Taounza
تاونزة
Rural commune in the cercle of Bzou, province of Azilal, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.
- Population, 2024
- 10,254
- Since 2014
- −10.7%from 11,488 in 2014
- Density
- 61.8people per km², 166.1 km²
- Households
- 2,407
- Rank
- 732732nd most populous of 1,503 communes29th of 44 in its province
Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 59.2% to 86.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ida Ou Aazza. Darija: 41.7% here, 41.4% there; unemployment: 9.7% here, 7.5% there; higher education: 3.2% here, 2.4% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
Postcode
22122
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Taounza.
Taounza −10.7%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 40.6%aged 10 and over49.6% in 201454.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 9.7%3.3% in 201415.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 33.1%aged 15 and over47.5% in 20142.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 97.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.48children per woman3.60 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.1%of people5.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.3people on average6.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 96.4%of settled households79.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3% | 75 and over | 4.8% | ||
| 3.3% | 70–74 | 3.1% | ||
| 3.6% | 65–69 | 3.7% | ||
| 3.9% | 60–64 | 5.0% | ||
| 4.0% | 55–59 | 3.5% | ||
| 4.8% | 50–54 | 4.9% | ||
| 5.3% | 45–49 | 5.4% | ||
| 6.4% | 40–44 | 5.8% | ||
| 6.5% | 35–39 | 6.6% | ||
| 6.9% | 30–34 | 6.0% | ||
| 5.2% | 25–29 | 6.1% | ||
| 6.6% | 20–24 | 6.5% | ||
| 8.6% | 15–19 | 8.6% | ||
| 11.1% | 10–14 | 11.7% | ||
| 10.3% | 5–9 | 10.2% | ||
| 9.1% | 0–4 | 8.2% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 49.6%aged 10 and over40.6% in 202465.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 3.3%9.7% in 20246.0% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 47.5%aged 15 and over33.1% in 202411.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 94.5%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 3.60children per woman2.48 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.6%of people5.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 6.2people on average4.3 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 79.6%of settled households96.4% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3% | 75 and over | 3.7% | ||
| 2.0% | 70–74 | 2.1% | ||
| 2.0% | 65–69 | 2.2% | ||
| 3.7% | 60–64 | 3.8% | ||
| 3.4% | 55–59 | 3.9% | ||
| 4.4% | 50–54 | 4.7% | ||
| 4.0% | 45–49 | 4.2% | ||
| 4.8% | 40–44 | 5.2% | ||
| 5.7% | 35–39 | 5.8% | ||
| 7.7% | 30–34 | 6.2% | ||
| 7.8% | 25–29 | 7.8% | ||
| 10.0% | 20–24 | 8.3% | ||
| 9.4% | 15–19 | 9.4% | ||
| 9.9% | 10–14 | 10.1% | ||
| 9.4% | 5–9 | 9.7% | ||
| 12.3% | 0–4 | 13.0% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 19719.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 6533.0% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 661.0 per business
- Public services
- 101
- Associations
- 31in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Douars
Taounza’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 29 douars in 7 fractions, with 10,254 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| أيت وقديرAit Oukdir4 douars · 3,055 people | ||||||
| تمريغتTamrighte | Grouped | 235 | 936 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 7.4 |
| إفرضنIferdene | Grouped | 232 | 878 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 9.1 |
| إنغماشInaghmach | Dispersed | 34 | 131 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 6.2 |
| تاونزة المركزTaounza Centre | Grouped | 240 | 1,110 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| أيت طوطسAit Touts5 douars · 1,951 people | ||||||
| أيت عبد السلامAit Abdeslam | In parts | 90 | 379 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 14.7 |
| أيت جاباAit Jaba | In parts | 79 | 312 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 13.6 |
| إميزارImizare | Dispersed | 64 | 290 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 15.7 |
| إحدجامنIhadjamane | In parts | 76 | 304 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 10.3 |
| أيت وحمانAit Ou Ahmane | In parts | 161 | 666 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 8.1 |
| أيت إعزمAit Izem4 douars · 1,143 people | ||||||
| أيت إيشوAit Ichou | In parts | 66 | 341 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 7.3 |
| أيت إبراهيمAit Brahim | Grouped | 36 | 191 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 7.4 |
| إنجارInjar | Grouped | 54 | 271 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 12.0 |
| أيت الطالبAit Taleb | Dispersed | 67 | 340 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 7.1 |
| أيت ويزكانAit Ouyzkane5 douars · 1,636 people | ||||||
| أيت علي أو ݣلعيدAit Ali Ou Glaid | Grouped | 63 | 283 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 4.2 |
| أيت علي أو يوسفAit Ali Youssef | Grouped | 63 | 258 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 9.7 |
| أمازيرAmazir | Grouped | 123 | 478 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
| أيت مسعودAit Massoud | Dispersed | 26 | 91 | — | — | — |
| أيت ومشادAyt Ouamchad | Grouped | 130 | 526 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 6.3 |
| أيت أومعلاAit Aoumala3 douars · 1,074 people | ||||||
| أيت إفريAit Ifri | Grouped | 122 | 552 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 9.8 |
| أيت إغرمAit Ighram | Grouped | 66 | 325 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 10.9 |
| تاݣوتيتTagoutit | Grouped | 46 | 197 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 7.9 |
| إخرخوضنIkharkhoudn3 douars · 900 people | ||||||
| أيت أولحاجAit Ou Lhaje | Grouped | 39 | 183 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 2.8 |
| أيت عيسىAit Ou Aissa | In parts | 65 | 277 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| حنضورHandour | In parts | 99 | 440 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| تحلوTahlou5 douars · 495 people | ||||||
| أيت داودAit Daoud | Grouped | 15 | 55 | — | — | — |
| إبقلاتنIbakallatan | Grouped | 23 | 91 | — | — | — |
| أيت إغيرAit Ighir | Grouped | 25 | 98 | — | — | — |
| أيت أمحندAit M'Hand | Grouped | 27 | 106 | — | — | — |
| أيت عبد الوافيAit Abdelouafi | Grouped | 41 | 145 | 7.8 | 2.2 | 18.0 |
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
05.081.05.19- As digits
050810519- Slug
taounza- Census figures
/api/communes/05.081.05.19/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/05.081.05.19/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/05.081.05.19/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/05.081.05.19/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2887215
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("taounza");