Ighil

اغيل

Rural commune in the cercle of Asni, province of Al Haouz, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
4,666
Since 2014
−18.1%from 5,695 in 2014
Density
28people per km², 166.6 km²
Households
1,069
Rank
1,2381,238th most populous of 1,503 communes38th of 40 in its province

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

42154

How it changed

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

Ighil −18.1%

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
38.9%aged 10 and over49.9% in 201452.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
20.8%5.3% in 201414.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.3%aged 15 and over38.1% in 201414.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
99.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
3.65children per woman3.24 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.9%of people5.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.4people on average5.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
52.9%of settled households92.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Between the two censuses, households with running water went from 92.9% to 52.9%; households with electricity went from 92.7% to 56.2%. Falls this large are rare, and the site keeps them out of comparisons. The 2024 census came a year after the September 2023 earthquake. How these are spotted

Age

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

Ighil: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.5%75 and over3.2%
4.0%70–742.7%
4.7%65–693.7%
3.1%60–645.2%
4.0%55–594.7%
4.3%50–545.5%
5.5%45–495.5%
6.2%40–446.3%
5.1%35–396.1%
6.4%30–345.8%
5.5%25–295.1%
4.8%20–245.3%
9.2%15–1910.8%
11.4%10–1412.0%
10.9%5–910.2%
10.3%0–47.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit99.6%
  • Darija38.1%
  • Tamazight0.2%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.4%
  • French43.3%
  • English8.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot77.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle6.9%
  • Informal transport6.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work4.0%
  • Private car2.4%
  • Bus0.6%
  • Taxi0.5%
  • Animal0.4%
  • Employer’s transport0.3%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
6814.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
34.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
31.0 per business
Public services
65
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce100.0%
  • Industry0.0%
  • Construction0.0%
  • Services0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person100.0%
  • 2 to 30.0%
  • 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 later0.0%
  • 2011–2019100.0%
  • 2001–20100.0%
  • 1991–20000.0%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ighil’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 27 douars in 2 fractions, with 4,666 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
اوكدمتAoukdmt18 douars · 2,474 people
اسلونAslouneGrouped3716817.03.017.0
تشكشتTachakouchtGrouped4819417.00.417.0
اكادير نمرخصنAgadir NmerkhsnGrouped27132———
تمصلاحTimeslahGrouped562519.00.99.0
غساتGhassatGrouped525———
الوسAlousGrouped391457.00.07.0
تݣرتTiggartGrouped26115———
تيزي نتݣرتTizi NtegrtGrouped2281———
اوديفAoudifGrouped442104.21.04.1
تدافالتTadafiltGrouped391694.90.05.2
امسكرجنAmaskraghjjaneIn parts361631.81.71.8
اغيلIghilGrouped662460.00.10.0
الموضا بولحباقEl Mouda BoulahbakGrouped612———
تاوريرت السفلىTaourirt EssouflaGrouped2487———
امزركانAmzerkaneGrouped321021.01.03.0
تسيلاTassilaGrouped26113———
إزرانIzraneGrouped1458———
اورزضينOurzdineGrouped472035.11.05.1
أوݣدمت أوفلاAougdmt Oufella9 douars · 2,192 people
أرݣArgGrouped8137917.01.030.0
واوضيضAoudidGrouped5321817.01.030.0
تانفݣغتTanifguirtGrouped6729116.91.029.9
أغلاAghellaGrouped8841117.00.516.9
تمسولتTamsoultGrouped28116———
تزݣزاوتTazagzaouiteGrouped28112———
تمزممانTamzmamaneGrouped4222117.00.117.0
تاوريرت العلياTaourirt El OuliaIn parts4522217.00.917.0
ترختTirikhtGrouped4322217.00.617.0

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
07.041.07.05
As digits
070410705
Slug
ighil
OpenStreetMap
3535491
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ighil");

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