Taghzirt

تاكزيرت

Rural commune in the cercle of El Ksiba, province of Béni Mellal, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024
20,023
Since 2014
+0.4%from 19,936 in 2014
Density
99.9people per km², 200.5 km²
Households
5,346
Foreign residents
5
Rank
307307th most populous of 1,503 communes9th of 22 in its province

Since 2014, unemployment went from 18.4% to 39.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Azzaba. Aged 65 and over: 12.9% here, 12.0% there; household size: 3.7 here, 3.8 there; running water: 93.3% here, 95.1% there.

Compare it with Azzaba

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 Taghzirt.

Taghzirt +0.4%

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
38.6%aged 10 and over44.9% in 201450.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
39.9%18.4% in 201450.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
34.9%aged 15 and over40.4% in 20149.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.99children per woman2.07 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.7%of people7.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.7people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
93.3%of settled households83.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Taghzirt: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.3%75 and over4.5%
4.0%70–743.8%
4.9%65–694.3%
5.4%60–646.1%
4.8%55–595.5%
5.4%50–546.3%
5.5%45–497.0%
6.1%40–446.8%
5.8%35–396.6%
5.6%30–346.6%
5.1%25–295.8%
6.0%20–246.3%
8.9%15–197.1%
11.1%10–148.9%
9.7%5–98.3%
7.5%0–46.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija88.5%
  • Tamazight71.0%
  • Tachelhit7.2%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French55.9%
  • English16.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot51.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle13.7%
  • Private car8.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work7.3%
  • Bus6.3%
  • Taxi5.7%
  • Employer’s transport3.4%
  • Animal2.1%
  • Informal transport1.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
60330.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
50383.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
7361.5 per business
Public services
88
Associations
12in premises of their own
Weekly souks
2counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce53.1%
  • Services26.2%
  • Industry16.5%
  • Construction4.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person77.5%
  • 2 to 318.5%
  • 4 to 93.4%
  • 10 to 490.6%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later36.6%
  • 2011–201941.4%
  • 2001–201012.7%
  • 1991–20005.0%
  • 1981–19902.4%
  • 1956–19802.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Taghzirt’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 19 douars in 5 fractions, with 20,023 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
ايت ووديAit Ououdi3 douars · 4,107 people
ايت شطينAit ChattineGrouped6312,4010.10.82.1
فيلالةFilalaGrouped3261,2600.21.61.8
ايت داك سعيدAit Daouk SaidGrouped1174460.00.60.5
فرياطةFryata4 douars · 6,669 people
ايت وسعدنAit OuissaadaneGrouped9183,3120.11.02.1
ايت لحسنAit LahcenGrouped2971,0850.41.31.7
رتماتةErtmataGrouped4571,7730.31.84.2
فشتالةFachtalaGrouped1434990.01.34.6
ايت احمدAit Ahmed6 douars · 3,634 people
امعرير..ImaarirGrouped3971,4540.00.93.8
ايت علي اولحسنAit Ali Ou LahcenGrouped1515530.10.95.2
ايت ايشوAit IchouGrouped1706380.30.94.5
امرابطنImrabteneGrouped1164571.02.06.6
ايت داودAit DaoudGrouped672480.41.04.8
ايت عيسى اوبراهيمAit Aissa AoubrahimGrouped852840.01.04.9
حنصالةHansala3 douars · 951 people
ايت بابا عليAit Baba AliGrouped984371.02.212.0
ايت زينبAit ZinebGrouped642901.02.011.8
ايت اوعتىAit AoutaGrouped512240.71.711.5
ايت احبيبيAit Ahbibi3 douars · 4,662 people
ايت اوحساينAit OuhsaineGrouped6542,3400.11.02.3
ايت سعيد اويشوAit Said Ou YachouGrouped2469470.41.44.4
ايت يحيىAit YahyaGrouped3581,3750.32.83.4

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code
Code
05.091.07.13
As digits
050910713
Slug
taghzirt
OpenStreetMap
2882614
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("taghzirt");

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