Ighil N'oumgoun

اغيل نومكون

Rural commune in the cercle of Kalaat M'gouna, province of Tinghir, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024: 23,218
Since 2014: +5.5%from 22,010 in 2014
Density: 26.3people per km², 882.8 km²
Households: 3,734
Foreign residents: 1
Rank: 254254th most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 25 in its province

Next door in Zaouiat Ahansal, 32.1% of households have running water. Here, it’s 81.8%.

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 72.9% to 95.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ouaoula. Can’t read or write: 44.8% here, 46.7% there; unemployment: 12.8% here, 13.8% there; aged 65 and over: 7.3% here, 7.1% there.

Compare it with Ouaoula

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 Ighil N'oumgoun.

Ighil N'oumgoun +5.5%

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: 44.8%aged 10 and over58.8% in 201453.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 12.8%17.9% in 20143.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 46.4%aged 15 and over45.3% in 201417.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 91.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.25children per woman4.80 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.1%of people6.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 6.2people on average7.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 81.8%of settled households69.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ighil N'oumgoun: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.0%	75 and over	2.9%
2.1%	70–74	1.9%
2.4%	65–69	2.3%
3.0%	60–64	3.4%
2.8%	55–59	3.3%
3.4%	50–54	4.3%
3.5%	45–49	4.7%
4.7%	40–44	5.0%
5.9%	35–39	5.9%
7.0%	30–34	6.6%
7.9%	25–29	7.1%
8.8%	20–24	7.7%
9.6%	15–19	9.9%
12.7%	10–14	12.8%
12.0%	5–9	11.7%
10.8%	0–4	10.5%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight94.4%
Tachelhit13.8%
Darija6.4%
Tarifit0.3%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic96.6%
French39.9%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh8.1%
English7.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot77.4%
Doesn’t travel to work11.8%
Bus4.2%
Bike or motorcycle2.7%
Private car1.3%
Employer’s transport1.1%
Animal0.8%
Taxi0.4%
Informal transport0.1%
Another way0.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 58.8%aged 10 and over44.8% in 202468.8% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 17.9%12.8% in 202448.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 45.3%aged 15 and over46.4% in 202419.8% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 85.9%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 4.80children per woman3.25 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 6.2%of people5.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 7.1people on average6.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 69.4%of settled households81.8% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Ighil N'oumgoun: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.6%	75 and over	2.4%
1.6%	70–74	1.5%
1.8%	65–69	1.7%
2.6%	60–64	2.7%
3.0%	55–59	2.8%
3.4%	50–54	3.3%
3.5%	45–49	3.8%
3.9%	40–44	4.4%
4.2%	35–39	5.7%
5.4%	30–34	6.0%
6.9%	25–29	7.3%
9.7%	20–24	9.7%
11.7%	15–19	11.6%
12.3%	10–14	11.9%
12.6%	5–9	11.6%
14.7%	0–4	13.6%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight98.5%
Darija11.8%
Tachelhit0.2%
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 only53.4%
Other combinations23.5%
Arabic and French19.9%
Arabic, French and English3.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot81.7%
Bus7.9%
Not stated3.9%
Private car1.4%
Another way1.4%
Bike or motorcycle1.2%
Train1.0%
Taxi0.8%
Works at home0.4%
Employer’s transport0.3%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood53.9%
No fixed place20.0%
Another province13.8%
Another commune3.7%
Not stated3.6%
Somewhere else2.9%
Another in the commune1.8%
At home0.4%

