Taouzint

توزينت

Rural commune in the cercle of El Kelâa-Beni Ameur, province of El Kelâa Des-Sraghna, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
5,217
Since 2014
−7.7%from 5,651 in 2014
Density
142people per km², 36.7 km²
Households
1,214
Rank
1,1781,178th most populous of 1,503 communes40th of 43 in its province

Next door in Znada, 68.0% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.4%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 3.2% to 61.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ermila. Running water: 96.8% here, 84.9% there; in the labour force: 35.0% here, 33.6% there; Darija: 99.6% here, 96.1% there.

Compare it with Ermila

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 Taouzint.

Taouzint −7.7%

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
43.6%aged 10 and over53.7% in 201449.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
61.6%3.2% in 201475.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.0%aged 15 and over49.1% in 20142.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.93children per woman3.19 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.4%of people4.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.3people on average5.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
96.8%of settled households97.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Taouzint: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.8%75 and over3.0%
3.4%70–742.8%
2.9%65–692.7%
3.7%60–644.7%
4.6%55–593.6%
4.9%50–545.0%
6.2%45–496.0%
6.4%40–446.5%
6.0%35–396.8%
5.7%30–346.7%
5.0%25–296.0%
5.0%20–246.4%
10.2%15–198.7%
13.0%10–1411.8%
11.6%5–911.5%
8.5%0–47.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.6%
  • Tachelhit0.5%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French26.0%
  • English4.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle47.2%
  • On foot27.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work15.8%
  • Bus3.6%
  • Private car2.3%
  • Employer’s transport1.9%
  • Taxi1.3%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Informal transport0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
9718.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
5253.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
561.1 per business
Public services
30
Associations
15in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce80.8%
  • Industry15.4%
  • Services3.8%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person92.3%
  • 2 to 37.7%
  • 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 later25.0%
  • 2011–201948.1%
  • 2001–201011.5%
  • 1991–20005.8%
  • 1981–19905.8%
  • 1956–19803.8%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Taouzint’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 11 douars in 3 fractions, with 5,217 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
تاوزينت 1Taouzint 15 douars · 2,713 people
أولاد ناصرOulad NacerIn parts1616871.01.19.0
لحمامدةLahmamdaIn parts983710.10.414.7
أيت سي دحانAit Si DahhaneGrouped923790.51.614.9
أولاد عليليشOulad LilichIn parts1767020.91.29.8
زاوية سيدي منصورZaouia Sd MansourGrouped1455741.01.04.1
تاوزينت 2Taouzint 25 douars · 2,315 people
للالة حاجةLalla HajjaIn parts1195201.01.21.5
المجادبةel MjadbaGrouped1516970.91.11.9
الحدادةHaddadaGrouped1094880.72.93.4
أيت سي عبد اللهAit Si AbdellahIn parts793881.01.01.0
الغديرةEl GhdiraGrouped462221.01.91.8
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 189 people
امبيركاتAmbirkatGrouped381890.91.89.6

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code
Code
07.191.13.39
As digits
071911339
Slug
taouzint
OpenStreetMap
2881954
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("taouzint");

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