Tancherfi

تنشرفي

Rural commune in the cercle of El Aioun, province of Taourirt, Oriental.

Population, 2024
6,092
Since 2014
−5.3%from 6,433 in 2014
Density
8.9people per km², 682.2 km²
Households
1,320
Rank
1,0921,092nd most populous of 1,503 communes9th of 14 in its province

Next door in Gafait, 76.5% of households have running water. Here, it’s 13.7%.

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 57.1% to 86.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Moulay Abdelkader. Running water: 13.7% here, 7.8% there; can’t read or write: 48.6% here, 47.4% there; Darija: 99.5% here, 99.4% there.

Compare it with Moulay Abdelkader

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 Tancherfi.

Tancherfi −5.3%

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
48.6%aged 10 and over59.0% in 201461.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
35.9%17.0% in 201453.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.8%aged 15 and over41.7% in 201410.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.24children per woman1.67 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.0%of people5.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.6people on average6.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
13.7%of settled households0.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tancherfi: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.9%75 and over4.7%
2.4%70–742.7%
3.5%65–693.3%
4.4%60–644.3%
5.1%55–595.6%
4.7%50–546.2%
5.7%45–497.0%
6.4%40–447.3%
8.0%35–398.0%
7.0%30–345.8%
6.8%25–296.2%
7.3%20–245.7%
7.9%15–197.7%
10.1%10–149.9%
9.1%5–98.1%
7.5%0–47.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.5%
  • Tarifit95.5%
  • Tamazight0.6%
  • Hassania0.2%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic97.9%
  • French52.4%
  • English15.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot72.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work8.3%
  • Informal transport5.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle3.7%
  • Private car3.5%
  • Bus1.7%
  • Employer’s transport1.7%
  • Taxi1.3%
  • Another way1.0%
  • Animal0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
9715.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1414.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
755.4 per business
Public services
77
Associations
6in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce64.3%
  • Industry21.4%
  • Services14.3%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person85.7%
  • 2 to 37.1%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over7.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later35.7%
  • 2011–201935.7%
  • 2001–20107.1%
  • 1991–20000.0%
  • 1981–199021.4%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Tancherfi’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 21 douars in 4 fractions, with 6,092 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
بني بوزكو الجبل 1Bni Bouzkou Jbel 16 douars · 1,554 people
أولاد أحمدOulad AhmedIn parts412061.63.714.2
ختيينKhatiyineIn parts1014811.14.213.1
دادة عليDadat AliIn parts382050.62.020.1
أولاد زايد عياطOulad Zaid A'yatGrouped934———
إفقيرنIfkirenIn parts391591.51.613.3
الزراكحةZraqhaDispersed1194691.01.54.8
بني بوزكو الجبل 2Bni Bouzkou Jbel 26 douars · 2,298 people
إرقياينIrkiyenneIn parts824661.22.810.0
أولاد موسىOulad MoussaIn parts562692.03.08.9
أولاد بومعاندOulad Bou MaandIn parts592962.02.79.1
الزيايتةEzzyaytaIn parts884101.11.810.3
أولاد حمو بن عمروOulad Hammou Ben AmarIn parts1847921.23.25.3
حدودايينHaddou DayaneGrouped1565———
بني يعلاBni Yla7 douars · 1,941 people
أولاد أحمد بن عليOulad Ahmed Ben AliIn parts2219972.52.418.7
إيزكارنIyzkarnIn parts442062.83.321.1
بني فحلاBni FahlaDispersed723253.12.421.0
أولاد عمارOulad AmmarIn parts28128———
أولاد زايد مطروحOulad Zaid MatrouhDispersed381535.22.936.2
بني حساينBni HsaynIn parts626———
الدراوشDrawchIn parts22106———
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune2 douars · 299 people
إيمرولIymroulGrouped17———
حديينHadiineDispersed572922.73.07.3

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
02.533.07.21
As digits
025330721
Slug
tancherfi
OpenStreetMap
2759202
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tancherfi");

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