Fezouata

فزواطة

Rural commune in the cercle of Zagora, province of Zagora, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024: 8,001
Since 2014: −15.0%from 9,416 in 2014
Density: 31.8people per km², 251.4 km²
Households: 1,047
Foreign residents: 1
Rank: 906906th most populous of 1,503 communes16th of 25 in its province

Since 2014, households with running water went from 83.5% to 73.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Compare it with other communes

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

47622

How it changed

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

Fezouata −15.0%

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: 31.6%aged 10 and over34.1% in 201441.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 14.7%11.4% in 201419.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 25.3%aged 15 and over35.3% in 20141.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 98.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.04children per woman3.70 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.4%of people5.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 7.6people on average10.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 73.0%of settled households83.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Fezouata: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.9%	75 and over	3.1%
2.2%	70–74	2.3%
2.8%	65–69	2.9%
2.8%	60–64	3.9%
2.3%	55–59	2.6%
2.6%	50–54	3.6%
3.4%	45–49	4.4%
5.4%	40–44	5.7%
4.2%	35–39	5.0%
7.7%	30–34	7.2%
8.4%	25–29	7.4%
8.0%	20–24	8.4%
9.2%	15–19	9.6%
13.8%	10–14	11.9%
13.3%	5–9	11.4%
11.0%	0–4	10.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija79.3%
Tachelhit57.0%
Tamazight22.6%
Tarifit0.2%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic98.6%
French24.6%
English5.5%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot42.6%
Doesn’t travel to work13.6%
Bike or motorcycle12.2%
Taxi11.1%
Bus7.0%
Animal4.2%
Private car3.7%
Employer’s transport2.7%
Informal transport2.6%
Another way0.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 34.1%aged 10 and over31.6% in 202445.6% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 11.4%14.7% in 202478.0% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 35.3%aged 15 and over25.3% in 20245.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 96.5%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.70children per woman3.04 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.8%of people4.4% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 10.9people on average7.6 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 83.5%of settled households73.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Fezouata: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.2%	75 and over	2.0%
1.7%	70–74	1.3%
1.7%	65–69	2.0%
2.4%	60–64	3.0%
2.7%	55–59	3.0%
2.6%	50–54	3.9%
2.6%	45–49	2.6%
3.6%	40–44	3.7%
4.1%	35–39	5.2%
6.5%	30–34	7.2%
7.3%	25–29	8.3%
10.8%	20–24	11.1%
12.2%	15–19	11.2%
11.7%	10–14	11.2%
11.9%	5–9	10.5%
16.1%	0–4	14.0%

Local languages used

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

Darija57.9%
Tachelhit50.2%
Tamazight34.7%
Hassania0.1%
Tarifit0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only46.8%
Other combinations23.6%
Arabic and French22.6%
Arabic, French and English7.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot65.2%
Bus18.7%
Bike or motorcycle5.2%
Taxi2.8%
Not stated2.8%
Private car2.0%
Employer’s transport1.5%
Another way1.1%
Works at home0.5%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Another province45.0%
Their own neighbourhood33.8%
No fixed place9.7%
Another commune4.7%
Another in the commune2.9%
Not stated2.4%
Somewhere else1.0%
At home0.5%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades31.1%
Labouring and small trades26.7%
Farming and fishing16.7%
Farm and fishing labour8.7%
Machine operating6.6%
Clerical work5.0%
Trade and broking2.4%
Managers and senior professionals1.4%
Not classified1.0%
Technicians0.5%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma64.1%
Primary25.2%
Lower secondary7.0%
Upper secondary2.6%
DEUG or Licence1.1%
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: 10513.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 76.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 446.3 per business
Public services: 88
Associations: 10in premises of their own

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce42.9%
Industry28.6%
Services28.6%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person42.9%
2 to 314.3%
4 to 90.0%
10 to 4942.9%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later57.1%
2011–201928.6%
2001–20100.0%
1991–200014.3%
1981–19900.0%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Fezouata’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 28 douars in 3 fractions, with 7,971 people. 30 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
بني عليBni Ali14 douars · 3,312 people
أيت بومزراكAït Bou Mezrag	Grouped	3	25	—	—	—
أيت عليAit Ali	Grouped	33	209	1.0	1.0	1.0
أيت حساينAit Hssaine	Grouped	16	117	—	—	—
أيت خويا يشوAit Khouya Yachou	Grouped	1	2	—	—	—
زاوية سيدي المختارZaouiat Sidi El Mokhtar	Grouped	45	346	1.0	1.0	1.0
زاوية سيدي عبد العاليZte Sidi Abdelaali	Grouped	46	360	1.0	1.0	1.0
بوتغروشتBoutghroucht	Grouped	2	35	—	—	—
تيكيتTigguite	Grouped	40	249	1.5	1.6	2.5
أيت حموAit Hammou	Grouped	27	183	—	—	—
الزاوية البرانيةZaouia El Barania	Grouped	106	719	1.5	2.0	4.0
أيت عثمانAït Atmane	Grouped	24	171	—	—	—
زاوية سيدي موسىZaouiat Sidi Moussa	Grouped	40	419	1.0	1.0	1.0
أيت واعتوAit Ouattou	Grouped	17	164	—	—	—
السفلاتSefalat	Grouped	52	313	1.2	1.2	3.6
تينفوTinfou11 douars · 3,722 people
القصر الكبيرKsar El Kebir	Grouped	96	777	1.0	1.2	1.2
القصبة الفوقانيةEl Kasba El Foukania	Grouped	21	151	—	—	—
قصبة اليمنيKasbat El Yamani	Grouped	39	220	1.0	1.0	1.1
زاوية أيت بويحيىZaouiat Ait Bouyahia	Grouped	37	315	1.0	1.5	1.5
حارث تينفوHart Tinfou	Grouped	42	321	1.2	1.8	1.7
زاوية بونوZaouia Bounou	Grouped	24	207	—	—	—
عطار لحلوAtar Lahlou	Grouped	7	77	—	—	—
تينفو البرانيةTinfou El Barania	Grouped	58	559	5.0	1.1	3.8
الدشرDcher	Grouped	26	176	—	—	—
تيقوشارTikouchar	Grouped	77	644	1.0	1.0	1.0
عطار تيݣيداAtar Tiguida	Dispersed	38	275	3.8	2.6	7.8
أنݣامAnagame3 douars · 937 people
أنݣامAnagame	Dispersed	94	717	2.5	1.8	15.3
تݣرسيفتTagarrssifte	Grouped	28	202	—	—	—
قابوKabou	Grouped	3	18	—	—	—

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: 08.587.09.17
As digits: 085870917
Slug: fezouata
Record: /api/communes/08.587.09.17.json
Boundary: /api/communes/08.587.09.17/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/08.587.09.17/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/08.587.09.17/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/08.587.09.17/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/08.587.09.17/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/08.587.09.17/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2884988

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