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

Next door in Oulad Yahia Lagraire, 10.3% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 53.5%.

Since 2014, households with a kitchen went from 82.4% to 98.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 3 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Allougoum. Running water: 94.0% here, 96.2% there; higher education: 8.5% here, 7.2% there; in the labour force: 34.0% here, 34.1% there.

Compare it with Allougoum

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

47073

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
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%

More census figures

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%
Informal transport21.9%
Bike or motorcycle11.8%
Bus5.6%
Doesn’t travel to work5.6%
Private car3.1%
Employer’s transport2.5%
Taxi2.4%
Another way0.3%
Animal0.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

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
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%

More census figures

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%
Not stated2.7%
Private car1.8%
Another way1.0%
Train0.5%
Employer’s transport0.3%
Works at home0.1%
Tram0.0%

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%
Not stated2.6%
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

More business figures

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%

Douars

Tamezmoute’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 20 douars in 1 fraction, with 10,950 people. 3 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
تيغمارTighoumar20 douars · 10,950 people
إرشكIrchig	Grouped	162	902	0.1	0.4	3.9
توغزىToughza	Grouped	126	807	0.0	0.9	1.7
تكرسيفتTagrsift	Grouped	44	237	0.0	0.1	2.0
الحدEl Had	Grouped	72	329	0.0	0.0	2.0
تامزموتTamezmoute	Grouped	130	780	0.2	1.0	1.1
زاوية تامزموتZaouiat Tamzmoute	Grouped	20	79	—	—	—
إشحيحنIchhihne	Grouped	121	626	0.8	1.0	0.9
أيت يكنAit Ikene	Grouped	58	385	0.2	1.0	1.4
واوزاكورOuaouzagour	Grouped	165	1,217	0.5	1.0	2.0
تانسيختTanssikhte	In parts	303	1,727	0.5	1.0	3.4
إخف نوزروIkhef n'Ouzrou	Grouped	36	260	0.2	0.2	6.0
أيت هموAït Hammou	Grouped	49	299	0.0	1.1	8.0
أبرنوصAbernouss	Grouped	93	555	0.0	1.0	8.0
أجموAjmou	In parts	112	649	0.4	2.1	18.3
الموضعEl Mouda	Grouped	27	218	—	—	—
تاملالتTamellalt	Grouped	98	644	0.0	1.0	13.9
تانكارفاTanguerfa	Dispersed	88	628	8.1	3.6	14.6
أزقورAzekour	Dispersed	40	296	12.0	2.2	36.0
أيت لحسن أوهموAit Lahcen Hammou	Grouped	7	41	—	—	—
وين تيردوينWin Tirdouine	Dispersed	36	271	8.9	2.6	34.3

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: 08.587.03.37
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
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/08.587.03.37/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/08.587.03.37/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2884956

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

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