Ikniouen

اكنيون

Rural commune in the cercle of Boumalne-Dades, province of Tinghir, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024: 17,707
Since 2014: −2.9%from 18,235 in 2014
Density: 13.9people per km², 1,276.4 km²
Households: 2,539
Rank: 361361st most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 25 in its province

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 Ikniouen.

Ikniouen −2.9%

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: 34.6%aged 10 and over46.1% in 201445.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 15.8%23.9% in 201427.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 32.2%aged 15 and over34.4% in 20142.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 92.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.90children per woman3.78 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.5%of people4.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 7.0people on average8.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 72.8%of settled households54.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ikniouen: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.6%	75 and over	3.2%
2.0%	70–74	2.0%
2.6%	65–69	2.5%
2.5%	60–64	3.6%
2.7%	55–59	3.1%
3.0%	50–54	3.8%
3.7%	45–49	4.0%
5.1%	40–44	5.3%
6.3%	35–39	6.1%
7.8%	30–34	7.4%
8.7%	25–29	7.2%
8.1%	20–24	6.8%
9.7%	15–19	9.9%
12.9%	10–14	12.6%
11.6%	5–9	12.1%
10.9%	0–4	10.4%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight96.1%
Darija17.1%
Tachelhit1.3%
Tarifit0.5%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic96.1%
French52.6%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh20.5%
English10.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot49.5%
Bus11.3%
Bike or motorcycle5.7%
Taxi5.3%
Employer’s transport4.5%
Private car4.3%

Can’t read or write: 46.1%aged 10 and over34.6% in 202456.1% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 23.9%15.8% in 202440.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 34.4%aged 15 and over32.2% in 20242.8% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 94.6%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.78children per woman2.90 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.3%of people4.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 8.9people on average7.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 54.5%of settled households72.8% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Ikniouen: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
1.8%	75 and over	2.3%
1.1%	70–74	1.2%
1.3%	65–69	1.5%
2.2%	60–64	2.1%
3.0%	55–59	2.7%
2.8%	50–54	3.4%
3.2%	45–49	3.5%
3.7%	40–44	4.1%
4.1%	35–39	4.8%
6.5%	30–34	6.5%
8.7%	25–29	8.3%
10.7%	20–24	11.3%
12.5%	15–19	12.1%
11.6%	10–14	10.8%
12.0%	5–9	11.0%
14.8%	0–4	14.4%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight99.4%
Darija19.0%
Tachelhit0.7%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Other combinations38.0%
Arabic only34.5%
Arabic and French22.8%
Arabic, French and English4.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot71.1%
Bus9.8%
Bike or motorcycle5.4%
Private car2.8%
Taxi1.8%
Employer’s transport1.5%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

No fixed place29.9%
Another province26.1%
Their own neighbourhood24.2%
Another commune8.5%
Another in the commune6.1%
Somewhere else0.6%
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 trades51.9%
Crafts and skilled trades17.2%
Farming and fishing8.0%
Machine operating7.5%
Clerical work4.2%
Managers and senior professionals3.8%
Farm and fishing labour3.8%
Trade and broking2.2%
Technicians0.8%
Not classified0.7%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma67.8%
Primary23.6%
Lower secondary5.7%
Upper secondary1.5%
DEUG or Licence1.2%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 29216.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 12342.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1301.1 per business
Public services: 167
Associations: 2in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce72.4%
Services25.2%
Industry1.6%
Construction0.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person95.1%
2 to 34.9%
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 later18.7%
2011–201974.8%
2001–20104.9%
1991–20001.6%
1981–19900.0%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 08.577.05.17
As digits: 085770517
Slug: ikniouen
Record: /api/communes/08.577.05.17.json
Boundary: /api/communes/08.577.05.17/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/08.577.05.17/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/08.577.05.17/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/08.577.05.17/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2887545

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ikniouen");

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