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

How it changed

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

N'kob +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: 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.

N'kob: men and women by age, as a share of each
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%.

Tamazight78.1%
Tachelhit35.6%
Darija13.5%
Tarifit0.3%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic95.7%
French24.7%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh17.9%
English6.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot65.1%
Bike or motorcycle12.8%
Private car5.1%
Taxi1.7%
Employer’s transport1.3%
Bus0.7%

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.

N'kob: men and women by age, as a share of each
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%.

Tamazight97.9%
Darija19.5%
Tachelhit0.2%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only31.2%
Arabic and French30.4%
Other combinations29.0%
Arabic, French and English9.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot78.4%
Bike or motorcycle5.5%
Private car3.6%
Bus1.3%
Taxi0.8%
Employer’s transport0.5%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood58.0%
Another province15.7%
No fixed place8.5%
At home7.3%
Another commune4.6%
Another in the commune2.6%
Somewhere else1.0%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour27.3%
Labouring and small trades26.7%
Crafts and skilled trades15.3%
Farming and fishing10.5%
Clerical work7.5%
Trade and broking4.5%
Managers and senior professionals4.1%
Machine operating1.6%
Not classified1.5%
Technicians1.0%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma66.1%
Primary20.2%
Lower secondary7.8%
Upper secondary3.4%
DEUG or Licence2.3%
Master’s or doctorate0.2%
Not declared0.0%

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

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce61.1%
Services20.1%
Industry11.5%
Construction7.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person93.6%
2 to 34.3%
4 to 91.3%
10 to 490.9%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later39.7%
2011–201938.5%
2001–201014.1%
1991–20005.6%
1981–19902.1%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 08.587.11.25
As digits: 085871125
Slug: n-kob
Record: /api/communes/08.587.11.25.json
Boundary: /api/communes/08.587.11.25/boundary.geojson
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
OpenStreetMap: 2884975

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

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