Khatazakane

خط ازكان

Rural commune in the cercle of Gzoula, province of Safi, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
16,691
Since 2014
+4.2%from 16,014 in 2014
Density
84.1people per km², 198.5 km²
Households
4,000
Foreign residents
2
Rank
384384th most populous of 1,503 communes11th of 25 in its province

Next door in Safi, 95.3% of households have running water. Here, it’s 2.1%.

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 63.9% to 94.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ouled Zidane. Running water: 2.1% here, 2.0% there; unemployment: 9.4% here, 11.2% there; read French: 30.8% here, 35.3% there.

Compare it with Ouled Zidane

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 Khatazakane.

Khatazakane +4.2%

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
37.7%aged 10 and over49.4% in 201449.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
9.4%6.8% in 201415.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.7%aged 15 and over49.9% in 20146.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.29children per woman2.08 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.5%of people5.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
2.1%of settled households0.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Khatazakane: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.6%75 and over4.2%
3.0%70–743.5%
3.2%65–693.5%
4.1%60–644.5%
4.4%55–594.1%
5.0%50–545.2%
6.0%45–495.8%
6.3%40–446.4%
6.5%35–396.4%
7.0%30–346.4%
6.6%25–295.8%
8.0%20–247.7%
8.7%15–198.2%
10.2%10–1410.3%
9.1%5–99.3%
8.3%0–48.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.8%
  • Tachelhit0.3%
  • Hassania0.2%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French30.8%
  • English6.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot29.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle29.4%
  • Bus14.1%
  • Informal transport7.8%
  • Taxi6.8%
  • Private car4.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.4%
  • Animal1.7%
  • Employer’s transport1.2%
  • Another way1.0%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
47528.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
17637.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,5098.6 per business
Public services
295
Associations
4in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce63.6%
  • Industry18.2%
  • Services17.0%
  • Construction1.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person59.1%
  • 2 to 321.0%
  • 4 to 96.3%
  • 10 to 4910.2%
  • 50 and over3.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later23.3%
  • 2011–201942.6%
  • 2001–201018.2%
  • 1991–200010.8%
  • 1981–19903.4%
  • 1956–19801.7%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Khatazakane’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 68 douars in 7 fractions, with 16,650 people. 41 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
المحاريرLamharir8 douars · 2,787 people
الهجراتLhajratIn parts1566911.52.22.4
اولاد بوشليلOulad BachlilIn parts582221.33.33.7
الهدادجةHdadjaIn parts1305311.21.74.6
العناقدةLaanakdaGrouped441842.00.85.0
البامةLebbamaGrouped431931.33.05.7
الفيناتLeffinatIn parts562480.83.79.4
الحنابلةLahnablaIn parts803461.04.511.1
الحناصلةLahnaslaGrouped953721.02.210.7
المغاويرEl Mghaouyr13 douars · 4,263 people
رݣراݣةRegragaDispersed1114611.51.74.8
الدحاحنةDhahnaDispersed1054242.32.35.5
اولاد طلحةOulad TalhaIn parts1727590.41.310.1
الهوماتLhoumateDispersed2397———
العواوشةLaaouaouchaGrouped743300.53.25.0
الجدياتJdiyatGrouped833541.50.76.0
الحميداتLahmidateIn parts1476651.01.45.7
العراباتLaarabateDispersed2074———
اولاد ام هانيOulad Oum HaniGrouped1976———
الشويرفاتChouirfatIn parts572361.12.910.8
العوفاتEl-AoufateGrouped622680.83.29.2
اولاد احمد بن عليOulad Ahmed Ben AliGrouped2290———
السهبSehbIn parts1024291.23.312.3
اولاد اشكرOulad Achker16 douars · 3,824 people
الربوحاتRbouhateIn parts562021.62.97.8
اولاد بو جمعةOulad BoujemaaIn parts522271.42.87.5
العماراتEl AmaratIn parts823511.61.38.0
الحرشةEl-HarchaIn parts1285224.51.48.5
الشيوخChioukhIn parts974203.42.47.5
الزوانةZouannaIn parts532221.02.66.3
دار النادىDar NadaIn parts512212.03.96.6
الهبابلةLahbablaGrouped361511.14.08.1
اولاد سي عبد الله بلحاجOulad Si Abdellah BelhajGrouped1864———
المناصرةLamnasraIn parts482211.22.04.7
اولاد سلامةOulad SlamaIn parts431940.41.13.9
الحيداتEl HidatGrouped381351.62.98.3
البخاتيLebkhatiIn parts1044220.31.23.1
اولاد هروOulad HarrouGrouped391530.30.83.9
الكبابرةLekbabraGrouped2494———
الهديلHedilIn parts492250.91.76.6
الويدانEl Ouidane11 douars · 2,026 people
البراهمةLabrahmaIn parts461752.53.08.9
الحمامدةLahmamdaGrouped1144———
الويدانEl OuidaneIn parts933951.21.27.0
السراحنةSrahnaGrouped2178———
الصويتاتSouitatIn parts602051.03.33.5
الفالصةLeffalsaIn parts723031.90.214.0
الجباراتJbaratDispersed632540.71.313.9
الهموصةLahmoussaGrouped1144———
العطارشةLaatarchaDispersed542410.02.411.9
الجليداتJlidatGrouped1747———
الݣراݣطةLagragtaIn parts612400.94.012.5
اولاد بوغنيمOulad Boughnim13 douars · 1,734 people
الروامشةRouamchaDispersed451921.61.411.8
اولاد بن رقيةOulad Ben RakiaIn parts27146———
الݣرواتLagraouatIn parts26138———
العكداتEl OgdatGrouped1265———
اولاد حموOulad HammouGrouped1591———
اولاد عبد الله بوساعودOulad Abdellah BoussaoudDispersed2384———
اولاد الطاهرOulad TaharGrouped2277———
الشحاطةChhataDispersed482152.33.47.9
اولاد بوجمعةOulad BoujemaaGrouped23104———
الباكرةEl BakraGrouped311571.02.08.0
النياتEnniyatIn parts642563.08.18.4
الكرعانEl GouraaneGrouped311123.82.38.0
الوليداتLaoulidatGrouped1897———
الزواواتEzzouaouat5 douars · 1,836 people
اولاد بارارOulad BararIn parts1114590.61.75.8
اولاد سي احمد بن اعمرOulad Si Ahmed BennaamerGrouped482071.02.17.0
الزواواتEzzouaouatIn parts993991.02.29.8
اولاد ريضOulad RiyadIn parts341301.14.410.4
اهل الدراعHal DraaIn parts1836411.82.612.7
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune2 douars · 180 people
الحساسنةEl HasasnaIn parts301181.62.86.6
المساعدةM'saadaGrouped1562———

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
07.431.07.05
As digits
074310705
Slug
khatazakane
OpenStreetMap
2827813
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("khatazakane");

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