Tanant

تنانت

Rural commune in the cercle of Bzou, province of Azilal, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024
10,891
Since 2014
+1.7%from 10,706 in 2014
Density
59.7people per km², 182.6 km²
Households
2,466
Foreign residents
2
Rank
674674th most populous of 1,503 communes28th of 44 in its province

Next door in Foum Jemaa, 55.4% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.4%.

Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 60.0% to 82.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Lamhara. Running water: 92.4% here, 92.7% there; aged 65 and over: 10.0% here, 10.4% there; apartments: 1.1% here, 0.4% there.

Compare it with Lamhara

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 Tanant.

Tanant +1.7%

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
40.6%aged 10 and over50.4% in 201451.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
8.8%6.4% in 201414.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
31.5%aged 15 and over39.0% in 20143.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.10children per woman2.67 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.7%of people7.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.4people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
92.4%of settled households76.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tanant: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.2%75 and over4.0%
2.7%70–742.8%
3.8%65–693.3%
4.6%60–644.5%
4.4%55–594.1%
5.3%50–544.9%
6.5%45–496.3%
6.3%40–446.5%
7.0%35–396.7%
5.8%30–346.9%
5.7%25–296.2%
5.6%20–246.3%
9.5%15–199.0%
11.0%10–1411.0%
10.1%5–99.5%
8.1%0–48.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija80.2%
  • Tamazight61.0%
  • Tachelhit19.4%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French32.7%
  • English8.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot38.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work20.5%
  • Bus19.3%
  • Informal transport5.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle4.3%
  • Private car3.8%
  • Another way3.3%
  • Employer’s transport2.9%
  • Taxi2.2%
  • Animal0.5%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
33330.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
19759.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2731.4 per business
Public services
94
Associations
42in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce53.3%
  • Services24.4%
  • Industry16.8%
  • Construction5.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person70.1%
  • 2 to 326.9%
  • 4 to 93.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later28.9%
  • 2011–201940.6%
  • 2001–201018.8%
  • 1991–20009.6%
  • 1981–19901.5%
  • 1956–19800.5%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Tanant’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 15 douars in 4 fractions, with 10,872 people. 19 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
سكورةSkoura3 douars · 1,177 people
عين الحوتAyn Al HoutGrouped2080———
سكورةSkouraIn parts1034210.40.97.5
تلانشحفتTalanchhafteIn parts1426760.00.512.3
أيت النص الجبلAit Enns Jbel3 douars · 2,054 people
أيت ويرارAït OuirarIn parts1597591.51.59.7
تابوTabouIn parts1054762.53.210.1
تقيوتTakkioutIn parts1758193.52.718.3
أيت أومراسAit Aoumras6 douars · 4,261 people
أيت وردانAit OuardaneIn parts1144151.22.45.2
تاكستTakoustIn parts1204322.90.29.0
أطارAtarIn parts2038252.02.34.8
تنانت القديمTanant KdimIn parts1857350.31.81.8
تنانت المركزTanant CentreGrouped4411,7840.40.70.5
إسداونIsdawnGrouped1370———
بوحرازنBouhrazen3 douars · 3,380 people
بوحرازنBouhrazenIn parts3331,5420.81.73.3
وانسورWanassourIn parts1226551.01.55.4
أباينوAbaynouIn parts2311,1832.01.93.9

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
05.081.05.17
As digits
050810517
Slug
tanant
OpenStreetMap
2887256
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tanant");

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