3% | ||
| 3.9% | 50–54 | 3.9% | ||
| 4.8% | 45–49 | 4.8% | ||
| 6.8% | 40–44 | 5.7% | ||
| 8.6% | 35–39 | 7.8% | ||
| 9.3% | 30–34 | 8.6% | ||
| 8.3% | 25–29 | 8.6% | ||
| 7.8% | 20–24 | 8.3% | ||
| 8.4% | 15–19 | 8.7% | ||
| 10.5% | 10–14 | 11.0% | ||
| 10.2% | 5–9 | 10.9% | ||
| 8.7% | 0–4 | 9.1% | ||
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
- 33.2%aged 10 and over26.3% in 202447.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 6.6%14.1% in 20247.7% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 47.2%aged 15 and over43.9% in 202411.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 92.4%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.66children per woman2.22 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 3.6%of people5.4% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.5people on average4.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 28.4%of settled households23.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3% | 75 and over | 1.7% | ||
| 1.1% | 70–74 | 1.4% | ||
| 1.0% | 65–69 | 1.2% | ||
| 2.2% | 60–64 | 1.9% | ||
| 2.3% | 55–59 | 2.2% | ||
| 3.9% | 50–54 | 3.3% | ||
| 3.9% | 45–49 | 3.8% | ||
| 4.8% | 40–44 | 4.2% | ||
| 5.9% | 35–39 | 5.8% | ||
| 8.4% | 30–34 | 7.2% | ||
| 10.0% | 25–29 | 10.0% | ||
| 11.6% | 20–24 | 11.4% | ||
| 10.9% | 15–19 | 11.5% | ||
| 9.9% | 10–14 | 11.4% | ||
| 10.0% | 5–9 | 10.4% | ||
| 11.8% | 0–4 | 12.8% | ||
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.
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
More dwelling figures
What kind they are
Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.
How old they are
When the dwelling was built.
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
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.
Urban centres
Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.
| Bab Taza | 6,046 |
Douars
Bab Taza’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 20 douars in 6 fractions, with 23,849 people. Another 6,046 live in Bab Taza, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| تسوكةTissouka3 douars · 5,589 people | ||||||
| تسوكةTissouka | In parts | 349 | 1,867 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 6.6 |
| الزاويةZaouia | In parts | 176 | 821 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 9.9 |
| ماكوMaggou | In parts | 525 | 2,901 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 8.4 |
| الخزانةEl Khizana4 douars · 6,316 people | ||||||
| بني زيدBni Zid | In parts | 427 | 2,077 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 5.6 |
| تيفوزالTifouzal | In parts | 171 | 778 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 10.6 |
| الخزانةEl Khizana | In parts | 596 | 2,992 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 3.1 |
| بني حولانBeni Haoulane | In parts | 82 | 469 | 8.5 | 1.1 | 18.5 |
| تنغايةTanghaya5 douars · 6,999 people | ||||||
| معكاشةMaakacha | Grouped | 61 | 275 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 4.7 |
| بني وطليBni Ouatli | Dispersed | 132 | 557 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 4.3 |
| بوزطاطBou Ztat | In parts | 491 | 2,412 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 8.0 |
| ابروجAbrouj | Grouped | 142 | 724 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 12.3 |
| تنغايةTanghaya | In parts | 605 | 3,031 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 14.6 |
| باب تازة السفلىBab Taza Essoufla1 douar · 485 people | ||||||
| أقجيونAqjiouene | Dispersed | 113 | 485 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| الهبطينEl Hbtine4 douars · 3,300 people | ||||||
| مشكرالةMechkralla | Grouped | 306 | 1,488 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 7.9 |
| امݣريAmegri | Grouped | 223 | 1,104 | 5.3 | 0.6 | 10.4 |
| عين الراميAïn er Rami | Grouped | 35 | 142 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
| لوبارLoubar | Grouped | 133 | 566 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| زرهونZerhoun3 douars · 1,160 people | ||||||
| زرهونZerhoun | In parts | 91 | 459 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 3.5 |
| المونزيلLmaouenzal | Grouped | 64 | 348 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 3.1 |
| المنطيبEl Manteyib | Grouped | 62 | 353 | 0.1 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names
In the data
Files and code
- Code
01.151.05.01- As digits
011510501- Slug
bab-taza- 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- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/01.151.05.01/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2563407
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("bab-taza");