Taghjijt
تغجيجت
Rural commune in the cercle of Bouizakarne, province of Guelmim, Guelmim-Oued Noun.
- Population, 2024
- 9,059
- Since 2014
- −9.3%from 9,988 in 2014
- Density
- 4.1people per km², 2,222.4 km²
- Households
- 2,332
- Foreign residents
- 1
- Rank
- 807807th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 20 in its province
Next door in Fam El Hisn, 84.2% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 21.9%.
Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 0.9% to 21.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tadighoust. Aged 65 and over: 13.9% here, 14.6% there; in the labour force: 28.8% here, 29.7% there; read French: 58.0% here, 59.6% there.
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 Taghjijt.
Taghjijt −9.3%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 35.1%aged 10 and over43.0% in 201448.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 37.0%27.7% in 201439.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 28.8%aged 15 and over34.8% in 20144.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 95.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.45children per woman2.32 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 8.3%of people6.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.9people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 88.3%of settled households85.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.9% | 75 and over | 6.6% | ||
| 3.6% | 70–74 | 3.4% | ||
| 3.9% | 65–69 | 4.3% | ||
| 4.2% | 60–64 | 5.1% | ||
| 4.7% | 55–59 | 5.8% | ||
| 5.0% | 50–54 | 6.1% | ||
| 5.3% | 45–49 | 6.2% | ||
| 4.9% | 40–44 | 6.7% | ||
| 5.8% | 35–39 | 6.5% | ||
| 6.5% | 30–34 | 5.8% | ||
| 5.5% | 25–29 | 5.9% | ||
| 6.7% | 20–24 | 6.4% | ||
| 9.8% | 15–19 | 7.8% | ||
| 10.4% | 10–14 | 8.8% | ||
| 10.0% | 5–9 | 8.2% | ||
| 7.8% | 0–4 | 6.4% | ||
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
- 43.0%aged 10 and over35.1% in 202455.8% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 27.7%37.0% in 202438.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 34.8%aged 15 and over28.8% in 202411.5% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 84.8%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.32children per woman1.45 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.7%of people8.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.8people on average3.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 85.7%of settled households88.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2% | 75 and over | 4.7% | ||
| 2.3% | 70–74 | 2.4% | ||
| 2.2% | 65–69 | 3.0% | ||
| 3.9% | 60–64 | 3.7% | ||
| 3.9% | 55–59 | 3.7% | ||
| 4.6% | 50–54 | 4.6% | ||
| 4.5% | 45–49 | 6.0% | ||
| 4.9% | 40–44 | 5.9% | ||
| 5.3% | 35–39 | 5.9% | ||
| 5.5% | 30–34 | 7.5% | ||
| 7.4% | 25–29 | 7.9% | ||
| 9.5% | 20–24 | 8.9% | ||
| 10.0% | 15–19 | 10.0% | ||
| 9.9% | 10–14 | 8.8% | ||
| 10.4% | 5–9 | 8.1% | ||
| 10.5% | 0–4 | 8.9% | ||
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.
Urban dwellings
The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Taghjijt’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary
- Dwellings
- 2,639
- Standing empty
- 35.6%6.1% vacant29.4% a second home
- Precarious
- 6.1%0.0% a slum or basic house
- On the sewer
- 19.6%91.4% on the water mains93.0% on the electricity grid
- Housing shortfall
- 10.1%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures
What kind they are
Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.
How old they are
When the dwelling was built.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 32235.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 22268.9% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 2771.2 per business
- Public services
- 91
- Associations
- 9in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
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.
Urban centres
Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.
| Taghjijt | 6,668 |
Douars
Taghjijt’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 20 douars in 7 fractions, with 2,243 people. Another 6,668 live in Taghjijt, its urban centre, which has no douars. 148 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 | ||||
| اذ سعيد او براهيم ( تاغجيجت)Ad Said Ou Brahim (Taghjijt)2 douars · 84 people | ||||||
| تيخابرينTikhabrine | Grouped | 5 | 16 | — | — | — |
| مايت العلياMait El Oulia | In parts | 14 | 68 | — | — | — |
| اذ سعيد او براهيمAd Said Ou Brahim1 douar · 4 people | ||||||
| ادكان لمسوفتAdkane Lamsouft | Grouped | 1 | 4 | — | — | — |
| اذ سعيد او لحسن( تاكموت)Ad Said Ou Lahcen (Tagmout)1 douar · 15 people | ||||||
| امستالنAmstalen | Dispersed | 3 | 15 | — | — | — |
| تاينزرت اذاولكانTaynzert Adaoulkane3 douars · 755 people | ||||||
| بويعلاBouaala | Grouped | 120 | 398 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| اكادير ادرانAgadir Idrane | Grouped | 53 | 181 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| ادبوالحسنId Boulahcen | Grouped | 62 | 176 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| ادموسى اوداودAdmoussa Aoudaoud5 douars · 554 people | ||||||
| قصبة ادموسىAl Kasbah Id Moussa | In parts | 105 | 375 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 20.2 |
| تاوينغتTaouynght | Grouped | 22 | 97 | — | — | — |
| ازمزكيAzemzki | Dispersed | 4 | 19 | — | — | — |
| واوكيختOuaoukikht | Dispersed | 12 | 54 | — | — | — |
| تيمزركيتTimzerkit | Grouped | 2 | 9 | — | — | — |
| تاركمايتTargamait6 douars · 785 people | ||||||
| تاركمايتTargamait | Grouped | 103 | 460 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| امسكرادAmskrad | Dispersed | 21 | 127 | — | — | — |
| اومغجيطAoumghjit | Dispersed | 12 | 72 | — | — | — |
| اعريشArich | Dispersed | 11 | 58 | — | — | — |
| تيزكي نتكنبوشتTizgui Nteknboucht | Dispersed | 4 | 20 | — | — | — |
| اينوغرانAynoughrane | Grouped | 8 | 48 | — | — | — |
| إد سعيد اوالحسنId Said Aoualahsen2 douars · 46 people | ||||||
| تكادرينTakadrine | Grouped | 4 | 17 | — | — | — |
| واوزكارتOuaouzgarte | Dispersed | 7 | 29 | — | — | — |
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
10.261.03.11- As digits
102610311- Slug
taghjijt- Census figures
/api/communes/10.261.03.11/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/10.261.03.11/economy.json- Urban dwellings
/api/communes/10.261.03.11/housing.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/10.261.03.11/neighbours.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2885848
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("taghjijt");