Mzilate

المزيلات

Rural commune in the cercle of El Hanchane, province of Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
3,573
Since 2014
−15.1%from 4,209 in 2014
Density
41.8people per km², 85.5 km²
Households
853
Rank
1,3371,337th most populous of 1,503 communes51st of 57 in its province

Next door in Sid L'mokhtar, 64.0% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.9%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 46.2% to 80.9%. 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 Mzilate.

Mzilate −15.1%

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
50.8%aged 10 and over58.3% in 201457.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
7.8%11.5% in 20144.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.1%aged 15 and over42.4% in 20143.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.08children per woman2.59 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.5%of people7.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
80.9%of settled households46.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Mzilate: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
5.8%75 and over5.2%
3.0%70–743.8%
3.8%65–693.7%
4.5%60–644.4%
5.5%55–594.5%
6.0%50–544.7%
6.5%45–497.4%
5.6%40–446.2%
5.2%35–395.0%
5.8%30–345.2%
4.8%25–294.9%
5.2%20–245.9%
7.7%15–199.5%
11.4%10–1411.9%
11.8%5–99.7%
7.3%0–47.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.6%
  • Tachelhit0.8%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic100.0%
  • French53.8%
  • English11.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot45.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work12.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle9.9%
  • Informal transport9.7%
  • Animal6.8%
  • Bus4.6%
  • Taxi4.5%
  • Private car4.3%
  • Employer’s transport1.9%
  • Another way0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
11732.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
5143.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
651.3 per business
Public services
61
Associations
5in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce70.6%
  • Industry21.6%
  • Services7.8%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person74.5%
  • 2 to 325.5%
  • 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 later25.5%
  • 2011–201941.2%
  • 2001–201021.6%
  • 1991–20002.0%
  • 1981–19909.8%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Mzilate’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 8 douars in 1 fraction, with 3,573 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
تكتنTakten8 douars · 3,573 people
اولاد اطويهرOulad TouiherGrouped331431.22.36.0
دويركات مزيلاتDouirkat MzilatGrouped783451.01.27.1
زاوية المزيلاتZaouiat LamzilatIn parts2229691.22.04.5
لحرارLahrarIn parts1084231.01.41.5
زاوية تكتنZaouiat TiktenIn parts733011.12.25.9
أرݣاݣRgagIn parts361512.02.212.5
صويرة الوادSouirt El OuedIn parts2178681.41.95.1
صويرة الجبلSouiret JbelIn parts863732.73.012.5

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code
Code
07.211.09.23
As digits
072110923
Slug
mzilate
OpenStreetMap
2821088
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("mzilate");

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