Tahla

تاهلة

Urban commune in the province of Taza, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
28,612
Since 2014
+3.2%from 27,729 in 2014
Density
2,525people per km², 11.3 km²
Households
7,619
Foreign residents
20
Rank
196196th most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 38 in its province

Where it is

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

Tizi OuasliJbarnaAjdirSidi Ali BourakbaAknoulBourdBni FrassenRbaa El FoukiBni LentOulad ZbairOuad AmlilGhiata Al GharbiaBab MarzoukaMeknassa Al GharbiaTazaMsilaEl GouzateBni FtahTainasteKaf El GharMeknassa AcharqiaGaldamaneBouchfaaBab BoudirBouhlouMatmataAit SaghrouchenSmiaZrardaMaghraouaTazarineBouyablaneOulad ChrifTaifaTraibaBrarhaGzenaya Al Janoubia

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Tahla +3.2%

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
27.1%aged 10 and over29.5% in 201435.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
33.1%31.7% in 201449.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
29.7%aged 15 and over34.3% in 201411.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.43children per woman1.71 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.0%of people5.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.9%of settled households94.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tahla: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.7%75 and over4.1%
3.1%70–743.0%
5.2%65–694.0%
6.4%60–645.7%
5.8%55–595.8%
6.8%50–546.5%
5.6%45–497.2%
5.6%40–447.2%
5.4%35–397.1%
5.0%30–346.4%
4.7%25–295.8%
6.2%20–246.6%
8.9%15–198.0%
10.5%10–148.8%
9.7%5–97.9%
7.4%0–45.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.5%
  • Tamazight28.9%
  • Tachelhit18.8%
  • Tarifit1.4%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French70.3%
  • English27.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot62.2%
  • Private car10.5%
  • Taxi7.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle3.9%
  • Employer’s transport2.9%
  • Bus2.6%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Tahla’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
8,800
Standing empty
16.5%9.6% vacant7.0% a second home
Precarious
1.0%0.5% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
89.3%95.9% on the water mains95.9% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
1.4%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house96.4%
  • Traditional house1.3%
  • Apartment0.9%
  • Slum or basic house0.5%
  • Other0.5%
  • Villa0.3%
  • Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years52.0%
  • 20 to 49 years46.0%
  • 50 years or more2.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,27444.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1,19293.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2,0001.7 per business
Public services
54
Associations
28in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce55.2%
  • Services29.1%
  • Industry11.5%
  • Construction4.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person71.3%
  • 2 to 325.6%
  • 4 to 92.5%
  • 10 to 490.4%
  • 50 and over0.2%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later46.4%
  • 2011–201929.2%
  • 2001–201011.6%
  • 1991–20007.0%
  • 1981–19903.9%
  • 1956–19801.8%
  • Before 19560.2%

In the data

Code
03.561.01.07
As digits
035610107
Slug
tahla
Record
/api/communes/03.561.01.07.json
Boundary
/api/communes/03.561.01.07/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/03.561.01.07/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.561.01.07/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/03.561.01.07/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.561.01.07/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2810069
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tahla");

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