Bitit

بطيط

Rural commune in the cercle of Ain Taoujdate, province of El Hajeb, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024: 15,241
Since 2014: +6.5%from 14,316 in 2014
Density: 156people per km², 97.5 km²
Households: 3,664
Foreign residents: 1
Rank: 435435th most populous of 1,503 communes8th of 16 in its province

Next door in Laqsir, 39.1% of households have running water. Here, it’s 82.3%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 52.7% to 82.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Zaouia Sidi Tahar. Read French: 54.3% here, 54.2% there; unemployment: 18.2% here, 15.8% there; aged 65 and over: 8.6% here, 8.2% there.

Compare it with Zaouia Sidi Tahar

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Bitit +6.5%

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: 35.1%aged 10 and over41.2% in 201445.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 18.2%5.0% in 201427.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 40.8%aged 15 and over48.6% in 20147.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.38children per woman1.90 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 7.7%of people5.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.2people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 82.3%of settled households52.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bitit: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.7%	75 and over	3.1%
2.7%	70–74	2.4%
2.9%	65–69	3.3%
4.1%	60–64	4.1%
4.5%	55–59	4.4%
6.2%	50–54	5.2%
6.8%	45–49	7.1%
7.6%	40–44	7.4%
6.4%	35–39	7.4%
5.9%	30–34	6.5%
5.8%	25–29	5.5%
6.8%	20–24	7.0%
8.7%	15–19	8.6%
10.2%	10–14	9.9%
10.3%	5–9	9.7%
8.4%	0–4	8.5%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.7%
Tamazight8.1%
Tachelhit3.1%
Tarifit1.3%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.9%
French54.3%
English10.7%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot63.6%
Doesn’t travel to work10.2%
Bike or motorcycle8.6%
Employer’s transport6.6%
Private car4.7%
Informal transport3.7%
Taxi1.4%
Bus0.8%
Another way0.3%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%
Animal0.0%

Can’t read or write: 41.2%aged 10 and over35.1% in 202453.1% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 5.0%18.2% in 202417.5% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 48.6%aged 15 and over40.8% in 202415.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 93.0%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.90children per woman2.38 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.3%of people7.7% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.0people on average4.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 52.7%of settled households82.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Bitit: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.4%	75 and over	2.1%
1.8%	70–74	1.7%
1.9%	65–69	1.5%
3.2%	60–64	3.1%
3.3%	55–59	3.7%
4.2%	50–54	4.7%
5.0%	45–49	4.7%
6.6%	40–44	5.8%
8.3%	35–39	8.3%
8.1%	30–34	8.4%
7.7%	25–29	8.9%
8.4%	20–24	9.5%
9.3%	15–19	8.4%
9.9%	10–14	9.2%
9.5%	5–9	9.5%
10.4%	0–4	10.4%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.5%
Tamazight16.8%
Tarifit3.0%
Tachelhit1.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French56.0%
Arabic only30.1%
Arabic, French and English11.1%
Other combinations2.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot77.1%
Not stated4.6%
Taxi4.1%
Another way3.7%
Bike or motorcycle3.5%
Private car2.9%
Works at home1.8%
Bus1.3%
Employer’s transport0.8%
Train0.2%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood76.5%
No fixed place6.8%
Not stated4.5%
Another in the commune4.4%
Another province3.5%
Another commune2.2%
At home1.8%
Somewhere else0.3%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour58.8%
Farming and fishing18.2%
Crafts and skilled trades8.7%
Labouring and small trades4.3%
Clerical work3.2%
Machine operating2.4%
Trade and broking2.2%
Managers and senior professionals1.2%
Not classified0.8%
Technicians0.3%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma70.3%
Primary19.2%
Lower secondary6.9%
Upper secondary2.7%
DEUG or Licence0.9%
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: 33822.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 24973.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 4932.0 per business
Public services: 64
Associations: 25in premises of their own

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce57.8%
Services30.5%
Industry10.8%
Construction0.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person66.3%
2 to 326.1%
4 to 95.2%
10 to 492.4%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later16.9%
2011–201956.6%
2001–201018.9%
1991–20006.0%
1981–19901.2%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.4%

Douars

Bitit’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 13 douars in 5 fractions, with 15,238 people. 3 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
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
أيت ولال بطيط الشماليةAit Ouallal Bitit Chamalia3 douars · 6,996 people
آيت عقىAit Aqqa	In parts	242	1,015	1.3	2.0	8.0
أيت الربعAit Rbaa	In parts	514	2,116	1.4	1.5	5.1
آيت موسى حميAit Moussa Hammi	In parts	917	3,865	0.4	1.1	2.4
أيت ولال بطيط الجنوبية الغربيةAit Ouallal Bitit Janoubia Gharbia1 douar · 979 people
آيت اعمر الجنوبية الغربيةAit Amer Janoubia Gharbia	In parts	249	979	1.8	0.6	6.0
آيت على بوبكر رݣراݣةAit Ali Boubker Regraga3 douars · 2,628 people
أيت على بوبكرAit Ali Boubker	Dispersed	536	2,213	0.8	3.7	5.8
آيت على وشعوAit Ali Ouchaou	Grouped	22	98	—	—	—
رݣراݣةRegraga	Dispersed	82	317	2.3	0.9	6.7
آيت لحسن أوشعيبAit Lahcen Aouchaib4 douars · 2,612 people
آيت التلثAit Ettalet	Dispersed	403	1,698	0.5	2.2	1.8
ايت لحسن وموسىAit Lahcen Oumoussa	Dispersed	15	65	—	—	—
معمل الدومMamel Ad Doum	Grouped	118	490	0.3	0.8	3.6
ضاية السدرDaia Essder	Dispersed	88	359	0.2	3.2	6.5
آيت ولال بطيط الجنوبية الشرقيةAit Ouallal Bitit Janoubia Charqia2 douars · 2,023 people
آيت ابراهيمAit Brahim	In parts	205	951	2.4	2.3	9.3
آيت اعمر الجنوبية الشرقيةAit Amer Janoubia Charqia	In parts	273	1,072	2.1	2.5	6.9

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: 03.171.05.05
As digits: 031710505
Slug: bitit
Record: /api/communes/03.171.05.05.json
Boundary: /api/communes/03.171.05.05/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/03.171.05.05/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/03.171.05.05/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/03.171.05.05/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/03.171.05.05/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2808813

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bitit");

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