What people did

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

Labouring and small trades28.3%
Farm and fishing labour23.2%
Farming and fishing19.7%
Crafts and skilled trades19.1%
Clerical work3.0%
Machine operating2.9%
Trade and broking2.0%
Managers and senior professionals0.8%
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 diploma80.7%
Primary14.2%
Lower secondary3.7%
Upper secondary0.8%
DEUG or Licence0.6%
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: 39617.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 21253.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 2561.2 per business
Public services: 177
Associations: 7in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce65.6%
Services28.3%
Industry5.2%
Construction0.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person94.3%
2 to 33.8%
4 to 90.9%
10 to 490.9%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later37.3%
2011–201950.9%
2001–20107.1%
1991–20003.8%
1981–19900.9%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ighil N'oumgoun’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 42 douars in 6 fractions, with 22,931 people. 287 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
ايت مراو الشماليةAit Mraou Chamalia7 douars · 3,870 people
تيزكينTizguine	Grouped	60	407	1.1	1.1	4.9
إغرم أقديمIghrem Akdim	Grouped	295	1,809	2.9	1.4	11.2
إسومارIssoumar	Grouped	59	378	0.0	0.0	17.0
أكرزكاAguerzaka	Grouped	73	540	0.3	0.5	12.5
إكرامن إمي نواقاIgramne-Imi Nouaka	Grouped	31	221	0.0	0.0	17.0
تيغانمينTiranimine	Grouped	42	345	0.6	1.4	20.3
تيمطداTimtda	Dispersed	29	170	—	—	—
أيت زكريAit Zekri8 douars · 3,434 people
تاوجكالتTaoujgalt	Grouped	30	203	9.8	2.0	18.2
أيت يوبAït Youb	Grouped	86	536	3.4	3.2	10.4
ايت موسى أوداودAït Moussa ou Daoud	Grouped	94	570	4.1	2.0	11.4
أيت داودAit Daoud	Grouped	142	991	0.0	1.0	6.8
أماسينAmassine	Grouped	46	371	26.0	1.7	45.1
أمسكارAmsskar	Grouped	53	457	13.3	1.8	23.0
تاركا أزكاغTarga Azkagh	Grouped	19	141	—	—	—
أكرم أوكزمAkrm Aoukzem	Grouped	14	165	—	—	—
أيت حمدAit Ahmed7 douars · 4,101 people
الرباطRbat	Grouped	64	356	2.8	2.4	2.2
أيت خليفةAït Khlifa	Grouped	54	373	0.0	0.8	2.0
المدونAlmdoune	Grouped	198	1,146	0.4	1.9	1.8
أمجكاكAmajguague	Grouped	152	786	0.2	0.7	4.6
أمسكار التحتانيAmeskar et Tahtani	Grouped	59	476	0.0	1.2	30.0
أمسكار الفوقانيAmesker el Fougani	Grouped	52	337	0.0	1.0	30.0
إمزيلنImzilene	Grouped	128	627	1.7	1.8	3.3
أوزيغمتAouzighmt9 douars · 3,601 people
إكرامنIgouramen	In parts	79	503	6.4	2.7	10.0
تاغرفتTaghreft	In parts	142	997	9.9	1.7	3.6
إفقيرنIfeqqirene	Grouped	35	230	7.7	1.2	3.5
واوشكيOuaouchki	Grouped	50	334	11.7	2.2	6.5
إغرم إزدرنIghrem Izdarn	Grouped	80	499	13.0	1.3	8.3
إمي نيركتImi Nirkt	Grouped	62	395	26.6	1.7	21.1
تيشكيTichki	In parts	39	248	17.3	1.0	13.1
تاغزوتTaghzoute	Grouped	22	123	—	—	—
تلات ريغنTalat Righen	In parts	44	272	1.2	1.9	20.9
أيت مراو الجنوبيةAit Mraou Janoubia8 douars · 5,882 people
تامالوتTamalout	Grouped	294	1,818	1.4	1.2	1.2
بوتغرارBoutaghrare	Grouped	87	478	1.0	1.4	2.2
زناكAznag	Grouped	56	287	0.4	1.0	5.7
الحوطEl Hot	Grouped	133	658	3.1	2.0	6.0
إحجامنIhjjamene	Grouped	103	535	4.5	0.8	7.4
تامكلوناTamgallouna	Grouped	87	594	2.0	1.1	5.5
أكوتي الفوقانيAgouti el Foukani	Grouped	94	605	7.4	2.0	9.6
أكوتي التحتانيAgouti et Tahtani	Grouped	167	907	5.9	1.0	9.4
ايت تومرتAit Toumart3 douars · 2,043 people
ايت تومرتAit Toumart	In parts	183	1,157	2.0	1.7	5.1
توغزاToughza	In parts	93	588	0.0	1.0	8.5
تشكيTichki	In parts	56	298	10.7	1.1	30.1

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: 08.577.09.15
As digits: 085770915
Slug: ighil-n-oumgoun
Record: /api/communes/08.577.09.15.json
Boundary: /api/communes/08.577.09.15/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/08.577.09.15/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/08.577.09.15/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/08.577.09.15/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/08.577.09.15/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2887513

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