Tamanar

تمنار

Urban commune in the province of Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
11,617
Since 2014
+9.8%from 10,584 in 2014
Density
178people per km², 65.2 km²
Households
2,934
Rank
627627th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 57 in its province

Next door in Ida Ou Guelloul, 0.3% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 50.6%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 26.8% to 50.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tamri. Household size: 4.0 here, 4.0 there; in the labour force: 39.7% here, 40.6% there; read French: 50.4% here, 51.1% there.

Compare it with Tamri

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 Tamanar.

Tamanar +9.8%

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
31.3%aged 10 and over40.2% in 201444.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
9.7%9.4% in 201420.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.7%aged 15 and over42.3% in 20147.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.78children per woman2.97 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.2%of people6.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
60.4%of settled households40.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tamanar: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.2%75 and over3.7%
3.0%70–742.3%
3.1%65–693.2%
3.4%60–644.4%
4.9%55–593.7%
5.9%50–545.1%
6.1%45–496.3%
7.0%40–446.8%
6.2%35–396.8%
6.5%30–346.4%
5.9%25–296.6%
8.0%20–247.2%
8.2%15–198.6%
10.7%10–1410.5%
10.3%5–910.3%
7.5%0–48.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit94.7%
  • Darija56.3%
  • Tamazight0.5%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.9%
  • French50.4%
  • English20.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot38.6%
  • Bus17.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle13.8%
  • Private car11.5%
  • Taxi7.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.2%
  • Informal transport3.4%
  • Employer’s transport0.7%
  • Animal0.3%
  • Another way0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
3,472
Standing empty
17.6%7.2% vacant10.4% a second home
Precarious
30.7%3.6% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
52.2%60.8% on the water mains91.8% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
53.6%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house67.3%
  • Rural-type26.7%
  • Slum or basic house3.6%
  • Traditional house1.4%
  • Other0.4%
  • Villa0.3%
  • Apartment0.3%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years43.6%
  • 20 to 49 years43.4%
  • 50 years or more13.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
67958.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
58686.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
9351.6 per business
Public services
80
Associations
13in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce56.5%
  • Services24.7%
  • Industry17.9%
  • Construction0.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person61.3%
  • 2 to 335.7%
  • 4 to 92.4%
  • 10 to 490.7%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later37.2%
  • 2011–201935.2%
  • 2001–201013.0%
  • 1991–20008.4%
  • 1981–19902.6%
  • 1956–19803.2%
  • Before 19560.5%

In the data

Files and code
Code
07.211.01.09
As digits
072110109
Slug
tamanar
OpenStreetMap
2820900
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tamanar");

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