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

Where it is

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

Timzguida-OuftasIda Ou GuelloulSidi Hmad Ou M'barekIda Ou KazzouAit Aissa IhahaneTamanarTafednaIda Ou AazzaSmimouImgradeImi-N'tlitTakouchtAglifAit DaoudAdaghasAssaisBouzemmourTahelouanteBizdadSidi GhanemeSidi El JazouliTidziSidi H'mad Ou HamedSidi KaoukiEzzaouiteMeskalaKorimateMouaridAit SaidAguerdKechoulaMejjiLagdadraEl HanchaneLahsinateOunaghaEssaouiraHad DraMoulay BouzarqtouneTakateAquermoudSidi IshaqSidi Ali El KoratiSidi AbdeljalilTalmestM'khalifSidi LaaroussiMzilateM'ramerSidi BoulaalamSidi Aissa RegraguiZaouiat Ben HmidaSidi M'hamed Ou MarzouqOulad M'rabetTafetachteSidi Ahmed Essayeh

How it changed

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

Targante −16.0%

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
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.

Targante: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.9%75 and over6.1%
3.3%70–743.6%
3.7%65–693.5%
3.9%60–644.6%
4.4%55–594.9%
5.0%50–545.7%
6.2%45–496.3%
5.7%40–445.4%
6.8%35–395.7%
5.9%30–346.5%
7.1%25–295.3%
7.8%20–246.6%
7.9%15–198.2%
9.1%10–149.3%
10.3%5–99.6%
7.9%0–48.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit99.5%
  • Tamazight12.4%
  • Darija12.2%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.2%
  • French31.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh11.7%
  • English6.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot32.6%
  • Bus21.9%
  • Taxi13.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle5.6%
  • Private car2.2%
  • Employer’s transport1.0%

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

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce64.3%
  • Industry33.3%
  • Services2.4%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person71.4%
  • 2 to 323.8%
  • 4 to 94.8%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later21.4%
  • 2011–201921.4%
  • 2001–20107.1%
  • 1991–200019.0%
  • 1981–199028.6%
  • 1956–19802.4%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
07.211.05.47
As digits
072110547
Slug
targante
Record
/api/communes/07.211.05.47.json
Boundary
/api/communes/07.211.05.47/boundary.geojson
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
OpenStreetMap
2820901
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("targante");

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