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
Next door in Sidi Aissa Regragui, 62.3% of households have running water. Here, it’s 94.3%.
Since 2014, households with running water went from 73.6% to 94.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Youssef Ben Ahmed. Running water: 94.3% here, 89.2% there; household size: 4.0 here, 3.9 there; Darija: 99.3% here, 95.2% there.
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 Tafetachte.
Tafetachte +0.7%
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.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7% | 75 and over | 3.4% | ||
| 2.8% | 70–74 | 3.3% | ||
| 3.5% | 65–69 | 2.5% | ||
| 4.1% | 60–64 | 3.5% | ||
| 4.4% | 55–59 | 4.7% | ||
| 5.6% | 50–54 | 5.5% | ||
| 6.3% | 45–49 | 6.2% | ||
| 7.1% | 40–44 | 6.0% | ||
| 6.8% | 35–39 | 5.7% | ||
| 6.7% | 30–34 | 6.9% | ||
| 5.1% | 25–29 | 5.9% | ||
| 5.9% | 20–24 | 7.8% | ||
| 7.9% | 15–19 | 8.9% | ||
| 11.1% | 10–14 | 11.5% | ||
| 11.1% | 5–9 | 9.8% | ||
| 7.9% | 0–4 | 8.2% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
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
- 48.2%aged 10 and over39.2% in 202458.0% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 4.6%25.0% in 202421.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 47.7%aged 15 and over39.2% in 20249.5% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 96.7%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 3.01children per woman2.14 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.3%of people6.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.9people on average4.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 73.6%of settled households94.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8% | 75 and over | 2.7% | ||
| 2.6% | 70–74 | 1.9% | ||
| 2.3% | 65–69 | 1.6% | ||
| 3.8% | 60–64 | 4.1% | ||
| 3.5% | 55–59 | 3.1% | ||
| 4.3% | 50–54 | 3.9% | ||
| 4.6% | 45–49 | 4.8% | ||
| 6.0% | 40–44 | 5.7% | ||
| 7.0% | 35–39 | 6.6% | ||
| 7.3% | 30–34 | 7.0% | ||
| 6.9% | 25–29 | 7.3% | ||
| 8.9% | 20–24 | 8.6% | ||
| 7.7% | 15–19 | 9.0% | ||
| 9.9% | 10–14 | 10.8% | ||
| 10.6% | 5–9 | 10.7% | ||
| 11.7% | 0–4 | 12.0% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
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.
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
More dwelling figures
What kind they are
Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.
How old they are
When the dwelling was built.
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
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.
Urban centres
Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.
| Tafetachte | 1,546 |
Douars
Tafetachte’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 13 douars in 2 fractions, with 5,796 people. Another 1,546 live in Tafetachte, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| النعيرات ولاد سليمانNairat Oulad Slimane8 douars · 5,588 people | ||||||
| السهوبةEsshouba | In parts | 195 | 806 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 14.5 |
| العباضلةLaabadla | In parts | 126 | 541 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 9.0 |
| أيت بو طيبAit Boutayeb | In parts | 226 | 897 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 7.7 |
| اݣرطAguert | In parts | 177 | 728 | 7.8 | 2.0 | 8.9 |
| الرزازكةErrzazgua | In parts | 241 | 969 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 2.0 |
| أولاد عيسىOulad Aissa | In parts | 166 | 674 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| الݣواواتEl Gouaouat | In parts | 118 | 521 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 5.6 |
| الكديةEl Koudia | In parts | 104 | 452 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.9 |
| مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune5 douars · 208 people | ||||||
| اولاد عبوOulad Abbou | In parts | 25 | 93 | — | — | — |
| أيت عبد النبيAit Abdennebi | Grouped | 19 | 72 | — | — | — |
| الشوهبEcchouhab | Grouped | 5 | 24 | — | — | — |
| ايت عبادةAit Abada | Grouped | 4 | 12 | — | — | — |
| أولاد الضبعيOulad Eddbai | Grouped | 1 | 7 | — | — | — |
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
07.211.09.47- As digits
072110947- Slug
tafetachte- 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- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/07.211.09.47/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2821109
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("tafetachte");