Tafraouten

تافراوتن

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

Population, 2024
7,026
Since 2014
−12.2%from 7,999 in 2014
Density
74.1people per km², 94.8 km²
Households
1,622
Rank
1,0041,004th most populous of 1,503 communes42nd of 89 in its province

Next door in Talmakante, 13.0% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 53.5%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 12.7% to 72.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Imrabten. Aged 65 and over: 12.9% here, 12.0% there; in the labour force: 30.2% here, 31.4% there; read French: 53.5% here, 48.0% there.

Compare it with Imrabten

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 Tafraouten.

Tafraouten −12.2%

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
47.3%aged 10 and over52.5% in 201458.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
48.7%15.0% in 201414.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
30.2%aged 15 and over42.3% in 20142.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.35children per woman2.73 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.1%of people6.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
72.9%of settled households12.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tafraouten: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
5.2%75 and over4.4%
3.3%70–743.6%
4.9%65–694.2%
4.8%60–645.9%
4.2%55–596.1%
5.2%50–546.1%
5.1%45–496.2%
6.2%40–446.7%
5.8%35–396.2%
7.3%30–346.0%
6.1%25–295.7%
6.2%20–246.6%
8.9%15–197.6%
9.8%10–1410.4%
9.7%5–98.0%
7.4%0–46.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit99.4%
  • Darija27.9%
  • Tamazight0.2%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French53.5%
  • English8.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot53.0%
  • Informal transport17.6%
  • Doesn’t travel to work14.1%
  • Bus5.3%
  • Employer’s transport3.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle2.4%
  • Private car2.4%
  • Taxi1.1%
  • Animal0.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
13919.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
3323.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
331.0 per business
Public services
95
Associations
11in premises of their own
Weekly souks
2counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce93.9%
  • Services6.1%
  • Industry0.0%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person100.0%
  • 2 to 30.0%
  • 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 later18.2%
  • 2011–201933.3%
  • 2001–201018.2%
  • 1991–200030.3%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Tafraouten’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 28 douars in 2 fractions, with 6,604 people. 422 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
تفراوتنTafraouten24 douars · 5,113 people
بوسكينBousguineIn parts843350.51.06.1
أكنزانAguenzaneIn parts622264.11.97.4
يوسرانYoussraneGrouped632520.10.31.3
تفراوتنTafraoutenIn parts1014771.20.73.5
تدارتTadertIn parts371331.14.04.0
تسكينتTasguintIn parts452400.00.810.2
تكرارتTakrartGrouped423———
أوفورAoufourGrouped27107———
تمريستTamristGrouped1894———
أكنساAgounsaGrouped964030.40.012.9
إسلانIslaneIn parts904182.10.013.0
تزايطTazaïtGrouped301440.90.110.1
أسيف أوكاديرAssif OugadirIn parts983491.01.111.4
إكماشنIkemmacheneGrouped301040.00.96.0
أيت أومغارAït OumrharGrouped2583———
إزروالنIzeroualeneGrouped341240.10.16.0
إفرانIfraneGrouped501460.00.06.0
إكنتورنIggui n’TournGrouped313———
تمسولتTamsoultIn parts1245691.01.01.0
ثلثاTletaIn parts29120———
أكماضةAkmadaGrouped622310.51.07.0
الزويتEzzouytGrouped401440.51.18.5
إيزلانIyzlaneGrouped612390.00.47.0
تمسكةTamskaGrouped371390.00.07.0
إدوفتكوتIdouftakout4 douars · 1,491 people
تكديرتTagadirtGrouped461820.90.76.0
تيكوليانTlouglianeIn parts772650.00.06.0
تورماطTaourmatIn parts1455800.11.514.7
أوزليضاAouzlidaGrouped1044640.00.910.2

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
09.541.09.51
As digits
095410951
Slug
tafraouten
OpenStreetMap
2882915
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tafraouten");

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