Taghzoute N'ait Atta

تغزوت نايت عطى

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

Population, 2024
15,654
Since 2014
+6.7%from 14,669 in 2014
Density
45.4people per km², 344.7 km²
Households
3,232
Rank
423423rd most populous of 1,503 communes8th of 25 in its province

Next door in Tinghir, 63.7% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 3.8%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 75.3% to 91.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tagleft. Read French: 62.9% here, 60.1% there; in the labour force: 31.0% here, 33.1% there; higher education: 7.2% here, 6.8% there.

Compare it with Tagleft

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 Taghzoute N'ait Atta.

Taghzoute N'ait Atta +6.7%

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
29.8%aged 10 and over30.9% in 201438.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
26.8%18.3% in 201432.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
31.0%aged 15 and over34.6% in 20145.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.19children per woman4.19 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.6%of people6.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.8people on average6.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
91.2%of settled households75.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Taghzoute N'ait Atta: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.7%75 and over3.5%
2.9%70–742.3%
3.2%65–693.4%
3.0%60–644.0%
3.4%55–594.4%
4.2%50–544.3%
4.6%45–495.5%
5.9%40–445.8%
6.0%35–396.4%
6.3%30–346.9%
5.5%25–296.9%
5.6%20–246.8%
9.2%15–198.2%
12.8%10–1411.4%
13.2%5–911.2%
10.5%0–48.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight96.9%
  • Darija20.2%
  • Tachelhit2.3%
  • Tarifit0.3%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic97.8%
  • French62.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh28.8%
  • English14.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot45.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle30.2%
  • Private car8.8%
  • Employer’s transport5.9%
  • Bus3.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.0%
  • Taxi1.9%
  • Informal transport1.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
34422.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
25774.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2751.1 per business
Public services
81
Associations
6in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce56.4%
  • Services33.5%
  • Industry9.7%
  • Construction0.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person94.6%
  • 2 to 35.4%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later62.3%
  • 2011–201921.8%
  • 2001–201015.2%
  • 1991–20000.0%
  • 1981–19900.8%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The share of literate people who read and write Amazigh in Tifinagh is 28.8%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Estimate from a sample

Across 6 of the 7 communes it borders, the median is 8.9%. Aghbalou-N'kerdous is furthest from it, at 1.0%.

Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.

How these are picked

Douars

Taghzoute N'ait Atta’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 15 douars in 6 fractions, with 15,629 people. 25 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
تاغزوتTaghzout1 douar · 2,505 people
تاغزوت نايت عطاTaghzoute N'Ait AttaGrouped5292,5050.10.50.9
ايت عيسى أوبراهيمAit Aissa Aoubrahim4 douars · 6,854 people
أقديمAkdimGrouped4392,0330.71.43.1
تلولتTloultGrouped5992,6461.01.63.8
بوتغاتBoutaghatGrouped803600.00.52.9
غليل أيت عيسىGhellil Ait AissaDispersed3071,8150.72.314.8
تغزوت نايت عطىTaghzoute N'ait Atta2 douars · 1,258 people
تدفالتTadafalteGrouped1808570.10.55.7
تاغيا نيلمشانTaghi n'IlemchaneGrouped824010.00.95.0
أكديم نتاغزوتAgoudim Ntaghzout4 douars · 3,557 people
أكديم نتاغزوتAgoudim NtaghzoutGrouped2441,1880.00.13.6
أشطاطAchtatGrouped1235190.00.04.0
أفساضAfsadDispersed1981,1502.41.412.0
أموغنبوAmoughanbouDispersed1257000.22.16.9
إسفولIsfoul3 douars · 1,436 people
تابسباستTabesbastGrouped1756711.11.87.9
تولوينToulouineGrouped1176260.10.74.7
غليل ايت اسفولGhellil Aït IsfoulGrouped27139———
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 19 people
عمارةAmaraGrouped319———

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
08.577.07.27
As digits
085770727
Slug
taghzoute-n-ait-atta
OpenStreetMap
2887602
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("taghzoute-n-ait-atta");

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