Tamedit

تمضيت

Rural commune in the cercle of Taounate, province of Taounate, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
12,252
Since 2014
−16.5%from 14,669 in 2014
Density
49.3people per km², 248.8 km²
Households
3,124
Foreign residents
1
Rank
576576th most populous of 1,503 communes23rd of 49 in its province

Next door in Thar Es-Souk, 68.4% of households have running water. Here, it’s 0.3%.

Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 67.0% to 87.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Chougrane. Running water: 0.3% here, 9.5% there; can’t read or write: 42.2% here, 45.3% there; higher education: 3.5% here, 2.7% there.

Compare it with Chougrane

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 Tamedit.

Tamedit −16.5%

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
42.2%aged 10 and over51.3% in 201457.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
20.8%16.1% in 201421.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.5%aged 15 and over48.6% in 20148.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
3.31children per woman2.11 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.5%of people6.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
0.3%of settled households0.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tamedit: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.3%75 and over4.1%
2.7%70–743.3%
4.3%65–694.4%
5.6%60–646.0%
5.5%55–595.7%
6.4%50–546.1%
6.1%45–496.3%
6.4%40–446.3%
5.4%35–396.4%
5.5%30–345.7%
5.2%25–294.6%
6.8%20–246.1%
8.5%15–198.3%
10.0%10–148.7%
10.0%5–99.6%
8.2%0–48.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija97.4%
  • Tarifit1.6%
  • Tachelhit0.3%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French41.2%
  • English9.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot43.2%
  • Animal39.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work4.7%
  • Informal transport3.8%
  • Private car3.7%
  • Employer’s transport2.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.5%
  • Another way0.8%
  • Taxi0.5%
  • Bus0.4%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
20817.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
7536.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
861.1 per business
Public services
132
Associations
1in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce58.7%
  • Services32.0%
  • Industry9.3%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person98.7%
  • 2 to 30.0%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 491.3%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later13.3%
  • 2011–201965.3%
  • 2001–201014.7%
  • 1991–20005.3%
  • 1981–19901.3%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The share of workers who ride an animal to work is 39.0%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Estimate from a sample

Across the 9 communes it borders, the median is 8.0%. Thar Es-Souk is furthest from it, at 1.0%.

Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.

How these are picked

Douars

Tamedit’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 57 douars in 6 fractions, with 12,244 people. 8 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
اولاد عمرانOulad Amrane11 douars · 2,482 people
دوار اماسينDouar AmassineIn parts792988.12.79.3
دوار البوالةDouar El BoualaGrouped512144.93.85.5
دوار القراقرDouar El KarakrIn parts622231.22.42.7
تمضيتTamediteIn parts1855862.12.52.6
تاغزاوت الهودارTaghzaout El HoudarDispersed702628.91.69.4
عين حفرةAin HofraIn parts1053832.73.48.1
التوالزةToualzaIn parts511614.05.98.1
تفوغالتTafraoutGrouped1975———
تايمةTaïmaIn parts28110———
باب الغدرانBab El RhoudraneGrouped28122———
طهارة النصارةThara EnnsaraGrouped2048———
الكديةEl Koudia9 douars · 1,091 people
تيزغتTizertGrouped925———
يحياواتYahyaouateGrouped481437.70.924.3
اولاد محمدOulad MohamedIn parts6425813.23.235.8
اولاد بن عيسىOulad Ben AissaGrouped5018912.42.531.6
اولاد عبد اللهOulad AbdellahGrouped1776———
اولاد احمدOulad AhmedIn parts27109———
اللبابرةLbabraIn parts4115612.54.328.6
اولاد الحاج عمرOulad Haj AmarGrouped301016.24.224.9
الهوارشةLhwarchaGrouped934———
اوزايAouzai10 douars · 2,736 people
اوزايAouzaiIn parts1133941.03.07.0
البقاليينEl BakkalyineGrouped1978———
يونانYounaneGrouped582030.71.06.3
مخفيةMokhfiaIn parts622961.31.25.1
دار ابختيDar AbakhtiGrouped512380.20.10.8
البواكرةBou AkraIn parts954481.13.17.0
زطايطZtaitGrouped23108———
اولاد صالحOulad SalehIn parts663063.11.310.8
افراسAfrasDispersed10433914.92.414.9
العزفةEl AzfaGrouped8132611.93.412.0
البرابرEl Braber9 douars · 2,915 people
تفزةTafzaIn parts713383.94.012.5
تلقايتTalaquayteGrouped311152.03.113.8
العشايشLaachayachIn parts893712.12.215.4
الجيرEl JirIn parts1355712.12.712.1
بوهيةBouhiaIn parts1506051.52.114.0
افرانIfraneIn parts903702.03.39.3
تاورطةTaourtaGrouped371236.91.611.7
الهنزةHinzaIn parts1123951.22.14.6
كرنة فطةKrnat FtaGrouped1127———
بن يحيىBen Yahya9 douars · 1,380 people
بوشنBou CheneGrouped511926.10.86.1
بورحمةBou RehmaIn parts511827.31.87.3
الركبةEr RokbaIn parts3411511.85.917.4
مورطهارMourtharIn parts1043540.65.313.7
الزاويةZaouyaGrouped2389———
الدشارDcharIn parts6520810.02.116.5
السطاحStahGrouped1343———
الرفايديRfaydiIn parts411566.05.112.8
شكرانChuokraneGrouped1541———
تامشاشتTamchecht9 douars · 1,640 people
تاوريرتTaourirtIn parts533195.73.324.9
اولاد موسىOulad MoussaIn parts533036.55.520.0
القنارEl KannarGrouped28117———
تيزاغتTizaghtIn parts28183———
تغليسيةTaghlissiaGrouped3913313.07.216.0
أتمايلتEtmaialtGrouped5224015.10.017.0
بومسةBou MessaGrouped2073———
تامشاشتTamchechtIn parts381619.63.524.3
تكراتTakarrartGrouped25111———

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
03.531.07.19
As digits
035310719
Slug
tamedit
OpenStreetMap
2754010
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tamedit");

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