Issafen

إسافن

Rural commune in the cercle of Tata, province of Tata, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
3,031
Since 2014
−12.4%from 3,459 in 2014
Density
6.2people per km², 486.6 km²
Households
975
Rank
1,3811,381st most populous of 1,503 communes16th of 20 in its province

Next door in Imaouen, 27.3% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 58.1%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 67.6% to 95.9%. 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.

How it changed

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

Issafen −12.4%

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
46.4%aged 10 and over54.3% in 201464.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
31.6%25.5% in 201418.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
21.5%aged 15 and over23.0% in 20142.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.36children per woman2.29 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
9.4%of people15.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.1people on average3.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
95.9%of settled households67.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Issafen: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
8.2%75 and over9.6%
4.1%70–745.2%
6.5%65–697.1%
5.0%60–647.2%
6.6%55–597.5%
5.6%50–546.9%
4.6%45–498.0%
5.5%40–445.2%
6.1%35–395.5%
4.4%30–344.3%
5.4%25–294.7%
5.8%20–246.0%
8.5%15–196.6%
9.8%10–146.5%
7.6%5–96.0%
6.1%0–43.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit96.9%
  • Darija31.2%
  • Tamazight0.6%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic97.3%
  • French58.1%
  • English11.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh3.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot65.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle14.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work11.1%
  • Private car6.0%
  • Taxi1.4%
  • Employer’s transport0.9%
  • Bus0.3%
  • Informal transport0.3%
  • Another way0.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
17658.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
5631.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
681.2 per business
Public services
113
Associations
7in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce48.2%
  • Services37.5%
  • Industry14.3%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person85.7%
  • 2 to 312.5%
  • 4 to 91.8%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later16.1%
  • 2011–201950.0%
  • 2001–201017.9%
  • 1991–200012.5%
  • 1981–19903.6%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Issafen’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 44 douars in 10 fractions, with 2,988 people. 43 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
ايت فيدAit Fid5 douars · 197 people
تساوتTassaoutGrouped1642———
انسكلتAnsgaltGrouped1539———
اوديدAoudidGrouped1550———
لمدينتEl MedintGrouped2753———
ويلولانWilloulaneGrouped313———
ايت واكروAit Ouakrou7 douars · 320 people
توريختTourhikhteGrouped401440.01.01.5
تابياTabyaGrouped49———
تيشاكاشTichgachGrouped832———
تالبورتTalbourtGrouped2260———
ازمازIzmazGrouped922———
تكاديرتTagadirtGrouped1648———
فتزولتFtzoulteGrouped35———
تسوسخت المركزTasousekht Centre6 douars · 925 people
القصبةKasbaGrouped521580.00.00.0
ايت بومحمدAït Bou MhamedGrouped471710.00.00.0
تمسالTimsalGrouped1858———
فوسكينFousguineGrouped1756———
ايت صرحانAit SerehaneGrouped32891.03.03.0
مركز إسافنCentre IssafenGrouped1203930.00.00.0
ايت وارحوAit Ouarhou4 douars · 262 people
أساكاAssakaIn parts541680.00.515.8
تينمارTinmmarIn parts211———
تمكرط نبوكوزولTamgart NboukouzoulGrouped725———
أزالنAzalenGrouped2058———
اداوتينستAdaoutinst8 douars · 650 people
تمقييتTimkitGrouped612221.01.15.0
تيشكجيTichkjjiGrouped311031.53.28.0
تغراطTaghrateGrouped2161———
تكديرتTagadirteGrouped626———
تنفزاظTanfzadGrouped1234———
امالوAmalouGrouped631811.21.26.7
تلمعدرتTalmadrtGrouped722———
اوزانAzzaneGrouped11———
ابركاك الجنوبيةAberkak Janoubia4 douars · 108 people
اغيلIghilGrouped1642———
اداوAdaouGrouped1118———
امنتݣتارAmintegtarGrouped925———
تمݣرطTamgartGrouped623———
ابركاك الشرقيةAberkak Charqia1 douar · 51 people
فوكسارFougsarGrouped1851———
تسوسيخت الغربيةTasoussikht Gharbia3 douars · 119 people
اذا وظريقAda OudrikGrouped1846———
تابلخيرتTabalkhirteGrouped1863———
تلوينTaliouineGrouped210———
ابركاك الغربيةAberkak Gharbia5 douars · 260 people
تيزاTizzaGrouped32700.00.00.0
تسكنتTasgountGrouped1438———
اسوكاIssoukaGrouped2893———
تنزيضTinzidGrouped2053———
تنسيينTanseineGrouped26———
ابركاك الشماليةAberkak Chamalia1 douar · 96 people
اسيلIssilGrouped31960.00.04.9

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
09.551.07.03
As digits
095510703
Slug
issafen
OpenStreetMap
2885791
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("issafen");

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