Tafingoult

تافنكولت

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

Population, 2024
5,670
Since 2014
−14.5%from 6,635 in 2014
Density
37.4people per km², 151.5 km²
Households
1,442
Foreign residents
1
Rank
1,1381,138th most populous of 1,503 communes51st of 89 in its province

Since 2014, households that own their home went from 92.3% to 66.9%. Across Morocco, the fall was 2 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tounfite. Read French: 51.9% here, 55.8% there; can’t read or write: 39.0% here, 42.6% there; household size: 3.9 here, 4.1 there.

Compare it with Tounfite

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

83452

How it changed

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

Tafingoult −14.5%

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
39.0%aged 10 and over34.6% in 201454.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
23.6%11.2% in 201462.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
33.7%aged 15 and over36.1% in 20144.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.25children per woman3.62 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.4%of people7.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
66.0%of settled households72.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tafingoult: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.6%75 and over5.3%
3.4%70–743.1%
3.4%65–694.3%
4.1%60–645.1%
4.9%55–595.3%
5.8%50–546.9%
6.4%45–496.4%
6.3%40–446.6%
6.4%35–396.6%
6.7%30–346.2%
6.5%25–295.0%
7.4%20–247.2%
8.7%15–198.4%
10.2%10–149.3%
7.5%5–97.6%
7.7%0–46.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit96.7%
  • Darija25.9%
  • Tamazight1.2%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.7%
  • French51.9%
  • English14.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot44.9%
  • Taxi13.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle13.3%
  • Bus9.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work9.0%
  • Employer’s transport3.8%
  • Private car3.4%
  • Informal transport1.4%
  • Animal0.8%
  • Another way0.5%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
11420.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
3530.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
421.2 per business
Public services
76
Associations
3in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce71.4%
  • Services22.9%
  • Industry5.7%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person91.4%
  • 2 to 35.7%
  • 4 to 92.9%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later42.9%
  • 2011–201937.1%
  • 2001–20108.6%
  • 1991–20008.6%
  • 1981–19902.9%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Tafingoult’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 38 douars in 2 fractions, with 5,669 people. One more isn’t in any douar: a nomad, or someone HCP counts apart, such as a soldier in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
تاركةTarga16 douars · 3,213 people
أيت معلاAït MaallaGrouped1837210.00.73.3
تمومانتTamoumantGrouped301180.02.05.4
تاركة الحنا- تكاديرتTarga El Hna TagadirtGrouped662920.01.08.2
أيت يوسفAit YoussefGrouped622590.52.09.0
إزنكاض تاركةIzounkad TargaGrouped351440.10.27.3
إفسفاسIfasfasGrouped592300.01.04.0
تاوريرت أشباروTawrirt AchbarouGrouped301291.01.09.0
تكاديرت أشباروTagadirt AchbarouGrouped1275211.01.08.0
عين أكرامAin AgouramGrouped2599———
زاوية إكر نبزيزZaouia Iguer NbzizGrouped814———
فرناط تاوينختFarnat TaouinakhtGrouped2180———
اكران تاوينختIgrane TaouinakhtGrouped441811.02.012.9
أزرو تاوينختAzrou TaouinakhtGrouped1454———
أكادير نومزيلAgadir-n-OumzilGrouped2281———
تكنتافتTagountaftGrouped632480.01.33.0
تيغبولا نتاوينختTighboula NtaouynkhtGrouped1142———
حنكيرةHankira22 douars · 2,456 people
المطمورEl MetmaurGrouped27106———
أسدرمAsdermGrouped2282———
تكاديرت تافنكولتTagadirt TafingoultGrouped1033———
توخربينToukhribineGrouped452060.00.01.0
مركز تافنكولتMarkaz TafingoultGrouped541780.00.50.2
تبوتابتTaboutabtGrouped2387———
أيت عديAit AddiGrouped2198———
تيفيكستTifikoustGrouped331190.00.01.0
زاوية أكرض نغيلZaouia Aguerd NghilGrouped1760———
أيت هموAit HammouGrouped1558———
أيت مريAït MerriGrouped419———
تاجكالتTajgaltGrouped853050.00.57.0
مسونةImsounaGrouped461800.21.010.0
أيت واعبديAit OuabdiGrouped581780.01.516.0
امدجارنAmdjarnGrouped36———
كونستKounstGrouped730———
أمسكرارAmskrarGrouped341530.00.07.8
إداغاسنIdaghassaneGrouped492051.91.117.8
تنكليانTinglianeGrouped29132———
أركونتArkountGrouped1458———
مزديوتMezdioutGrouped1145———
تاركة نيزرانTarga NizraneGrouped351181.42.35.0

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
09.541.04.49
As digits
095410449
Slug
tafingoult
OpenStreetMap
2890482
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tafingoult");

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