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

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

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
Men	Age	Women
4.2%	75 and over	4.3%
2.8%	70–74	3.4%
2.9%	65–69	3.5%
3.7%	60–64	4.5%
3.4%	55–59	4.1%
3.7%	50–54	5.5%
5.2%	45–49	5.6%
6.0%	40–44	6.6%
6.2%	35–39	6.4%
6.4%	30–34	6.8%
6.4%	25–29	6.3%
7.3%	20–24	6.7%
9.6%	15–19	7.6%
11.0%	10–14	10.0%
11.3%	5–9	10.3%
10.1%	0–4	8.4%

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%

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%
Taxi3.8%
Private car3.5%

Can’t read or write: 41.4%aged 10 and over32.2% in 202454.1% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 15.7%27.5% in 202451.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 33.0%aged 15 and over29.1% in 20243.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 94.1%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.80children per woman2.49 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.2%of people3.6% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 7.2people on average5.6 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 82.1%of settled households93.8% in 202473.0% 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
Men	Age	Women
3.4%	75 and over	2.6%
2.0%	70–74	2.0%
2.3%	65–69	2.2%
3.0%	60–64	3.7%
3.2%	55–59	4.1%
3.1%	50–54	4.4%
3.7%	45–49	3.8%
4.3%	40–44	5.8%
6.1%	35–39	6.8%
6.9%	30–34	8.2%
8.6%	25–29	8.5%
9.9%	20–24	10.1%
10.2%	15–19	9.2%
10.2%	10–14	9.1%
10.7%	5–9	8.7%
12.2%	0–4	11.0%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit87.0%
Darija38.1%
Tamazight1.5%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic only42.8%
Arabic and French25.4%
Other combinations24.2%
Arabic, French and English7.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot59.7%
Bus10.2%
Taxi8.7%
Bike or motorcycle5.9%
Employer’s transport4.5%
Private car3.6%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood43.8%
Another province17.7%
Another commune13.0%
Another in the commune10.8%
No fixed place10.7%
At home0.6%
Somewhere else0.5%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Crafts and skilled trades30.4%
Labouring and small trades25.3%
Farming and fishing16.2%
Machine operating7.1%
Clerical work7.0%
Farm and fishing labour5.5%
Trade and broking3.4%
Managers and senior professionals2.5%
Not classified1.4%
Technicians1.2%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma66.5%
Primary20.9%
Lower secondary6.7%
Upper secondary4.1%
DEUG or Licence1.7%
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: 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

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%

In the data

Code: 08.587.03.39
As digits: 085870339
Slug: tansifte
Record: /api/communes/08.587.03.39.json
Boundary: /api/communes/08.587.03.39/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/08.587.03.39/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/08.587.03.39/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/08.587.03.39/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2884932

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tansifte");

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