Ghassate
غسات
Rural commune in the cercle of Ouarzazate, province of Ouarzazate, Drâa-Tafilalet.
- Population, 2024
- 7,169
- Since 2014
- −15.1%from 8,448 in 2014
- Density
- 7.2people per km², 1,002.5 km²
- Households
- 1,431
- Foreign residents
- 12
- Rank
- 984984th most populous of 1,503 communes17th of 17 in its province
Next door in Tarmigt, 79.7% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 17.4%.
Since 2014, unemployment went from 7.2% to 40.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ahl Tifnoute. Darija: 42.7% here, 41.8% there; in the labour force: 29.6% here, 30.4% there; running water: 90.8% here, 82.3% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Ghassate.
Ghassate −15.1%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 40.1%aged 10 and over45.5% in 201451.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 40.0%7.2% in 201421.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 29.6%aged 15 and over33.2% in 20142.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 95.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.21children per woman2.03 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.0%of people6.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.0people on average6.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 90.8%of settled households91.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5% | 75 and over | 5.8% | ||
| 4.2% | 70–74 | 4.2% | ||
| 4.3% | 65–69 | 3.9% | ||
| 3.7% | 60–64 | 4.9% | ||
| 3.4% | 55–59 | 4.3% | ||
| 5.6% | 50–54 | 4.7% | ||
| 5.0% | 45–49 | 6.2% | ||
| 6.2% | 40–44 | 7.1% | ||
| 6.3% | 35–39 | 7.4% | ||
| 6.8% | 30–34 | 7.6% | ||
| 6.6% | 25–29 | 6.4% | ||
| 6.2% | 20–24 | 5.2% | ||
| 8.2% | 15–19 | 6.8% | ||
| 9.4% | 10–14 | 9.0% | ||
| 9.0% | 5–9 | 9.1% | ||
| 9.7% | 0–4 | 7.5% | ||
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
- 45.5%aged 10 and over40.1% in 202457.6% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 7.2%40.0% in 202436.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 33.2%aged 15 and over29.6% in 20241.9% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 97.5%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.03children per woman2.21 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.7%of people6.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 6.5people on average5.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 91.2%of settled households90.8% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3% | 75 and over | 3.7% | ||
| 2.3% | 70–74 | 1.9% | ||
| 2.8% | 65–69 | 3.2% | ||
| 4.3% | 60–64 | 3.8% | ||
| 4.1% | 55–59 | 3.8% | ||
| 4.0% | 50–54 | 4.7% | ||
| 3.6% | 45–49 | 3.8% | ||
| 5.3% | 40–44 | 5.2% | ||
| 5.5% | 35–39 | 6.0% | ||
| 7.3% | 30–34 | 7.8% | ||
| 7.5% | 25–29 | 9.3% | ||
| 9.3% | 20–24 | 10.0% | ||
| 10.6% | 15–19 | 10.3% | ||
| 10.0% | 10–14 | 8.2% | ||
| 9.5% | 5–9 | 8.1% | ||
| 10.7% | 0–4 | 10.3% | ||
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.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 24233.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 10443.0% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 6095.9 per business
- Public services
- 116
- Associations
- 22in 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.
Douars
Ghassate’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 22 douars in 4 fractions, with 7,158 people. 11 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| أيت أوݣرور الشرقيةAit Aougrour Charqia6 douars · 1,041 people | ||||||
| إميضرImider | Grouped | 44 | 229 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 14.0 |
| تامناݣروتTamenagrout | In parts | 52 | 276 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| تيمسالTimsal | Grouped | 26 | 127 | — | — | — |
| أمسولAmsoul | In parts | 25 | 118 | — | — | — |
| أبراشAbrach | Grouped | 10 | 52 | — | — | — |
| أيت علي أوموسىAit Ali Moussa | In parts | 56 | 239 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 22.0 |
| إݣرنانIgrnane8 douars · 1,778 people | ||||||
| أݣرزݣىAguerzegua | In parts | 36 | 229 | 4.0 | 12.1 | 12.0 |
| لحوانتLahouant | In parts | 55 | 253 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 32.8 |
| أݣديم نݣرنانAgoudim Ngrnane | In parts | 34 | 151 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 30.3 |
| تمزريت إݣرنانTamzrite(igaarnane) | In parts | 80 | 354 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 41.5 |
| تالوين إݣرنانTaliouine Igrnane | In parts | 40 | 189 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 55.0 |
| تيݣرتTiguert | In parts | 55 | 289 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 50.1 |
| تاغياTaghi | In parts | 32 | 155 | 6.8 | 15.7 | 15.8 |
| تاسامرتTassamart | In parts | 20 | 158 | — | — | — |
| أيت أوݣرور الغربيةAit Aougrour Gharbia4 douars · 1,730 people | ||||||
| تدغستTidghist | In parts | 105 | 417 | 0.2 | 15.2 | 15.4 |
| تفليتTiflit | Grouped | 51 | 251 | 1.8 | 15.1 | 13.2 |
| تمطديتTimtdit | Dispersed | 34 | 106 | 2.9 | 15.0 | 14.9 |
| إزركيIzerki | In parts | 158 | 956 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 14.8 |
| غساتGhessate4 douars · 2,609 people | ||||||
| أسغمو أيت أوݣرورAsseghmou Ait Aougrour | In parts | 85 | 401 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| أيت واعرابAit Ouarab | Grouped | 84 | 417 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.6 |
| أيت عثمان أويوسفAit Atmane Ou Youssef | Grouped | 81 | 399 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| غساتGhessate | In parts | 268 | 1,392 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
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
08.401.07.01- As digits
084010701- Slug
ghassate- Census figures
/api/communes/08.401.07.01/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/08.401.07.01/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/08.401.07.01/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/08.401.07.01/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2887628
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("ghassate");