Tamegroute

تامكروت

Rural commune in the cercle of Zagora, province of Zagora, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
19,207
Since 2014
−11.1%from 21,603 in 2014
Density
29.1people per km², 659.8 km²
Households
2,771
Foreign residents
3
Rank
324324th most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 25 in its province

Next door in Zagora, 92.6% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.5%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 56.2% to 86.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sefsaf. Read French: 29.8% here, 30.1% there; Darija: 92.7% here, 98.3% there; apartments: 1.3% here, 0.0% there.

Compare it with Sefsaf

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 Tamegroute.

Tamegroute −11.1%

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
28.2%aged 10 and over32.6% in 201438.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
23.5%6.9% in 201432.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
27.0%aged 15 and over36.4% in 20144.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.75children per woman3.14 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.4%of people5.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
6.9people on average9.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
86.3%of settled households56.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tamegroute: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.7%75 and over3.5%
2.7%70–742.6%
2.7%65–693.1%
3.1%60–643.7%
3.0%55–593.5%
4.0%50–544.7%
4.3%45–494.8%
5.6%40–446.3%
4.8%35–395.9%
6.9%30–347.3%
6.8%25–297.0%
6.6%20–247.6%
10.1%15–198.7%
12.8%10–1411.4%
12.1%5–910.4%
10.7%0–49.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija92.7%
  • Tachelhit56.0%
  • Tamazight7.7%
  • Hassania0.2%
  • Tarifit0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.7%
  • French29.8%
  • English10.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh3.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot44.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle20.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work14.3%
  • Bus7.5%
  • Private car4.6%
  • Taxi3.4%
  • Another way2.5%
  • Employer’s transport2.1%
  • Animal0.6%
  • Informal transport0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
33417.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
14543.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1711.2 per business
Public services
155
Associations
34in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce66.9%
  • Services21.4%
  • Industry7.6%
  • Construction4.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person93.8%
  • 2 to 33.4%
  • 4 to 92.1%
  • 10 to 490.7%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later22.8%
  • 2011–201964.1%
  • 2001–20109.0%
  • 1991–20003.4%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.7%
  • 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 are apprentices is 11.6%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Estimate from a sample

Across 6 of the 7 communes it borders, the median is 1.6%. Errouha is furthest from it, at 0.4%.

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

How these are picked

Douars

Tamegroute’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 33 douars in 6 fractions, with 19,200 people. 7 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
سارتSart8 douars · 3,577 people
سارتSartGrouped2261,8630.71.43.7
إنكزاطInkizateGrouped533682.02.03.9
أيت خدوAit KhadouGrouped312203.00.64.0
أسرير إݣناونAsrir IgnaouneGrouped15108———
أكرورAgrourIn parts1371———
بني عثمانBni AthmaneGrouped21184———
أغلا ودرارArhla Ou DrarGrouped664921.01.15.0
تلوݣيTalouguiDispersed392713.01.113.9
تمتيكTimtig5 douars · 2,427 people
الحدبEl HdbGrouped2481,6631.01.02.8
تمتيك بولخلاطTimtigue BoulakhlateGrouped311881.92.12.1
تمتيك الوسطانيةTimtig LouastaniyaGrouped834941.51.51.5
قصبة ايت مولاي الكبيرKasba Ait Moulay El KebirGrouped1145———
أيت بلواليدAit BeloualidGrouped1037———
أيت عيسى أو براهيمAït Aïssa Ou Brahim6 douars · 1,442 people
أيت عيسى أو براهيمAït Aïssa Ou BrahimGrouped825252.01.03.9
أكنيAgniGrouped29228———
زاوية سيدي عليZaouia Sidi AliGrouped493341.01.12.0
قصبة أكنيKsabat AgniGrouped1077———
إزاخنيونIzakhaniwneGrouped27230———
قصبة إلمشانKasba IlmchaneGrouped848———
تامكروتTamegroute3 douars · 7,184 people
تازروتTazrouteGrouped3252,2400.40.50.9
زاوية سيد الناسZaouia Sid NasGrouped695260.90.91.8
تامكروتTamegrouteGrouped7064,4180.61.01.4
أسكجورAskjour10 douars · 3,461 people
قصر الفوقانيKsar El FoukaniGrouped614194.01.07.0
قصر الوسطانيKsar El WastaniGrouped462452.00.02.0
أيت بن عليAit Ben AliGrouped311692.00.02.0
أيت امحمد أوحمادAit M"hamed Ou HmadGrouped1890———
أيت إسفولAit IsfoulGrouped563753.01.05.9
زاوية سيدي اعمرZaouia Sidi AmerGrouped403062.71.15.6
زاوية سيدي بلالZte Sidi BlalGrouped26222———
قصر بريجةKsar BrijaGrouped463893.01.06.6
أولاد بو يوسفOulad BouyoussefGrouped533390.11.91.5
أولاد ابراهيمOuled BrahimGrouped1259070.21.91.4
بني خلوفBeni KHalouf1 douar · 1,109 people
بني خلوفBeni KHaloufGrouped1171,1093.00.25.1

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
08.587.09.35
As digits
085870935
Slug
tamegroute
OpenStreetMap
2884980
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tamegroute");

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