Tamezmoute

تمزموط

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

Population, 2024: 10,953
Since 2014: −6.4%from 11,697 in 2014
Density: 14.5people per km², 753.6 km²
Households: 1,787
Foreign residents: 2
Rank: 668668th most populous of 1,503 communes11th of 25 in its province

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Tamezmoute −6.4%

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: 30.7%aged 10 and over40.9% in 201442.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 26.6%15.0% in 201463.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 34.0%aged 15 and over33.4% in 20145.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.51children per woman2.97 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.0%of people7.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 6.1people on average8.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 94.0%of settled households80.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tamezmoute: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.7%	75 and over	3.3%
2.0%	70–74	2.5%
2.5%	65–69	3.3%
2.7%	60–64	4.1%
3.0%	55–59	3.3%
3.3%	50–54	4.3%
4.4%	45–49	4.7%
5.7%	40–44	5.3%
6.2%	35–39	6.7%
7.2%	30–34	7.3%
7.6%	25–29	7.0%
8.7%	20–24	7.6%
10.4%	15–19	9.2%
11.9%	10–14	11.3%
11.6%	5–9	10.6%
10.0%	0–4	9.6%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit69.6%
Darija63.9%
Tamazight28.4%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic98.2%
French53.5%
English17.3%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot46.5%
Bike or motorcycle11.8%
Bus5.6%
Private car3.1%
Employer’s transport2.5%
Taxi2.4%

Can’t read or write: 40.9%aged 10 and over30.7% in 202453.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 15.0%26.6% in 202439.6% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 33.4%aged 15 and over34.0% in 20243.8% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 92.8%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.97children per woman2.51 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 7.4%of people5.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 8.6people on average6.1 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 80.3%of settled households94.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Tamezmoute: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.1%	75 and over	2.6%
1.2%	70–74	1.5%
2.0%	65–69	1.6%
2.5%	60–64	2.8%
2.8%	55–59	3.5%
3.0%	50–54	4.5%
3.3%	45–49	3.7%
3.6%	40–44	4.2%
4.6%	35–39	5.8%
6.6%	30–34	6.8%
9.3%	25–29	8.3%
10.4%	20–24	10.5%
11.5%	15–19	11.8%
12.0%	10–14	10.5%
11.6%	5–9	10.0%
13.6%	0–4	11.8%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit81.2%
Darija39.8%
Tamazight14.6%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic only54.4%
Arabic and French33.8%
Arabic, French and English10.7%
Other combinations1.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot54.7%
Bus28.6%
Taxi6.8%
Bike or motorcycle3.5%
Private car1.8%
Employer’s transport0.3%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood47.4%
Another province28.1%
No fixed place13.6%
Another in the commune4.9%
Another commune2.9%
Somewhere else0.4%
At home0.1%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Crafts and skilled trades27.2%
Labouring and small trades24.4%
Farming and fishing15.6%
Farm and fishing labour10.8%
Machine operating6.7%
Clerical work6.4%
Managers and senior professionals4.1%
Trade and broking3.6%
Not classified0.7%
Technicians0.5%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma65.9%
Primary21.1%
Lower secondary7.6%
Upper secondary2.8%
DEUG or Licence2.4%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 24922.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 14759.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 2031.4 per business
Public services: 72
Associations: 30in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce63.9%
Services20.4%
Industry9.5%
Construction6.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person93.9%
2 to 33.4%
4 to 91.4%
10 to 491.4%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later40.8%
2011–201934.7%
2001–201012.2%
1991–20006.8%
1981–19904.8%
1956–19800.7%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 08.587.03.37
As digits: 085870337
Slug: tamezmoute
Record: /api/communes/08.587.03.37.json
Boundary: /api/communes/08.587.03.37/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/08.587.03.37/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/08.587.03.37/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/08.587.03.37/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2884956

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tamezmoute");

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