Targa Wassay

تركى وساي

Rural commune in the cercle of Laqsabi, province of Guelmim, Guelmim-Oued Noun.

Population, 2024
635
Since 2014
−25.9%from 857 in 2014
Density
6.5people per km², 98 km²
Households
161
Foreign residents
1
Rank
1,4971,497th most populous of 1,503 communes19th of 20 in its province

Where it is

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

TaghjijtAmtdiAdayIfrane Atlas SaghirTimoulayFaskTaganteBouizakarneAit BoufoulenAbaynouGuelmimAsrirTiglitEchatea El AbiedTaliouine AssakaLaqsabi TagoustLabyarAferkatRass Oumlil

How it changed

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

Targa Wassay −25.9%

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
41.3%aged 10 and over41.1% in 201456.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
13.2%36.0% in 201415.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
40.3%aged 15 and over43.8% in 20147.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.86children per woman0.77 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.2%of people3.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
95.0%of settled households82.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Targa Wassay: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
8.5%75 and over8.9%
4.8%70–743.9%
6.2%65–696.4%
4.0%60–646.4%
3.7%55–596.0%
4.2%50–549.9%
5.9%45–496.7%
4.2%40–448.2%
5.9%35–399.6%
9.1%30–347.8%
6.2%25–295.0%
4.8%20–243.9%
6.8%15–193.5%
7.6%10–145.7%
10.8%5–94.6%
7.1%0–43.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.8%
  • Tachelhit18.0%
  • Hassania4.4%
  • Tamazight0.5%
  • Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.4%
  • French47.5%
  • English7.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot56.5%
  • Private car9.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle7.3%
  • Taxi5.1%
  • Bus1.7%
  • Employer’s transport0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
2234.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
627.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
142.3 per business
Public services
15
Associations
1in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce66.7%
  • Industry16.7%
  • Services16.7%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person66.7%
  • 2 to 30.0%
  • 4 to 933.3%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later83.3%
  • 2011–201916.7%
  • 2001–20100.0%
  • 1991–20000.0%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
10.261.07.19
As digits
102610719
Slug
targa-wassay
Record
/api/communes/10.261.07.19.json
Boundary
/api/communes/10.261.07.19/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/10.261.07.19/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/10.261.07.19/economy.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/10.261.07.19/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2885944
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("targa-wassay");

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