Tafetachte

تفتاشت

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

Population, 2024
7,342
Since 2014
+0.7%from 7,293 in 2014
Density
110people per km², 66.8 km²
Households
1,850
Rank
972972nd most populous of 1,503 communes14th of 57 in its province

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

Timzguida-OuftasIda Ou GuelloulSidi Hmad Ou M'barekIda Ou KazzouAit Aissa IhahaneTamanarTarganteTafednaIda Ou AazzaSmimouImgradeImi-N'tlitTakouchtAglifAit DaoudAdaghasAssaisBouzemmourTahelouanteBizdadSidi GhanemeSidi El JazouliTidziSidi H'mad Ou HamedSidi KaoukiEzzaouiteMeskalaKorimateMouaridAit SaidAguerdKechoulaMejjiLagdadraEl HanchaneLahsinateOunaghaEssaouiraHad DraMoulay BouzarqtouneTakateAquermoudSidi IshaqSidi Ali El KoratiSidi AbdeljalilTalmestM'khalifSidi LaaroussiMzilateM'ramerSidi BoulaalamSidi Aissa RegraguiZaouiat Ben HmidaSidi M'hamed Ou MarzouqOulad M'rabetSidi Ahmed Essayeh

How it changed

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

Tafetachte +0.7%

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
39.2%aged 10 and over48.2% in 201446.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
25.0%4.6% in 201426.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.2%aged 15 and over47.7% in 20146.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.14children per woman3.01 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.5%of people5.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
94.3%of settled households73.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tafetachte: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.7%75 and over3.4%
2.8%70–743.3%
3.5%65–692.5%
4.1%60–643.5%
4.4%55–594.7%
5.6%50–545.5%
6.3%45–496.2%
7.1%40–446.0%
6.8%35–395.7%
6.7%30–346.9%
5.1%25–295.9%
5.9%20–247.8%
7.9%15–198.9%
11.1%10–1411.5%
11.1%5–99.8%
7.9%0–48.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.3%
  • Tachelhit2.0%
  • Tamazight0.5%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French42.3%
  • English12.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot50.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle10.8%
  • Taxi8.3%
  • Private car7.1%
  • Employer’s transport3.2%
  • Bus2.9%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Tafetachte’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
594
Standing empty
27.3%25.9% vacant1.3% a second home
Precarious
7.1%1.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
0.0%91.1% on the water mains91.1% on the electricity grid

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house83.0%
  • Traditional house7.4%
  • Rural-type5.2%
  • Villa2.4%
  • Slum or basic house1.0%
  • Other0.8%
  • Apartment0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years58.4%
  • 20 to 49 years35.9%
  • 50 years or more5.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
35448.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
25872.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4051.6 per business
Public services
88
Associations
8in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce56.6%
  • Services27.9%
  • Industry14.0%
  • Construction1.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person70.9%
  • 2 to 325.6%
  • 4 to 92.3%
  • 10 to 491.2%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later49.6%
  • 2011–201927.5%
  • 2001–201011.2%
  • 1991–20006.2%
  • 1981–19902.7%
  • 1956–19802.3%
  • Before 19560.4%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Tafetachte1,546

In the data

Code
07.211.09.47
As digits
072110947
Slug
tafetachte
Record
/api/communes/07.211.09.47.json
Boundary
/api/communes/07.211.09.47/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/07.211.09.47/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/07.211.09.47/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/07.211.09.47/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/07.211.09.47/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2821109
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tafetachte");

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