Tangarfa

تنكرفا

Rural commune in the cercle of Ifni, province of Sidi Ifni, Guelmim-Oued Noun.

Population, 2024
3,895
Since 2014
−17.2%from 4,706 in 2014
Density
18.7people per km², 208.7 km²
Households
1,021
Foreign residents
3
Rank
1,3131,313th most populous of 1,503 communes10th of 19 in its province

Next door in Tioughza, 28.3% of households have running water. Here, it’s 66.5%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 28.0% to 66.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Compare it with other communes

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 Tangarfa.

Tangarfa −17.2%

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
45.0%aged 10 and over49.3% in 201459.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
21.0%22.0% in 201411.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
26.9%aged 15 and over34.9% in 20142.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.84children per woman2.09 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.7%of people5.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
66.5%of settled households28.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tangarfa: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
6.2%75 and over6.5%
3.5%70–743.2%
5.2%65–695.5%
5.5%60–645.9%
5.8%55–596.6%
6.0%50–545.5%
6.4%45–496.5%
6.4%40–445.8%
4.9%35–397.0%
6.5%30–345.2%
5.2%25–294.6%
5.7%20–245.5%
7.2%15–197.6%
9.0%10–148.2%
9.7%5–99.2%
6.7%0–47.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit99.3%
  • Darija18.8%
  • Hassania0.4%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.5%
  • French28.0%
  • English5.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot35.4%
  • Informal transport19.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle14.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work13.7%
  • Private car7.5%
  • Employer’s transport4.7%
  • Taxi2.3%
  • Another way1.6%
  • Bus0.2%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
13835.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1410.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
141.0 per business
Public services
120
Associations
4in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce71.4%
  • Services28.6%
  • Industry0.0%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person100.0%
  • 2 to 30.0%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later35.7%
  • 2011–201928.6%
  • 2001–201028.6%
  • 1991–20007.1%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Tangarfa’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 59 douars in 3 fractions, with 3,836 people. 59 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
أيت السمورAit Essmour23 douars · 1,944 people
إد بوهياId BouhiaGrouped829———
الركنRkounGrouped823———
إد بوجمعةId BoujmaGrouped1137———
احكوكنIhkoukinIn parts391671.01.18.0
فيدودFidoudIn parts2996———
تافراوت نبونيتTafraout- N'BounitIn parts542191.02.05.8
إد الركيكId ErrkikDispersed24102———
إدباهاId BahaIn parts381451.22.33.3
إد بيداريId BaidariGrouped727———
إد واسعId OuassaaGrouped1040———
إد الناجمId NajamGrouped1048———
إد بوحلايسId BouhlaysGrouped828———
تكنيتTagnitGrouped1143———
إد حيمودId HaymoudGrouped1445———
تنكرفا السوق المركزTangarfa Es Souk CentreGrouped15———
إد بركاId BarkaIn parts532101.01.43.2
اضبيبنId BibineIn parts572033.91.97.3
إد باعزيId BaazziGrouped419———
تيكيدارTiguidarIn parts341361.71.27.8
ترحالتTarhaltIn parts431791.31.05.0
أسيف ندبكةAssif NadbkaGrouped2790———
أوخريبOukhribIn parts1136———
إدوانزيضId WanzidGrouped517———
أيت ايعلاتنAit Aylaten26 douars · 1,219 people
تنغيلاستTanghilasstIn parts682281.01.02.1
إد مباركId MbarekIn parts1542———
إد عبد النعيمId Abdalna imGrouped13———
إد عديId AddiGrouped614———
إد حوريةId OurilaGrouped13———
إد موسىId MoussaGrouped22———
إد هموش (افا ندمهايص)Id Hammouch (Afa Nadmhays)Grouped25———
إد محندId MhandGrouped16———
إد الحايريشId LhairichGrouped29———
موزمورMouzmourGrouped27———
إد بخوشId BekhouchIn parts2589———
المحصرEl MahcerGrouped835———
إد مبارك أوحميدةId Mbarek AouhmidaGrouped624———
إدوكناوId OugnaounIn parts1247———
تنكنزاTanknzaIn parts532074.01.04.5
أنزاضAnzadIn parts481911.01.16.0
أكادير ندلعرباAgadira N DlaarbaGrouped313———
تكاديرتTagadirtGrouped1465———
ادوزركيIdouzarguiGrouped414———
توفدراToufdraGrouped2799———
إد عمايشId HammouchGrouped723———
أمتال ندلعرباAmtal NadlarbaDispersed817———
اكالمنAkalmenGrouped313———
إد داوود أو عديId Dawd Ou AddiGrouped726———
إد الݣلابId GalabGrouped723———
اعوايسنAouaysenGrouped214———
السماهرةEsmahara10 douars · 673 people
تيجيكنTijigneGrouped1450———
إد مباركId EmbarecIn parts1956———
إنفلاسInflasIn parts26114———
إد همو الحسينId Hammou LhoussineIn parts361421.01.19.0
تاوينغتTaouinghtIn parts827———
إد زربانId ZarbaneIn parts311010.81.110.4
تيكتانTiktaneDispersed1661———
اضورانId OuraneIn parts936———
كرنونKernounGrouped28———
دارت وافاDart OuafaGrouped1978———

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
10.473.05.11
As digits
104730511
Slug
tangarfa
OpenStreetMap
2886009
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tangarfa");

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