Tafrant

تافرانت

Rural commune in the cercle of Rhafsai, province of Taounate, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
13,217
Since 2014
−7.2%from 14,246 in 2014
Density
110people per km², 119.9 km²
Households
3,387
Rank
539539th most populous of 1,503 communes21st of 49 in its province

Since 2014, unemployment went from 8.0% to 32.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ouannana. Running water: 7.2% here, 7.0% there; read French: 29.3% here, 34.1% there; household size: 3.9 here, 3.8 there.

Compare it with Ouannana

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 Tafrant.

Tafrant −7.2%

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
38.3%aged 10 and over48.5% in 201453.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
32.3%8.0% in 201432.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
36.3%aged 15 and over45.5% in 20144.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.18children per woman2.01 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.2%of people6.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
7.2%of settled households7.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tafrant: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.0%75 and over4.7%
2.2%70–743.1%
3.2%65–693.4%
4.7%60–644.8%
4.8%55–594.8%
5.6%50–546.4%
6.9%45–495.9%
6.4%40–446.7%
6.6%35–396.9%
5.9%30–345.9%
5.4%25–294.5%
6.8%20–246.2%
9.9%15–199.1%
10.3%10–1410.3%
9.6%5–99.4%
7.7%0–47.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.1%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French29.3%
  • English8.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot68.9%
  • Animal14.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.6%
  • Bus3.4%
  • Private car3.1%
  • Employer’s transport2.2%
  • Informal transport1.8%
  • Taxi0.9%
  • Another way0.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.0%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
24518.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
11546.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1281.1 per business
Public services
128
Associations
2in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Services47.8%
  • Commerce43.5%
  • Industry7.8%
  • Construction0.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person96.5%
  • 2 to 30.9%
  • 4 to 92.6%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later17.4%
  • 2011–201943.5%
  • 2001–201029.6%
  • 1991–20008.7%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.9%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Tafrant’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 32 douars in 3 fractions, with 13,216 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
الزاوية بني دركولZaouia Bni Darkoul11 douars · 4,885 people
الزاويةEzzaouiaIn parts1907172.01.315.9
باب لقمرBab LaqmarGrouped371120.03.914.1
فراوةFraouaGrouped703000.12.015.3
لعزيبLaaziyebGrouped602521.03.716.0
تاكونتTagountIn parts8939115.00.530.0
الرقعةErrokaaIn parts1406147.91.226.6
الصفاحSeffahIn parts1404888.52.726.8
الحرشيةEl HarchiaIn parts10342810.05.419.9
عين ازلافAin ZlafGrouped1244957.01.325.2
الرملRmelGrouped632966.50.324.0
الدناتلةDnatlaIn parts2067921.52.514.1
اولاد جوادة اولاد عزيزOulad Jouadat Oulad Aziz14 douars · 6,508 people
عين احمدAïn AhmedGrouped431200.00.97.9
ورداجةOuardajaGrouped461424.01.94.0
دار وليدDar OulidIn parts923731.13.211.5
اسقيفةSkifaGrouped692581.52.013.0
ازكورةAzkouraIn parts1967181.51.914.0
تاسياستTassiasteGrouped1435723.01.017.0
ايلفAïlefGrouped994222.52.116.7
بوزخنينBou ZakhnineIn parts1155374.01.518.6
براقةBrakaGrouped934053.71.319.2
تالوغراسTalorhrasIn parts2189187.91.426.7
امحجرةMahjaraIn parts842954.04.04.0
اولاد بن عثمانOulad Ben OthmaneIn parts1264686.44.313.3
القوريينLkouriyineIn parts1917484.52.020.6
عين اقشيرAin KchirIn parts1265322.62.713.4
تافرانتTafrant7 douars · 1,823 people
بوزهريBou ZhariDispersed401480.51.816.0
اقرينAkrineGrouped441760.30.716.0
تفرانت المركزTafrant CentreDispersed2056950.11.30.9
عين بومعيزAin BoumaizDispersed822880.12.32.6
بوقلعةBoukalaaIn parts1173920.31.36.9
باب رقادةBab ReggadaGrouped1143———
عين فرشونAin FerchouneDispersed2581———

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
03.531.03.21
As digits
035310321
Slug
tafrant
OpenStreetMap
2753143
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tafrant");

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