Targante
تاركانت
Rural commune in the cercle of Tamanar, province of Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi.
- Population, 2024
- 6,392
- Since 2014
- −16.0%from 7,605 in 2014
- Density
- 37.2people per km², 172 km²
- Households
- 1,542
- Foreign residents
- 1
- Rank
- 1,0651,065th most populous of 1,503 communes22nd of 57 in its province
Next door in Tamanar, 50.6% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 1.2%.
Since 2014, households with running water went from 0.8% to 31.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Oulad Amghar. Can’t read or write: 44.2% here, 47.3% there; read French: 31.6% here, 35.6% there; higher education: 2.5% here, 2.9% there.
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 Targante.
Targante −16.0%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 44.2%aged 10 and over52.5% in 201457.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 13.3%6.9% in 201424.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 35.9%aged 15 and over42.7% in 20141.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 96.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.23children per woman2.94 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.8%of people5.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.1people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 31.2%of settled households0.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.9% | 75 and over | 6.1% | ||
| 3.3% | 70–74 | 3.6% | ||
| 3.7% | 65–69 | 3.5% | ||
| 3.9% | 60–64 | 4.6% | ||
| 4.4% | 55–59 | 4.9% | ||
| 5.0% | 50–54 | 5.7% | ||
| 6.2% | 45–49 | 6.3% | ||
| 5.7% | 40–44 | 5.4% | ||
| 6.8% | 35–39 | 5.7% | ||
| 5.9% | 30–34 | 6.5% | ||
| 7.1% | 25–29 | 5.3% | ||
| 7.8% | 20–24 | 6.6% | ||
| 7.9% | 15–19 | 8.2% | ||
| 9.1% | 10–14 | 9.3% | ||
| 10.3% | 5–9 | 9.6% | ||
| 7.9% | 0–4 | 8.6% | ||
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
- 52.5%aged 10 and over44.2% in 202466.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 6.9%13.3% in 202429.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 42.7%aged 15 and over35.9% in 20244.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 94.0%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.94children per woman2.23 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.7%of people5.8% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.2people on average4.1 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 0.8%of settled households31.2% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2% | 75 and over | 3.4% | ||
| 2.3% | 70–74 | 2.6% | ||
| 2.2% | 65–69 | 2.6% | ||
| 3.4% | 60–64 | 3.3% | ||
| 3.7% | 55–59 | 3.3% | ||
| 3.7% | 50–54 | 4.9% | ||
| 4.9% | 45–49 | 4.1% | ||
| 5.0% | 40–44 | 5.9% | ||
| 7.9% | 35–39 | 6.5% | ||
| 7.2% | 30–34 | 7.1% | ||
| 8.7% | 25–29 | 7.0% | ||
| 8.1% | 20–24 | 9.2% | ||
| 9.2% | 15–19 | 8.9% | ||
| 10.2% | 10–14 | 10.7% | ||
| 9.5% | 5–9 | 10.0% | ||
| 10.9% | 0–4 | 10.6% | ||
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
- 21133.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 4219.9% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 661.6 per business
- Public services
- 152
- Associations
- 17in premises of their own
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
Targante’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 31 douars in 4 fractions, with 6,358 people. 34 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| إفني إمراينIfni Imrrayne12 douars · 2,579 people | ||||||
| بوطبلBou Tbel | In parts | 39 | 186 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 6.4 |
| اكنزيIganzi | Dispersed | 47 | 211 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 6.5 |
| إدو ستينId Setine | In parts | 49 | 177 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 9.7 |
| تابياTabia | In parts | 57 | 222 | 4.5 | 1.7 | 10.1 |
| إد بانياId Bania | Grouped | 13 | 41 | — | — | — |
| تسلا إخرازنTassila Ikharrazene | In parts | 73 | 271 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 5.8 |
| إد الحسينId Lhocine | Grouped | 50 | 213 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 5.2 |
| أشتوكAchtouk | In parts | 66 | 244 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| مركز تاركانتCentre Targante | Grouped | 28 | 104 | — | — | — |
| إضرضارIderdar | In parts | 51 | 207 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 14.1 |
| أيت بوملاكAït Boumlak | In parts | 123 | 466 | 4.4 | 1.1 | 16.7 |
| تسيلا نتكجداTassila n' Tigjda | Grouped | 67 | 237 | 5.1 | 1.2 | 29.2 |
| إفراخسIferkhes6 douars · 1,177 people | ||||||
| إدو تناريتDou Tnuruyt | Dispersed | 40 | 164 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| اد موسىId Moussa | Dispersed | 53 | 235 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| إكي إفراخسIggui Iferkhes | Grouped | 22 | 81 | — | — | — |
| أزفاضAzefad | Dispersed | 32 | 132 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| إد وزارId Ouazar | Dispersed | 34 | 156 | 6.7 | 2.9 | 12.2 |
| إد الزيوId Ziou | Dispersed | 106 | 409 | 5.2 | 1.4 | 11.2 |
| أتانانAtanane12 douars · 2,594 people | ||||||
| إخميسنIkhmissene | Dispersed | 63 | 299 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 11.8 |
| اد لزركId Lazrag | Dispersed | 70 | 320 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 12.2 |
| اد حمدةId Hamda | Dispersed | 74 | 353 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| ادو خرازId Ou Kharraz | Dispersed | 95 | 451 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 7.2 |
| إكعانIkaane | Grouped | 27 | 109 | — | — | — |
| لمشركLmachrak | Dispersed | 52 | 204 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| تفرضينTaferdine | Dispersed | 16 | 60 | — | — | — |
| اد حمادId Mhmed | Grouped | 17 | 70 | — | — | — |
| ابن عيادBen Ayyid | Dispersed | 23 | 114 | — | — | — |
| إد بن سعيدId Ben Said | Dispersed | 85 | 366 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 14.9 |
| أمربطAmerbet | Dispersed | 48 | 191 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 15.6 |
| الزاويتZaouit | Dispersed | 19 | 57 | — | — | — |
| مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 8 people | ||||||
| تاجابريتTajabrit | Dispersed | 3 | 8 | — | — | — |
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
07.211.05.47- As digits
072110547- Slug
targante- Census figures
/api/communes/07.211.05.47/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/07.211.05.47/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/07.211.05.47/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/07.211.05.47/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2820901
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("targante");