Taftechna
تافتشنا
Rural commune in the cercle of Tinzouline, province of Zagora, Drâa-Tafilalet.
- Population, 2024
- 4,661
- Since 2014
- −11.4%from 5,258 in 2014
- Density
- 9.2people per km², 505.8 km²
- Households
- 714
- Foreign residents
- 2
- Rank
- 1,2391,239th most populous of 1,503 communes24th of 25 in its province
Next door in Oulad Yahia Lagraire, 10.3% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 61.5%.
Since 2014, unemployment went from 13.3% to 29.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
Postcode
47724
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Taftechna.
Taftechna −11.4%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 38.8%aged 10 and over51.0% in 201449.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 29.0%13.3% in 201452.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 30.9%aged 15 and over36.0% in 20142.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 98.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 3.82children per woman3.94 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 9.2%of people5.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 6.5people on average8.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 96.8%of settled households97.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6% | 75 and over | 3.6% | ||
| 2.4% | 70–74 | 2.9% | ||
| 2.6% | 65–69 | 3.8% | ||
| 2.3% | 60–64 | 3.0% | ||
| 3.1% | 55–59 | 3.4% | ||
| 2.8% | 50–54 | 4.1% | ||
| 4.3% | 45–49 | 3.7% | ||
| 5.2% | 40–44 | 6.0% | ||
| 4.6% | 35–39 | 6.0% | ||
| 6.4% | 30–34 | 7.4% | ||
| 8.4% | 25–29 | 5.9% | ||
| 8.9% | 20–24 | 5.8% | ||
| 10.4% | 15–19 | 10.4% | ||
| 12.4% | 10–14 | 11.9% | ||
| 11.9% | 5–9 | 11.7% | ||
| 10.7% | 0–4 | 10.4% | ||
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
- 51.0%aged 10 and over38.8% in 202462.8% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 13.3%29.0% in 202447.8% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 36.0%aged 15 and over30.9% in 20241.4% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 96.2%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 3.94children per woman3.82 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.2%of people9.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 8.5people on average6.5 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 97.5%of settled households96.8% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.4% | 75 and over | 2.7% | ||
| 1.7% | 70–74 | 1.0% | ||
| 1.5% | 65–69 | 2.0% | ||
| 2.5% | 60–64 | 2.9% | ||
| 3.0% | 55–59 | 3.6% | ||
| 2.4% | 50–54 | 2.8% | ||
| 3.2% | 45–49 | 3.0% | ||
| 3.4% | 40–44 | 5.1% | ||
| 5.6% | 35–39 | 4.1% | ||
| 7.0% | 30–34 | 6.8% | ||
| 7.4% | 25–29 | 8.4% | ||
| 9.7% | 20–24 | 10.4% | ||
| 12.0% | 15–19 | 10.3% | ||
| 11.6% | 10–14 | 11.7% | ||
| 12.1% | 5–9 | 11.4% | ||
| 14.5% | 0–4 | 13.7% | ||
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.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 5612.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 2748.2% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 271.0 per business
- Public services
- 17
- Associations
- 12in premises of their own
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.
Douars
Taftechna’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 6 douars in 3 fractions, with 4,616 people. 45 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| ايت أحمد أيت مومنAit Ahmed Ait Moumen3 douars · 780 people | ||||||
| أيت مومنAit Moumen | Grouped | 15 | 107 | — | — | — |
| أيت أحمدAit Ahmed | Grouped | 119 | 660 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| أيت امحمدAit Mhamed | Grouped | 3 | 13 | — | — | — |
| أيت التاجرAit Tajer2 douars · 1,790 people | ||||||
| أيت التاجرAit Tajer | In parts | 203 | 1,309 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 3.3 |
| تونا نيعرابنTouna n'Iaraben | Grouped | 86 | 481 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 17.2 |
| أيت لحسنAit Lahcen1 douar · 2,046 people | ||||||
| أيت لحسنAit Lahcen | Grouped | 283 | 2,046 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
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
08.587.07.29- As digits
085870729- Slug
taftechna- Census figures
/api/communes/08.587.07.29/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/08.587.07.29/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/08.587.07.29/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/08.587.07.29/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2884959
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("taftechna");