Laqsabi Tagoust

لقصابي تكوست

Rural commune in the cercle of Laqsabi, province of Guelmim, Guelmim-Oued Noun.

Population, 2024
2,592
Since 2014
+7.4%from 2,413 in 2014
Density
8.5people per km², 305.8 km²
Households
663
Foreign residents
2
Rank
1,4061,406th most populous of 1,503 communes11th of 20 in its province

Next door in Guelmim, 98.6% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.6%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 33.8% to 46.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 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 Laqsabi Tagoust.

Laqsabi Tagoust +7.4%

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
31.0%aged 10 and over34.9% in 201441.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
46.4%33.8% in 201468.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
41.5%aged 15 and over42.2% in 201414.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
99.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.88children per woman2.28 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.1%of people7.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average4.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
76.7%of settled households79.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Laqsabi Tagoust: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.5%75 and over5.2%
1.9%70–742.6%
3.6%65–692.2%
4.2%60–644.8%
5.3%55–594.3%
6.6%50–546.0%
7.7%45–498.0%
6.5%40–447.8%
5.8%35–397.1%
5.5%30–347.0%
6.8%25–294.9%
7.4%20–246.8%
8.3%15–198.3%
10.8%10–148.5%
9.2%5–99.5%
7.1%0–47.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija83.2%
  • Hassania61.5%
  • Tachelhit18.4%
  • Tamazight2.1%
  • Tarifit0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French63.3%
  • English23.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot27.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work20.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle18.9%
  • Employer’s transport13.4%
  • Private car12.2%
  • Taxi4.3%
  • Bus1.4%
  • Another way1.0%
  • Animal0.5%
  • Informal transport0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
6826.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
3145.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
732.4 per business
Public services
35
Associations
2in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce51.6%
  • Industry32.3%
  • Services16.1%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person61.3%
  • 2 to 316.1%
  • 4 to 919.4%
  • 10 to 493.2%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later25.8%
  • 2011–201935.5%
  • 2001–201032.3%
  • 1991–20006.5%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Laqsabi Tagoust’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 8 douars in 8 fractions, with 2,552 people. 40 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
لقصابيLeksabi1 douar · 1,102 people
لقصابيLeksabiIn parts2861,1021.11.92.1
تسكنانTisgnane1 douar · 741 people
تسكنانTisgnaneIn parts1827411.11.52.0
واعرونOuaroune1 douar · 193 people
واعرونOuarouneIn parts461931.61.76.4
اهل بلالAhl Blal1 douar · 195 people
اهل بلالAhl BlalIn parts661951.21.84.4
عبودةAbouda1 douar · 136 people
عبودةAboudaGrouped331361.01.06.0
ام افيسOum Afis1 douar · 84 people
ام افيسOum AfisGrouped2484———
الشويخاتChouikhate1 douar · 53 people
الشويخاتChouikhateGrouped1053———
مزيزواMzizoua1 douar · 48 people
مزيزواMzizouaIn parts1448———

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
10.261.07.13
As digits
102610713
Slug
laqsabi-tagoust
OpenStreetMap
2885947
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("laqsabi-tagoust");

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