Tagounite

تاكونيت

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

Population, 2024
15,122
Since 2014
−11.6%from 17,103 in 2014
Density
9people per km², 1,689.6 km²
Households
2,603
Rank
439439th most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 25 in its province

Next door in Ternata, 51.2% of households have running water. Here, it’s 96.0%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 55.9% to 96.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tissint. Higher education: 10.3% here, 10.1% there; read French: 31.7% here, 29.1% there; running water: 96.0% here, 97.5% there.

Compare it with Tissint

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 Tagounite.

Tagounite −11.6%

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
26.9%aged 10 and over33.2% in 201436.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
21.8%39.3% in 201445.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
29.3%aged 15 and over31.2% in 20145.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.19children per woman2.69 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.4%of people5.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.5people on average7.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
96.0%of settled households55.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tagounite: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.2%75 and over3.3%
2.7%70–742.9%
3.2%65–693.1%
2.9%60–643.8%
3.8%55–594.3%
4.1%50–544.6%
4.6%45–494.8%
5.3%40–446.5%
5.8%35–396.0%
8.4%30–346.9%
7.0%25–297.4%
6.6%20–247.9%
8.4%15–199.0%
11.0%10–1410.8%
11.3%5–99.9%
10.7%0–48.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija87.3%
  • Tachelhit36.0%
  • Hassania1.5%
  • Tamazight1.1%
  • Tarifit0.2%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.4%
  • French31.7%
  • English11.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot48.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle29.9%
  • Taxi5.9%
  • Private car5.3%
  • Doesn’t travel to work4.4%
  • Bus1.8%
  • Employer’s transport1.8%
  • Informal transport1.6%
  • Another way0.6%
  • Animal0.5%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
47631.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
34672.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4101.2 per business
Public services
96
Associations
34in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce68.8%
  • Services18.5%
  • Industry6.4%
  • Construction6.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person94.5%
  • 2 to 33.5%
  • 4 to 91.2%
  • 10 to 490.9%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later41.3%
  • 2011–201936.7%
  • 2001–201011.3%
  • 1991–20007.8%
  • 1981–19901.7%
  • 1956–19801.2%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Tagounite’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 22 douars in 8 fractions, with 14,352 people. 770 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
نصراتNesrat5 douars · 1,585 people
بوشعرةBouchaaraGrouped433411.31.710.1
بني امحمدBeni M'HamedGrouped26176———
قصبة أيت إسفولKasbat Ait IsfoulGrouped27162———
زاوية سيدي احياZaouia Sidi YahyaGrouped1054———
نصراتNesratGrouped1548520.20.910.3
الكنازطةKnazta4 douars · 1,140 people
قصبة حماد الطاهرKsabat Ait Hmad TaherGrouped351982.71.06.1
إنيسيInissiGrouped18101———
الكنازطةKnaztaIn parts855162.01.25.7
أدوافيلAdouafilGrouped543251.51.25.3
زاوية سيدي صالحZaouia Sidi Salah3 douars · 1,276 people
زاوية لالة حليمةZaouia Lalla HalimaGrouped13———
خسوانKhessouaneGrouped301975.50.25.9
زاوية سيدي صالحZaouia Sidi SalahGrouped1661,0760.20.27.9
تابوريتTabourrite2 douars · 725 people
تابوريتTabourriteGrouped774481.01.12.8
أيت الربعAït RebaGrouped422771.81.14.1
بن صبيحBeni Sbih2 douars · 1,207 people
بن صبيحBeni SbihGrouped1881,0951.01.03.8
الركاكةErrkakaGrouped11112———
مركز تاكونيتCentre Tagounite2 douars · 6,104 people
مركز تاكونيتCentre TagouniteGrouped1,2045,6440.61.31.6
تلاتTalatGrouped854601.01.01.0
أزغارAzghar3 douars · 1,726 people
بني احيونBni HayyouneIn parts1601,0051.01.03.2
بني هنيتBeni HnitGrouped28246———
قصر جديد بني محمدKsar Jddid Bni MhamedGrouped844753.01.03.0
تفراوتTafraout1 douar · 589 people
تفراوت أيت إسفولTafraout Ait IsfoulDispersed6758935.15.448.9

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
08.587.09.33
As digits
085870933
Slug
tagounite
OpenStreetMap
2884929
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tagounite");

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