Tahelouante

تهلوانت

Rural commune in the cercle of Ait Daoud, province of Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
2,910
Since 2014
−25.8%from 3,919 in 2014
Density
26.8people per km², 108.4 km²
Households
757
Rank
1,3871,387th most populous of 1,503 communes55th of 57 in its province

Next door in Takoucht, 93.2% of households have running water. Here, it’s 40.6%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 67.1% to 40.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Compare it with other communes

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 Tahelouante.

Tahelouante −25.8%

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
53.9%aged 10 and over70.2% in 201465.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
7.6%3.0% in 20140.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
32.8%aged 15 and over39.3% in 20143.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.54children per woman4.05 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
11.8%of people6.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
40.6%of settled households67.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tahelouante: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
7.3%75 and over7.5%
4.0%70–744.9%
4.1%65–694.1%
4.7%60–645.2%
5.2%55–595.1%
5.7%50–545.9%
5.4%45–495.9%
5.9%40–445.7%
4.2%35–395.0%
4.7%30–344.9%
4.6%25–293.6%
3.9%20–244.0%
7.7%15–198.0%
12.8%10–1412.6%
12.3%5–910.0%
7.5%0–47.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit99.5%
  • Darija41.2%
  • Tamazight0.4%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.8%
  • French50.3%
  • English5.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot55.7%
  • Informal transport16.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle6.3%
  • Bus5.4%
  • Private car4.0%
  • Taxi2.5%
  • Employer’s transport1.6%
  • Animal1.2%
  • Another way0.8%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
9131.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1314.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
151.2 per business
Public services
77
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce69.2%
  • Industry15.4%
  • Construction7.7%
  • Services7.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person84.6%
  • 2 to 315.4%
  • 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 later15.4%
  • 2011–201938.5%
  • 2001–20100.0%
  • 1991–200015.4%
  • 1981–199023.1%
  • 1956–19807.7%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Tahelouante’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 7 douars in 2 fractions, with 2,910 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أمسكركيضAmskrkid5 douars · 1,449 people
أمسكركيضAmskrkidIn parts1024133.41.512.0
تهلوانتTahelouanteIn parts602722.90.99.2
أكجكاكAkjkakIn parts532165.30.820.3
تليتTlitIn parts632290.71.110.3
تكديرتTagadiretIn parts823192.92.917.6
إبلعاسIblaas2 douars · 1,461 people
الدوتماAdoutamaIn parts2358681.91.610.6
اكي نتماKintamaIn parts1625931.21.811.3

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
07.211.07.43
As digits
072110743
Slug
tahelouante
OpenStreetMap
2820935
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tahelouante");

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