N'kob
النقوب
Rural commune in the cercle of Lamaidar, province of Zagora, Drâa-Tafilalet.
- Population, 2024
- 7,742
- Since 2014
- +7.4%from 7,209 in 2014
- Density
- 19.3people per km², 401.4 km²
- Households
- 1,477
- Foreign residents
- 3
- Rank
- 931931st most populous of 1,503 communes17th of 25 in its province
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
Postcode
47702
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is N'kob.
N'kob +7.4%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 37.5%aged 10 and over44.3% in 201447.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 17.2%8.0% in 20145.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 29.9%aged 15 and over47.1% in 20142.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 94.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.34children per woman2.90 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 2.3%of people3.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.2people on average6.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 93.5%of settled households84.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5% | 75 and over | 4.3% | ||
| 2.4% | 70–74 | 3.0% | ||
| 2.3% | 65–69 | 3.0% | ||
| 3.0% | 60–64 | 4.0% | ||
| 2.8% | 55–59 | 3.4% | ||
| 3.9% | 50–54 | 4.2% | ||
| 5.1% | 45–49 | 4.3% | ||
| 5.9% | 40–44 | 5.6% | ||
| 6.9% | 35–39 | 6.9% | ||
| 7.5% | 30–34 | 8.2% | ||
| 7.4% | 25–29 | 6.4% | ||
| 6.7% | 20–24 | 6.8% | ||
| 7.7% | 15–19 | 8.1% | ||
| 11.3% | 10–14 | 12.0% | ||
| 12.3% | 5–9 | 10.6% | ||
| 10.5% | 0–4 | 9.5% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
The two censuses don’t line up here: Tachelhit 0.2% in 2014, 35.6% in 2024. How these are spotted
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 44.3%aged 10 and over37.5% in 202455.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 8.0%17.2% in 20247.3% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 47.1%aged 15 and over29.9% in 202422.4% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 90.0%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.90children per woman2.34 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 3.8%of people2.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 6.5people on average5.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 84.4%of settled households93.5% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0% | 75 and over | 3.3% | ||
| 1.8% | 70–74 | 1.7% | ||
| 2.6% | 65–69 | 2.1% | ||
| 3.3% | 60–64 | 3.1% | ||
| 2.9% | 55–59 | 3.7% | ||
| 2.9% | 50–54 | 3.9% | ||
| 3.5% | 45–49 | 4.2% | ||
| 4.4% | 40–44 | 4.6% | ||
| 5.9% | 35–39 | 6.0% | ||
| 6.5% | 30–34 | 7.1% | ||
| 9.7% | 25–29 | 8.2% | ||
| 11.0% | 20–24 | 10.6% | ||
| 12.2% | 15–19 | 10.5% | ||
| 9.6% | 10–14 | 9.0% | ||
| 9.2% | 5–9 | 9.9% | ||
| 11.6% | 0–4 | 12.2% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
The two censuses don’t line up here: Tachelhit 0.2% in 2014, 35.6% 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.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 29337.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 23479.9% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 2771.2 per business
- Public services
- 48
- Associations
- 11in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Douars
N'kob’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 14 douars in 4 fractions, with 7,700 people. 42 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| أيت سليلو صاغروAit Slilou Saghrou8 douars · 2,282 people | ||||||
| تمهار النقبTamhar Ennkb | Dispersed | 87 | 524 | 5.8 | 2.4 | 6.5 |
| إيغازون نيملاسIghazoun n'Imlas | Dispersed | 49 | 281 | 23.0 | 1.3 | 31.2 |
| داو عبيدDaoud Abid | Dispersed | 35 | 230 | 22.7 | 3.1 | 46.4 |
| أسديدنAsdiden | In parts | 95 | 747 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 17.4 |
| أفورارAfourar | Dispersed | 19 | 111 | — | — | — |
| أخماسيAkhomassi | Dispersed | 7 | 39 | — | — | — |
| سيتSit | Dispersed | 62 | 344 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 32.9 |
| أركArg | Dispersed | 1 | 6 | — | — | — |
| أيت سليلو النقوب المركزAit Slilou N'kob Centre1 douar · 1,871 people | ||||||
| النقوبN'Kob | Grouped | 396 | 1,871 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| أيت سليلو النقوبAit Slilou N'kob4 douars · 2,054 people | ||||||
| النقوبN'kob | Grouped | 316 | 1,505 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| أيت مرصيدAit Marssid | Dispersed | 44 | 254 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 8.0 |
| إغزونIghzoune | Dispersed | 21 | 164 | — | — | — |
| الغابةEl Ghaba | Dispersed | 16 | 131 | — | — | — |
| ايت سليلو المركزAit Slilou Centre1 douar · 1,493 people | ||||||
| النقوبN'kob | Grouped | 322 | 1,493 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
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
08.587.11.25- As digits
085871125- Slug
n-kob- Census figures
/api/communes/08.587.11.25/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/08.587.11.25/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/08.587.11.25/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/08.587.11.25/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2884975
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("n-kob");