Taounate

تاونات

Urban commune in the province of Taounate, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
39,114
Since 2014
+4.0%from 37,616 in 2014
Density
616people per km², 63.5 km²
Households
10,078
Foreign residents
32
Rank
132132nd most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 49 in its province

Where it is

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

El BibaneOudkaAin MediounaKissaneTafrantTaboudaSidi Yahia Bni ZeroualRhafsaiThar Es-SoukBni Ounjel TafraoutTameditBouhoudaGalazZrizerBouadelRghiouaFennassa Bab El HitSidi MokhfiKhlalfaAin MaatoufBni OulidRas El OuedTissaAin AichaEl BsabsaOulad DaoudBouaroussLouljaSidi El AbedBouchabelJbabraKaria Ba MohamedMoulay AbdelkrimMoulay BouchtaRhouaziSidi M'hamed Ben LahcenMessassaOutabouabaneAin LegdahOulad AyyadOued JemaaBni SnousMkansaOurtzarhMezraouaTimezganaRatbaSidi Haj M'hamed

Bordering communes

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Taounate.

Taounate +4.0%

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
21.3%aged 10 and over26.3% in 201428.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
16.5%18.9% in 201420.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.9%aged 15 and over43.9% in 201413.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.23children per woman2.48 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.2%of people4.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
96.1%of settled households93.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Taounate: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.6%75 and over2.6%
2.1%70–741.8%
3.5%65–692.8%
4.8%60–644.4%
5.2%55–594.7%
6.1%50–545.5%
6.3%45–496.1%
6.4%40–446.6%
6.7%35–397.1%
6.1%30–347.4%
5.4%25–296.9%
6.5%20–247.4%
9.4%15–199.0%
10.2%10–1410.0%
10.6%5–99.8%
8.3%0–48.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.2%
  • Tachelhit1.3%
  • Tarifit0.7%
  • Tamazight0.5%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French50.8%
  • English16.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot55.1%
  • Private car16.4%
  • Taxi12.6%
  • Employer’s transport2.8%
  • Bus1.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.4%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Taounate’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
11,542
Standing empty
18.3%9.8% vacant8.5% a second home
Precarious
4.8%0.9% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
86.9%94.7% on the water mains97.2% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
6.9%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house92.3%
  • Rural-type3.6%
  • Apartment1.6%
  • Slum or basic house0.9%
  • Traditional house0.8%
  • Villa0.5%
  • Other0.4%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years61.6%
  • 20 to 49 years32.8%
  • 50 years or more5.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,64442.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1,47789.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2,8031.9 per business
Public services
134
Associations
33in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce55.9%
  • Services32.4%
  • Industry8.9%
  • Construction2.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person55.8%
  • 2 to 336.4%
  • 4 to 96.8%
  • 10 to 491.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later29.5%
  • 2011–201939.8%
  • 2001–201019.6%
  • 1991–20008.1%
  • 1981–19902.2%
  • 1956–19800.7%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
03.531.01.05
As digits
035310105
Slug
taounate
Record
/api/communes/03.531.01.05.json
Boundary
/api/communes/03.531.01.05/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/03.531.01.05/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.531.01.05/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/03.531.01.05/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.531.01.05/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2753140
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("taounate");

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