Fask

فاصك

Rural commune in the cercle of Guelmim, province of Guelmim, Guelmim-Oued Noun.

Population, 2024
3,511
Since 2014
−11.0%from 3,943 in 2014
Density
2.7people per km², 1,303.9 km²
Households
862
Foreign residents
2
Rank
1,3451,345th most populous of 1,503 communes7th of 20 in its province

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

81003

How it changed

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

Fask −11.0%

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
32.5%aged 10 and over35.1% in 201442.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
38.5%32.4% in 201454.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
25.5%aged 15 and over35.4% in 20146.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.59children per woman1.15 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.5%of people9.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
82.6%of settled households92.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Fask: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
5.5%75 and over6.1%
3.8%70–743.0%
4.2%65–694.9%
4.6%60–644.7%
4.6%55–595.8%
5.6%50–545.9%
4.9%45–496.4%
5.3%40–447.3%
6.2%35–396.8%
4.8%30–346.5%
5.6%25–296.2%
8.0%20–246.8%
8.2%15–197.1%
9.8%10–148.9%
11.1%5–97.5%
7.9%0–46.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija77.3%
  • Tachelhit70.7%
  • Hassania14.9%
  • Tamazight1.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%

The two censuses don’t line up here: Darija 42.3% in 2014, 77.3% in 2024. How these are spotted

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French45.0%
  • English16.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot43.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle17.9%
  • Taxi10.4%
  • Private car7.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work7.3%
  • Employer’s transport5.2%
  • Informal transport2.9%
  • Bus2.6%
  • Another way2.3%
  • Animal0.5%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
7019.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2637.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
301.2 per business
Public services
43
Associations
1in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce69.2%
  • Industry15.4%
  • Services15.4%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person88.5%
  • 2 to 311.5%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later42.3%
  • 2011–201934.6%
  • 2001–201011.5%
  • 1991–20007.7%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19803.8%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Fask’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 4 douars in 3 fractions, with 3,406 people. 105 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
ايت حمادAit Ahmed2 douars · 2,569 people
فاصكFaskGrouped5402,1620.91.02.5
تاوريرتTaourirtGrouped844070.02.13.9
اولاد بوعشرةOulad Bouachra1 douar · 333 people
تيدالتTaïdaltIn parts903330.30.80.7
ايت زكريAit Zekri1 douar · 504 people
البرجEl BorjIn parts1295042.23.23.3

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code
Code
10.261.05.09
As digits
102610509
Slug
fask
OpenStreetMap
2885857
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("fask");

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