Tansifte

تنسيفت

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

Population, 2024
11,389
Since 2014
−5.0%from 11,987 in 2014
Density
6.1people per km², 1,875.5 km²
Households
2,040
Foreign residents
3
Rank
645645th most populous of 1,503 communes9th of 25 in its province

Next door in Tarmigt, 79.7% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 6.4%.

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 84.6% to 97.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tamda Noumercid. Darija: 42.6% here, 42.6% there; running water: 93.8% here, 85.6% there; aged 0 to 14: 30.5% here, 30.6% there.

Compare it with Tamda Noumercid

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 Tansifte.

Tansifte −5.0%

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
32.2%aged 10 and over41.4% in 201443.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
27.5%15.7% in 201455.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
29.1%aged 15 and over33.0% in 20144.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.49children per woman1.80 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.6%of people4.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.6people on average7.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
93.8%of settled households82.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tansifte: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.2%75 and over4.3%
2.8%70–743.4%
2.9%65–693.5%
3.7%60–644.5%
3.4%55–594.1%
3.7%50–545.5%
5.2%45–495.6%
6.0%40–446.6%
6.2%35–396.4%
6.4%30–346.8%
6.4%25–296.3%
7.3%20–246.7%
9.6%15–197.6%
11.0%10–1410.0%
11.3%5–910.3%
10.1%0–48.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit87.7%
  • Darija42.6%
  • Tamazight11.4%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic97.8%
  • French40.0%
  • English13.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh8.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot52.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle11.2%
  • Employer’s transport8.2%
  • Bus7.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work7.3%
  • Informal transport5.0%
  • Taxi3.8%
  • Private car3.5%
  • Animal0.6%
  • Another way0.5%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
20417.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
10250.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1351.3 per business
Public services
76
Associations
26in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce78.4%
  • Services16.7%
  • Industry2.9%
  • Construction2.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person93.1%
  • 2 to 32.9%
  • 4 to 92.9%
  • 10 to 491.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later29.4%
  • 2011–201931.4%
  • 2001–201018.6%
  • 1991–200013.7%
  • 1981–19904.9%
  • 1956–19802.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Tansifte’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 20 douars in 3 fractions, with 11,332 people. 57 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
تيسركاتTissergate7 douars · 3,967 people
إكموضIkmoudGrouped856391.01.02.6
تيكيتTguîtGrouped1841,4311.01.01.2
البرجEl BorjGrouped523251.01.01.0
الروضاتRoudâtGrouped553631.01.01.0
أيت الخرجAit El KhrajGrouped533751.01.06.1
أرامضArâmdGrouped966431.01.08.0
تسوقتTassoûktGrouped301911.01.05.5
تانسيفت الاولىTansifte El Aoula6 douars · 2,450 people
الفكارةEl FeguaraGrouped844844.01.92.6
زاوية أوزدينZaouia OuzdineGrouped1174314.60.214.1
أيت سمكانAit SemganeGrouped1616570.70.815.7
زاوية إيناسZaouia AinassGrouped552355.80.320.8
تيدلين- بوعرابTidline BourabGrouped612811.31.436.2
تساوانتTassaouanteGrouped823622.02.720.9
تانسيفت الثانيةTansifte Ettania7 douars · 4,915 people
تاسلاTaslaIn parts1941,0110.50.73.7
أوريكة تانسيفتOurika TansifteIn parts663381.02.14.9
أوريكة واورماستOurika WawrmastGrouped27175———
أيت ساونAit SaounGrouped1425580.91.628.0
تمضروستTamdrostDispersed784551.50.819.9
أوريزAourizGrouped2721,5401.01.11.8
الحارة شعوEl Hara ChaaouGrouped1418380.91.01.6

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
08.587.03.39
As digits
085870339
Slug
tansifte
OpenStreetMap
2884932
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tansifte");

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