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

Where it is

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

AmtdiAdayIfrane Atlas SaghirTimoulayFaskTaganteBouizakarneAit BoufoulenAbaynouGuelmimAsrirTiglitEchatea El AbiedTarga WassayTaliouine AssakaLaqsabi TagoustLabyarAferkatRass Oumlil

How it changed

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

Taghjijt −9.3%

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
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.

Taghjijt: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
5.9%75 and over6.6%
3.6%70–743.4%
3.9%65–694.3%
4.2%60–645.1%
4.7%55–595.8%
5.0%50–546.1%
5.3%45–496.2%
4.9%40–446.7%
5.8%35–396.5%
6.5%30–345.8%
5.5%25–295.9%
6.7%20–246.4%
9.8%15–197.8%
10.4%10–148.8%
10.0%5–98.2%
7.8%0–46.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit98.6%
  • Darija22.5%
  • Tamazight0.6%
  • Hassania0.2%
  • Tarifit0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic95.6%
  • French58.0%
  • English20.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh6.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot57.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle20.6%
  • Private car9.2%
  • Taxi2.9%
  • Employer’s transport1.5%
  • Bus0.4%

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

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house71.6%
  • Traditional house22.2%
  • Rural-type5.5%
  • Other0.5%
  • Villa0.2%
  • Apartment0.0%
  • Slum or basic house0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years47.2%
  • 20 to 49 years42.6%
  • 50 years or more10.1%

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

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce60.8%
  • Services24.8%
  • Industry10.8%
  • Construction3.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person84.2%
  • 2 to 313.5%
  • 4 to 92.3%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later30.2%
  • 2011–201941.4%
  • 2001–201013.1%
  • 1991–20009.9%
  • 1981–19903.6%
  • 1956–19801.4%
  • Before 19560.5%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Taghjijt6,668

In the data

Code
10.261.03.11
As digits
102610311
Slug
taghjijt
Record
/api/communes/10.261.03.11.json
Boundary
/api/communes/10.261.03.11/boundary.geojson
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
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("taghjijt");

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