Issaguen

اساكن

Rural commune in the cercle of Ketama, province of Al Hoceima, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024: 17,834
Since 2014: +4.3%from 17,095 in 2014
Density: 132people per km², 135.4 km²
Households: 3,903
Foreign residents: 2
Rank: 358358th most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 36 in its province

Compare it with other communes

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

32302

How it changed

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

Issaguen +4.3%

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: 29.1%aged 10 and over36.7% in 201443.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 20.4%15.6% in 201434.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 43.0%aged 15 and over47.2% in 20149.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 91.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.26children per woman3.28 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 6.3%of people7.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.6people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 16.6%of settled households16.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Issaguen: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
0.9%	75 and over	1.3%
1.1%	70–74	1.5%
2.3%	65–69	2.6%
2.9%	60–64	3.5%
3.3%	55–59	3.7%
4.1%	50–54	3.7%
5.5%	45–49	5.3%
7.5%	40–44	6.2%
8.7%	35–39	7.2%
9.0%	30–34	8.3%
7.9%	25–29	7.9%
7.6%	20–24	7.9%
7.6%	15–19	8.3%
9.6%	10–14	9.9%
11.2%	5–9	11.4%
10.9%	0–4	11.2%

Local languages used

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

Darija95.9%
Tarifit17.4%
Tachelhit2.9%
Tamazight1.6%
Hassania0.0%

The two censuses don’t line up here: Tachelhit 36.1% in 2014, 2.9% in 2024. How these are spotted

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.1%
French28.1%
English7.2%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot81.7%
Private car6.0%
Taxi3.5%
Doesn’t travel to work3.3%
Informal transport2.3%
Employer’s transport1.4%
Bus1.3%
Bike or motorcycle0.5%
Another way0.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%
Animal0.0%

Can’t read or write: 36.7%aged 10 and over29.1% in 202455.1% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 15.6%20.4% in 202446.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 47.2%aged 15 and over43.0% in 20247.2% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 90.3%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.28children per woman3.26 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 7.1%of people6.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.2people on average4.6 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 16.0%of settled households16.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Issaguen: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
1.3%	75 and over	1.1%
0.6%	70–74	0.9%
0.9%	65–69	0.9%
1.6%	60–64	1.9%
3.0%	55–59	2.6%
4.2%	50–54	4.1%
4.4%	45–49	4.3%
5.2%	40–44	4.6%
7.3%	35–39	6.6%
9.6%	30–34	8.2%
11.3%	25–29	10.9%
10.7%	20–24	11.0%
9.7%	15–19	10.2%
9.3%	10–14	10.1%
9.0%	5–9	9.9%
11.7%	0–4	12.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija93.6%
Tarifit44.8%
Tachelhit36.1%
Tamazight0.8%
Hassania0.0%

The two censuses don’t line up here: Tachelhit 36.1% in 2014, 2.9% in 2024. How these are spotted

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only50.6%
Arabic and French41.7%
Arabic, French and English6.1%
Other combinations1.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot87.2%
Private car4.9%
Taxi2.3%
Not stated2.1%
Bus1.8%
Another way0.9%
Bike or motorcycle0.3%
Employer’s transport0.2%
Works at home0.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood82.2%
Another in the commune8.9%
No fixed place4.3%
Not stated2.0%
Another province1.1%
Another commune0.9%
Somewhere else0.3%
At home0.2%

What people did

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

Farming and fishing37.5%
Farm and fishing labour24.7%
Crafts and skilled trades12.5%
Clerical work8.4%
Labouring and small trades7.7%
Trade and broking4.8%
Managers and senior professionals1.5%
Machine operating1.2%
Technicians0.9%
Not classified0.8%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma71.0%
Primary19.3%
Lower secondary7.0%
Upper secondary1.6%
DEUG or Licence1.0%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Issaguen’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings: 1,020
Standing empty: 21.5%14.1% vacant7.4% a second home
Precarious: 12.4%4.9% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 89.6%81.6% on the water mains93.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 18.8%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house76.8%
Apartment7.5%
Slum or basic house4.9%
Other3.8%
Rural-type3.6%
Villa2.0%
Traditional house1.4%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years53.5%
20 to 49 years46.1%
50 years or more0.4%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 60734.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 49982.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 8971.8 per business
Public services: 107
Associations: 1in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce61.5%
Services26.7%
Industry7.6%
Construction4.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person53.5%
2 to 339.9%
4 to 96.2%
10 to 490.4%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later28.7%
2011–201938.3%
2001–201021.4%
1991–20007.2%
1981–19901.4%
1956–19802.8%
Before 19560.2%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Issaguen

