Nihit

النحيت

Rural commune in the cercle of Irherm, province of Taroudannt, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
1,456
Since 2014
−22.7%from 1,883 in 2014
Density
10.7people per km², 136.3 km²
Households
516
Rank
1,4601,460th most populous of 1,503 communes84th of 89 in its province

Next door in Toughmart, 60.6% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 26.1%.

Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 52.7% to 80.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 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 Nihit.

Nihit −22.7%

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
44.3%aged 10 and over46.3% in 201460.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
40.4%63.3% in 201437.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
22.1%aged 15 and over30.3% in 20144.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.53children per woman1.51 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.4%of people11.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
2.8people on average3.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
63.4%of settled households54.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Nihit: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
10.9%75 and over8.8%
4.6%70–746.4%
5.5%65–696.5%
6.8%60–646.7%
4.8%55–597.2%
4.9%50–546.9%
5.6%45–496.5%
6.7%40–446.2%
4.9%35–396.2%
3.2%30–344.8%
3.2%25–294.1%
4.1%20–245.3%
7.2%15–197.1%
10.8%10–147.6%
9.2%5–95.8%
7.5%0–43.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit98.8%
  • Darija23.2%
  • Tamazight1.6%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French26.1%
  • English6.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Doesn’t travel to work32.9%
  • On foot30.2%
  • Employer’s transport14.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle13.4%
  • Private car6.7%
  • Taxi1.3%
  • Bus0.7%
  • Animal0.7%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Informal transport0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
7551.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1317.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
161.2 per business
Public services
60
Associations
2in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce53.8%
  • Services46.2%
  • Industry0.0%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person84.6%
  • 2 to 315.4%
  • 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 later7.7%
  • 2011–201938.5%
  • 2001–201038.5%
  • 1991–20007.7%
  • 1981–19907.7%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Nihit’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 21 douars in 1 fraction, with 1,442 people. 14 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
النيحيتEnnihit21 douars · 1,442 people
والكسنOualeksenGrouped1430———
سكورSagourGrouped1534———
زاوية أفيانZaouia AfaïaneGrouped2361———
أفيانAfayaneGrouped2654———
أزغارAzagharIn parts2988———
إيغير نوامانIrhir n’OuamaneGrouped561550.82.43.4
تابياTabiaGrouped391290.03.04.0
أيت إيبوركAit IbourkIn parts441190.03.83.9
إيكرIgrGrouped412———
تيلكيستTilkistGrouped828———
تملوكتTamaloukteGrouped1437———
أيت عيسىAit AissaGrouped1847———
الديرDirGrouped1849———
تلات نيفردTalat n’ IferdGrouped2257———
أضار نويالAdar NouyalGrouped822———
تاوريرت نوارحمونTaourirt n’OurhamounGrouped2896———
مكطMektGrouped1433———
مكزارتMegzartGrouped1225———
إييIyyGrouped652040.05.65.7
مكاوتMekkaoutGrouped351100.013.112.5
أكني وكاكAgouni n' OuaggagGrouped2452———

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
09.541.03.13
As digits
095410313
Slug
nihit
OpenStreetMap
3541016
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("nihit");

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