Talsint

تالسينت

Rural commune in the cercle of Talsint, province of Figuig, Oriental.

Population, 2024
18,806
Since 2014
+16.3%from 16,166 in 2014
Density
10.7people per km², 1,751.4 km²
Households
5,061
Foreign residents
1
Rank
338338th most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 13 in its province

Where it is

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

FiguigTendraraMaatarkaBoumeriemeBouchaoueneBouarfaAbbou LakhalAin ChouaterBouananeBni TadjiteBni GuilAin Chair

How it changed

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

Talsint +16.3%

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
43.4%aged 10 and over52.4% in 201450.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
30.2%17.4% in 201434.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.6%aged 15 and over39.6% in 201410.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
93.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.56children per woman2.13 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.8%of people5.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.7people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
69.7%of settled households59.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Talsint: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.0%75 and over3.7%
2.4%70–742.6%
3.2%65–692.9%
3.8%60–644.3%
3.6%55–593.9%
4.8%50–544.6%
5.4%45–495.6%
5.7%40–446.7%
5.5%35–396.7%
6.9%30–347.2%
7.1%25–296.9%
6.7%20–246.8%
10.3%15–199.5%
11.2%10–1410.6%
10.5%5–99.7%
9.8%0–48.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight86.6%
  • Darija68.7%
  • Tachelhit0.4%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.5%
  • French55.4%
  • English16.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot69.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle10.8%
  • Private car4.4%
  • Bus4.1%
  • Employer’s transport3.5%
  • Taxi1.2%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
4,645
Standing empty
28.1%18.0% vacant10.1% a second home
Precarious
14.2%0.3% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
73.8%82.5% on the water mains86.7% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
19.4%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house80.9%
  • Rural-type12.4%
  • Traditional house4.3%
  • Other1.5%
  • Apartment0.4%
  • Slum or basic house0.3%
  • Villa0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years77.4%
  • 20 to 49 years21.9%
  • 50 years or more0.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
61532.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
48178.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
6981.5 per business
Public services
110
Associations
24in premises of their own
Weekly souks
2counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce57.2%
  • Services23.9%
  • Industry16.4%
  • Construction2.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person79.6%
  • 2 to 317.3%
  • 4 to 92.5%
  • 10 to 490.6%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later34.1%
  • 2011–201936.8%
  • 2001–201013.1%
  • 1991–20007.1%
  • 1981–19902.9%
  • 1956–19806.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Talsint12,629

In the data

Code
02.251.07.11
As digits
022510711
Slug
talsint
Record
/api/communes/02.251.07.11.json
Boundary
/api/communes/02.251.07.11/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/02.251.07.11/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/02.251.07.11/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/02.251.07.11/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/02.251.07.11/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2527824
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("talsint");

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