Takate

تكاط

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

Population, 2024
9,993
Since 2014
−8.9%from 10,968 in 2014
Density
72.1people per km², 138.6 km²
Households
2,545
Foreign residents
2
Rank
745745th most populous of 1,503 communes7th of 57 in its province

Next door in Sidi Ali El Korati, 14.8% of households have running water. Here, it’s 73.7%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 12.4% to 73.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ouizeght. Can’t read or write: 43.3% here, 43.0% there; in the labour force: 32.2% here, 34.1% there; Darija: 99.2% here, 97.3% there.

Compare it with Ouizeght

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 Takate.

Takate −8.9%

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
43.3%aged 10 and over53.3% in 201452.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
67.6%17.7% in 201452.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
32.2%aged 15 and over42.7% in 20143.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.06children per woman2.41 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.9%of people7.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
73.7%of settled households12.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Takate: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.8%75 and over5.6%
3.5%70–744.2%
4.3%65–694.3%
5.0%60–645.0%
4.8%55–594.3%
5.6%50–545.7%
6.7%45–496.9%
6.5%40–446.2%
5.9%35–396.3%
5.7%30–344.5%
5.5%25–294.8%
6.1%20–246.4%
8.2%15–199.0%
10.3%10–1411.1%
10.4%5–99.2%
6.6%0–46.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.2%
  • Tachelhit0.8%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French28.6%
  • English9.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot49.1%
  • Taxi17.2%
  • Bus9.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work9.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle4.2%
  • Private car2.8%
  • Animal2.6%
  • Informal transport2.2%
  • Employer’s transport1.7%
  • 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
28228.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
12042.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1651.4 per business
Public services
157
Associations
5in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce52.5%
  • Industry37.5%
  • Services10.0%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person65.0%
  • 2 to 334.2%
  • 4 to 90.8%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later20.0%
  • 2011–201928.3%
  • 2001–201019.2%
  • 1991–200017.5%
  • 1981–19906.7%
  • 1956–19808.3%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Takate’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 24 douars in 6 fractions, with 9,993 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أولاد عبوOulad Abbou5 douars · 2,100 people
أديونAdyouneIn parts1204715.20.712.4
سيدي بو يحيىSidi BouyahyaIn parts1173961.20.713.7
سيدي محمد المعطيSidi Mohamed El MaatiIn parts1505331.11.314.6
لخليفاتLakhlifatIn parts1486302.61.711.3
مركز خميس تكاطCentre Khemis TakateDispersed1470———
افولسنAfoulsen7 douars · 2,556 people
دحاحنةDhahnaIn parts451713.41.116.8
الدماناتEddemanatIn parts471950.82.515.3
أولاد مرابطOuled MrabetIn parts783351.11.313.5
لعكاعكةLaakaakaIn parts1838621.32.311.1
الحجاجEl HajjajIn parts1506451.01.113.7
الفايضةLfaydaIn parts491740.52.815.7
جناحاتJnahatIn parts481741.92.715.7
مرازيكMrazik3 douars · 738 people
أولاد سعيدOulad SaidIn parts361400.81.018.6
شليحاتChlihateIn parts672593.72.625.9
لعباضلاLaabadlaIn parts853390.81.419.1
الحيمرHaymer4 douars · 2,006 people
أيت بن سعيدAit Ben SaidIn parts1576005.12.415.1
احميمصةHmimsaIn parts1857523.11.315.1
الجبيلاتJbilatIn parts1083680.91.04.3
اخليج الجاوشKhlij JaoucheIn parts812861.01.04.4
تكاطTakate2 douars · 1,033 people
الكرعةEl GraaIn parts1094752.11.116.2
أيت حيموشAit HimouchIn parts1595580.80.911.4
البيهاتLebbihat3 douars · 1,560 people
البيهاتLebbihatIn parts1907731.51.410.3
أيت بن عليAit Ben AliIn parts1003651.32.08.9
زمامطاZmamtaIn parts1194221.01.515.8

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
07.211.03.49
As digits
072110349
Slug
takate
OpenStreetMap
2821059
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("takate");

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