Taifa
الطايفة
Rural commune in the cercle of Tainaste, province of Taza, Fès-Meknès.
- Population, 2024
- 6,000
- Since 2014
- −14.2%from 6,992 in 2014
- Density
- 44.2people per km², 135.9 km²
- Households
- 1,527
- Rank
- 1,1071,107th most populous of 1,503 communes28th of 38 in its province
Next door in Meknassa Acharqia, 18.1% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 64.3%.
Since 2014, households with electricity went from 56.0% to 92.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Si Hsaien Ben Abderrahmane. Running water: 2.0% here, 2.7% there; read French: 64.3% here, 66.3% there; aged 65 and over: 12.9% here, 13.2% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Taifa.
Taifa −14.2%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 47.8%aged 10 and over53.9% in 201461.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 24.9%6.2% in 201456.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 34.5%aged 15 and over45.0% in 20144.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 97.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.03children per woman2.68 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 10.9%of people6.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.9people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 2.0%of settled households1.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.7% | 75 and over | 5.6% | ||
| 3.6% | 70–74 | 3.6% | ||
| 4.3% | 65–69 | 3.9% | ||
| 4.8% | 60–64 | 6.1% | ||
| 5.1% | 55–59 | 5.8% | ||
| 5.5% | 50–54 | 5.7% | ||
| 6.9% | 45–49 | 6.4% | ||
| 6.7% | 40–44 | 6.8% | ||
| 5.8% | 35–39 | 6.8% | ||
| 6.0% | 30–34 | 5.4% | ||
| 5.3% | 25–29 | 5.0% | ||
| 5.9% | 20–24 | 5.6% | ||
| 7.2% | 15–19 | 8.2% | ||
| 10.4% | 10–14 | 8.9% | ||
| 10.1% | 5–9 | 9.0% | ||
| 7.7% | 0–4 | 7.1% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 53.9%aged 10 and over47.8% in 202468.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 6.2%24.9% in 202413.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 45.0%aged 15 and over34.5% in 202411.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 90.9%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.68children per woman2.03 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.7%of people10.9% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.0people on average3.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 1.6%of settled households2.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.9% | 75 and over | 3.5% | ||
| 2.6% | 70–74 | 2.3% | ||
| 2.5% | 65–69 | 2.7% | ||
| 3.4% | 60–64 | 3.7% | ||
| 3.7% | 55–59 | 3.7% | ||
| 4.7% | 50–54 | 5.7% | ||
| 5.1% | 45–49 | 5.3% | ||
| 5.7% | 40–44 | 5.5% | ||
| 6.9% | 35–39 | 6.4% | ||
| 7.7% | 30–34 | 7.0% | ||
| 7.9% | 25–29 | 9.0% | ||
| 7.8% | 20–24 | 8.7% | ||
| 9.1% | 15–19 | 8.7% | ||
| 9.7% | 10–14 | 8.9% | ||
| 8.0% | 5–9 | 8.8% | ||
| 11.3% | 0–4 | 10.0% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 15626.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 4629.5% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 521.1 per business
- Public services
- 106
- Associations
- 4in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Douars
Taifa’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 20 douars in 6 fractions, with 5,986 people. 14 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| بوهليلBouhlil4 douars · 1,400 people | ||||||
| الخشنةEl Khochna | In parts | 52 | 202 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 15.3 |
| الحمادنةEl Hmadna | In parts | 43 | 178 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 18.9 |
| أهل القريةel Karïa | In parts | 155 | 690 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 10.8 |
| إفاتنةIfatna | In parts | 88 | 330 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 9.9 |
| بني ورياغلBni Ouriaghel3 douars · 1,295 people | ||||||
| قصبة بني ورياغلKasba Beni Ouriarhel | In parts | 154 | 612 | 9.1 | 5.0 | 25.3 |
| السعايدةEssaayda | In parts | 113 | 453 | 4.9 | 1.7 | 2.5 |
| سيدي اعلي لفحلSidi Ali Lefhel | In parts | 65 | 230 | 8.8 | 4.8 | 26.5 |
| الشقارنةEcchkarna4 douars · 885 people | ||||||
| اجبل الحلفةAjbel El Halfa | Dispersed | 53 | 210 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 16.4 |
| الربابزةErrbabza | In parts | 60 | 248 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 10.0 |
| اولاد بونوةOulad Bounoua | In parts | 74 | 309 | 5.5 | 2.4 | 15.1 |
| النبابلة برقوقNbabla Berkouk | In parts | 30 | 118 | 8.2 | 4.3 | 14.8 |
| اولاد سيدةOulad Sida3 douars · 759 people | ||||||
| تايناست المزدرTainest El Mazder | Dispersed | 33 | 135 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 5.6 |
| النبابلة اولاد سيدةNbabla Oulad Sida | In parts | 108 | 434 | 5.1 | 2.8 | 10.1 |
| القلعةEl Kalaa | In parts | 48 | 190 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 4.6 |
| تيليوانTiliouane3 douars · 917 people | ||||||
| اولاد الصغيورOulad Saghyour | In parts | 91 | 361 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 4.0 |
| اولاد عبد السلامOulad Abd-Eslam | In parts | 38 | 143 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.3 |
| افلالقةFlalka | In parts | 128 | 413 | 2.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| باب المروجBab El Mrouj3 douars · 730 people | ||||||
| سيدي مالكSidi Malek | In parts | 43 | 171 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| العرايسEl Arays | In parts | 53 | 220 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 5.4 |
| اظهر عبد السلامDhar Abdeslam | In parts | 96 | 339 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names
In the data
Files and code
- Code
03.561.11.11- As digits
035611111- Slug
taifa- Census figures
/api/communes/03.561.11.11/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.561.11.11/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.561.11.11/neighbours.json- OpenStreetMap
- 3551375
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("taifa");