Tarmigt

ترميكت

Rural commune in the cercle of Ouarzazate, province of Ouarzazate, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
46,963
Since 2014
+16.9%from 40,184 in 2014
Density
48.5people per km², 968.1 km²
Households
10,058
Foreign residents
31
Rank
109109th most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 17 in its province

Next door in Ait Zineb, 0.2% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 79.7%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 36.4% to 79.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Laattaouia. Can’t read or write: 20.6% here, 24.3% there; running water: 96.7% here, 99.0% there; higher education: 9.6% here, 8.4% there.

Compare it with Laattaouia

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 Tarmigt.

Tarmigt +16.9%

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
20.6%aged 10 and over26.3% in 201428.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
21.5%17.2% in 201444.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.0%aged 15 and over40.3% in 201410.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.81children per woman2.73 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.4%of people3.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.7people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
96.7%of settled households91.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tarmigt: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.3%75 and over2.5%
2.5%70–742.0%
3.1%65–692.6%
3.6%60–643.8%
4.3%55–594.0%
5.3%50–545.4%
5.5%45–496.4%
6.6%40–447.4%
6.5%35–397.4%
6.6%30–347.7%
6.1%25–296.8%
6.9%20–247.7%
9.6%15–198.7%
11.7%10–1410.3%
10.6%5–99.4%
8.9%0–47.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija78.2%
  • Tachelhit72.5%
  • Tamazight10.3%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.0%
  • French56.0%
  • English19.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh7.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot36.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle28.1%
  • Private car11.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work7.5%
  • Taxi6.7%
  • Employer’s transport5.6%
  • Bus3.5%
  • Another way1.1%
  • Informal transport0.4%
  • Animal0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Tarmigt’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
10,077
Standing empty
26.4%18.6% vacant7.8% a second home
Precarious
3.3%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
88.0%91.7% on the water mains91.3% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
4.5%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house91.3%
  • Traditional house4.8%
  • Rural-type2.9%
  • Apartment0.5%
  • Other0.3%
  • Villa0.2%
  • Slum or basic house0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years78.1%
  • 20 to 49 years19.5%
  • 50 years or more2.4%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,33828.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1,18688.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2,1451.8 per business
Public services
104
Associations
48in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce55.3%
  • Services25.2%
  • Industry12.4%
  • Construction7.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person82.1%
  • 2 to 311.9%
  • 4 to 94.5%
  • 10 to 491.3%
  • 50 and over0.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later44.2%
  • 2011–201936.9%
  • 2001–201010.7%
  • 1991–20005.4%
  • 1981–19901.3%
  • 1956–19801.4%
  • Before 19560.1%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Tabounte37,465

Douars

Tarmigt’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 18 douars in 5 fractions, with 9,454 people. Another 37,465 live in Tabounte, its urban centre, which has no douars. 44 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
تاجدةTajda6 douars · 4,656 people
تازروتTazroutGrouped1427010.92.03.0
تلمسلاTalmaslaGrouped2119781.11.22.8
تلاتTalateGrouped3221,4951.71.94.7
تيفراتينTifratineGrouped27151———
أغبالوAghbalouGrouped1450———
فينتFintIn parts2741,2813.32.413.6
تابونتTabount2 douars · 1,815 people
زاوية سيدي عثمانZaouia Sidi AthmaneGrouped3441,4590.00.53.2
تجزئة سدي عثمانLotissement Sidi OthmaneGrouped823560.21.54.3
تكنزالتTaganzalt4 douars · 816 people
تكنزالتTaganzaltIn parts662091.11.319.0
إغلسIghlsGrouped1154492.01.037.0
تامايوستTamaiyoustIn parts311212.31.339.3
إميضرImiderGrouped637———
تماستTamaste3 douars · 1,837 people
تيفولتوتTifoultouteGrouped1908270.30.710.0
اغانAghaneGrouped1144800.20.48.4
تاغرامتTagharramtGrouped1445300.31.06.3
ازاركيAzarki3 douars · 330 people
ازاركيAzarkiGrouped1055———
كشايتKechaytGrouped492621.01.525.9
الكولفEl KoulefGrouped613———

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
08.401.07.09
As digits
084010709
Slug
tarmigt
OpenStreetMap
2887649
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tarmigt");

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