2,688

Douars

Issaguen’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 32 douars in 7 fractions, with 15,144 people. Another 2,688 live in Issaguen, its urban centre, which has no douars. 2 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
تلارواقTalarouak1 douar · 1,771 people
تلارواقTalarouak	In parts	361	1,771	2.9	2.5	6.4
أزيلا أيت العربيAzila Ait Larbi6 douars · 5,196 people
ازيلالAzila	In parts	638	3,299	8.2	2.8	12.6
تغيساTighissa	In parts	107	544	3.4	2.3	6.3
اكرسيفAguercif	In parts	101	533	8.0	1.0	13.8
اسكاAssaka	Grouped	59	335	7.5	2.1	7.5
تاشتTacht	In parts	45	163	4.8	1.8	7.8
أعشوشAchouch	In parts	69	322	0.6	1.8	3.5
إساݣن السفلىIssaguen Essoufla2 douars · 1,476 people
تكركورتTakarkouret	Grouped	263	1,366	2.5	2.7	2.7
تهية نيكثرTahiat Niktr	Grouped	20	110	—	—	—
تمدةTamda10 douars · 4,215 people
الحد اموكروانEl Had Amoukrouane	Dispersed	85	377	6.0	1.8	10.2
تشوماشTachoumach	Grouped	79	363	2.6	5.0	2.6
امرسيانAmersyane	Dispersed	41	203	1.0	4.1	1.6
أمنشارAminchar	Grouped	42	240	10.5	3.9	16.1
اهراونAhraoune	In parts	222	1,055	6.8	2.2	11.5
لعزيب تمدةLaazib Tamda	Grouped	108	470	2.1	1.9	4.3
نهارةNhara	Grouped	58	304	4.5	6.1	7.0
إغماضIghmad	In parts	125	503	3.1	5.5	10.5
أصكصافAsksaf	In parts	120	518	1.4	4.9	5.8
الواديينEl Ouadiyine	In parts	42	182	5.0	5.1	6.6
تمݣيݣنتTamguignt5 douars · 655 people
تمݣيݣنتTamguignt	Grouped	18	87	—	—	—
اموا ݣمارAmoua Gmar	Grouped	51	266	0.9	1.3	4.5
تنواينTanouaine	Grouped	31	148	1.0	1.2	5.0
دويكدمDouykdem	Grouped	1	6	—	—	—
البخيEl Bkhi	Grouped	29	148	—	—	—
تيدوينTidouine7 douars · 1,762 people
تيدوين السفلىTidouine Essoufla	Grouped	62	316	2.4	5.7	6.8
احيحاينAhihaine	Grouped	44	246	1.2	5.0	5.0
تنواينTanouaine	Grouped	15	74	—	—	—
تغانيمينTaghanimine	Grouped	48	252	2.1	4.9	6.7
بويمانBouymane	Grouped	12	45	—	—	—
إفراسنIfrasen	Grouped	52	251	3.0	5.2	5.2
تيدوين العلياTidouine El Oulia	Grouped	105	578	2.2	4.7	5.1
إساكن العلياIssaguen El Oulia1 douar · 69 people
فبريكةFabrika	Dispersed	15	69	—	—	—

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: 01.051.09.13
As digits: 010510913
Slug: issaguen
Record: /api/communes/01.051.09.13.json
Boundary: /api/communes/01.051.09.13/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/01.051.09.13/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/01.051.09.13/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/communes/01.051.09.13/housing.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/01.051.09.13/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/01.051.09.13/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/01.051.09.13/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2516837

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