Taghazout

تغازوت

Rural commune in the cercle of Agadir Atlantique, préfecture of Agadir-Ida-Ou-Tanane, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
4,861
Since 2014
−7.6%from 5,260 in 2014
Density
43.7people per km², 111.2 km²
Households
1,393
Foreign residents
37
Rank
1,2181,218th most populous of 1,503 communes8th of 13 in its préfecture

Next door in Aourir, 94.0% of households have running water. Here, it’s 45.7%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 0.2% to 36.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Compare it with other communes

One of 50 communes where at least 0.5% of residents are foreign.

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

80022

How it changed

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

Taghazout −7.6%

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
32.8%aged 10 and over39.9% in 201444.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
17.4%12.3% in 201429.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
34.7%aged 15 and over41.1% in 20146.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.80children per woman2.25 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.0%of people10.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.5people on average4.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
45.7%of settled households38.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Taghazout: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.6%75 and over5.6%
3.3%70–744.2%
4.6%65–692.9%
4.8%60–645.5%
4.8%55–594.7%
6.5%50–546.8%
6.5%45–497.0%
6.8%40–446.9%
6.4%35–396.4%
7.4%30–346.0%
6.6%25–296.6%
7.1%20–248.3%
7.8%15–197.3%
8.6%10–148.5%
7.6%5–97.4%
6.6%0–45.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit97.0%
  • Darija40.6%
  • Tamazight4.8%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic97.1%
  • French50.2%
  • English17.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh4.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot33.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle24.8%
  • Bus11.2%
  • Private car10.4%
  • Informal transport6.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work4.5%
  • Another way3.3%
  • Taxi3.0%
  • Employer’s transport2.3%
  • Animal0.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
39982.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
31679.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,4924.7 per business
Public services
75
Associations
8in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Services60.8%
  • Commerce34.8%
  • Industry3.8%
  • Construction0.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person45.9%
  • 2 to 335.1%
  • 4 to 913.9%
  • 10 to 494.1%
  • 50 and over0.9%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later44.9%
  • 2011–201929.4%
  • 2001–201013.3%
  • 1991–20005.7%
  • 1981–19904.4%
  • 1956–19801.6%
  • Before 19560.6%

Douars

Taghazout’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 17 douars in 3 fractions, with 4,854 people. 7 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
تاسكا أودرارTasga Aoudrar9 douars · 1,873 people
أيت بيهيAit BihiIn parts1183990.51.94.0
أزازولAzazoulGrouped35910.92.84.5
تكانت أزازولTagante OuzazouleGrouped2176———
إكوزاIkouzzaIn parts662480.61.410.6
إكي نتاسيلاIgui N'TssilaIn parts501660.52.45.0
أدوزAdouzGrouped1083600.50.97.9
أيت داوودAit DaoudIn parts1753———
أيت ملاكAit MalakIn parts782631.02.79.3
أكنيAgeniIn parts562171.01.49.5
أوركاAourka5 douars · 1,274 people
تغروطTaghrotIn parts30951.14.815.9
أدارAddarIn parts1164431.08.710.8
تاكرزامتTagrzamteIn parts703201.14.214.6
إكي إفرضIgui IferdIn parts622161.72.115.6
دوار إسيDouar YssiIn parts492001.31.420.6
تاغزوت المركزTaghzout Centre3 douars · 1,707 people
تاغزوت المركزTaghzout CentreGrouped4991,6481.01.01.1
المضربةEl MderbaGrouped26———
شاطئ تاغزوتChati TaghzoutGrouped1653———

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
09.001.07.23
As digits
090010723
Slug
taghazout
OpenStreetMap
2758264
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("taghazout");

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