Taghbalte

تغبالت

Rural commune in the cercle of Lamaidar, province of Zagora, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024: 9,176
Since 2014: −8.7%from 10,054 in 2014
Density: 11.2people per km², 816.5 km²
Households: 1,328
Rank: 800800th most populous of 1,503 communes15th of 25 in its province

Since 2014, unemployment went from 10.7% to 56.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Compare it with other communes

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Taghbalte −8.7%

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: 36.8%aged 10 and over40.8% in 201445.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 56.0%10.7% in 201444.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 28.0%aged 15 and over32.0% in 20142.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 97.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.05children per woman3.66 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.5%of people3.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 6.9people on average9.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 94.7%of settled households93.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Taghbalte: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.6%	75 and over	3.3%
2.6%	70–74	2.8%
2.7%	65–69	3.1%
2.9%	60–64	3.2%
2.3%	55–59	3.7%
2.5%	50–54	3.5%
3.1%	45–49	4.4%
4.4%	40–44	5.1%
5.3%	35–39	5.4%
5.7%	30–34	6.7%
5.8%	25–29	7.9%
6.9%	20–24	7.2%
10.6%	15–19	9.5%
14.3%	10–14	12.4%
13.9%	5–9	11.4%
13.4%	0–4	10.4%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight97.6%
Darija16.5%
Tachelhit1.4%
Tarifit0.4%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic98.7%
French23.4%
English2.6%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot59.0%
Bike or motorcycle17.6%
Doesn’t travel to work12.5%
Private car4.8%
Employer’s transport2.1%
Another way1.1%
Bus0.9%
Taxi0.9%
Informal transport0.6%
Animal0.6%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 40.8%aged 10 and over36.8% in 202452.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 10.7%56.0% in 202443.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 32.0%aged 15 and over28.0% in 20243.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 97.1%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.66children per woman3.05 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 3.6%of people4.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 9.2people on average6.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 93.0%of settled households94.7% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Taghbalte: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.0%	75 and over	2.4%
1.7%	70–74	1.4%
2.1%	65–69	1.5%
2.4%	60–64	3.1%
2.8%	55–59	3.3%
2.8%	50–54	3.4%
2.3%	45–49	3.2%
2.9%	40–44	3.5%
4.3%	35–39	5.2%
5.5%	30–34	7.0%
8.3%	25–29	8.5%
9.7%	20–24	10.3%
11.5%	15–19	11.4%
13.0%	10–14	10.7%
12.7%	5–9	11.2%
15.8%	0–4	13.9%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight98.4%
Darija24.8%
Tachelhit0.8%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Other combinations34.7%
Arabic and French32.2%
Arabic only28.1%
Arabic, French and English5.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot84.8%
Bike or motorcycle3.7%
Private car3.1%
Not stated2.5%
Works at home2.0%
Another way1.5%
Bus1.2%
Taxi0.8%
Employer’s transport0.1%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Another province46.3%
Their own neighbourhood24.9%
No fixed place14.9%
Somewhere else3.5%
Another commune3.3%
Another in the commune2.7%
Not stated2.4%
At home2.0%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Labouring and small trades49.6%
Crafts and skilled trades24.9%
Farming and fishing7.4%
Machine operating4.5%
Managers and senior professionals2.9%
Trade and broking2.9%
Clerical work2.8%
Farm and fishing labour2.5%
Not classified2.1%
Technicians0.5%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma64.3%
Primary25.7%
Lower secondary6.7%
Upper secondary2.0%
DEUG or Licence1.2%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 16618.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 7947.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 891.1 per business
Public services: 74
Associations: 13in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce62.0%
Services24.1%
Construction8.9%
Industry5.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person94.9%
2 to 32.5%
4 to 92.5%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later41.8%
2011–201943.0%
2001–201012.7%
1991–20001.3%
1981–19900.0%
1956–19801.3%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Taghbalte’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 14 douars in 4 fractions, with 9,176 people. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
أيت منادAit Mnad1 douar · 3,163 people
أيت منادAit Mnad	Grouped	437	3,163	1.1	1.6	1.6
أيت واحليم الغربيةAit Ouahlim Gharbia7 douars · 3,102 people
ألموAlmou	Grouped	60	326	1.0	1.0	3.0
تاقشاTakcha	Grouped	80	416	1.0	1.0	3.0
أيت ايشوAit Ichou	Grouped	53	352	0.2	0.2	34.5
أيت إيسفولAit Isfoul	Grouped	21	173	—	—	—
إفرضIfred	Grouped	103	652	0.0	0.5	9.0
أيت حدوAit Hadou	Grouped	135	931	0.0	0.7	10.0
تعمريتTamrit	Dispersed	35	252	0.2	0.5	34.3
أيت واحليم الشرقيةAit Ouahlim Charqia5 douars · 1,486 people
ايمي نواسيفImi n'Ouassif	Dispersed	63	449	1.3	1.5	22.7
هوداHouda	Dispersed	28	220	—	—	—
تاغوليتTarhoulit	Grouped	62	411	1.0	1.1	3.0
بولقوبBoulkoub	Dispersed	14	120	—	—	—
تاغنبوتTarhenbout	Grouped	45	286	0.2	1.2	4.0
تلاكلوTlaglou1 douar · 1,425 people
تلاكلوTlaglou	Grouped	192	1,425	1.2	1.3	1.3

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: 08.587.11.31
As digits: 085871131
Slug: taghbalte
Record: /api/communes/08.587.11.31.json
Boundary: /api/communes/08.587.11.31/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/08.587.11.31/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/08.587.11.31/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/08.587.11.31/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/08.587.11.31/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2884903

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