Tarsouat

تارسواط

Rural commune in the cercle of Tafraout, province of Tiznit, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
2,001
Since 2014
−15.8%from 2,375 in 2014
Density
9.9people per km², 202 km²
Households
741
Rank
1,4391,439th most populous of 1,503 communes22nd of 25 in its province

Where it is

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

Arbaa SahelSidi BouabdelliBounaamaneTnine AglouReggadaTiznitEl Maader El KabirArbaa RasmoukaOuijjaneTighmiTnine AdayAnziArbaa Ait AhmedTizoughraneIrigh N'tahalaAmmelneTafraout El MouloudTafraoutTassrirtAfella IghirAit OuafqaAit IssafenIda Ou GougmarSidi Ahmed Ou Moussa

How it changed

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

Tarsouat −15.8%

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
42.8%aged 10 and over46.7% in 201459.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
29.9%19.9% in 201434.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
24.0%aged 15 and over26.5% in 20144.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.80children per woman2.18 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.1%of people10.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
2.6people on average3.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
53.7%of settled households50.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tarsouat: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
10.3%75 and over14.0%
5.2%70–745.8%
6.5%65–696.5%
8.0%60–647.8%
8.0%55–598.3%
5.6%50–548.4%
6.1%45–496.0%
6.1%40–445.5%
5.2%35–394.5%
4.8%30–344.2%
3.7%25–293.4%
4.4%20–244.7%
7.0%15–195.0%
7.7%10–146.1%
7.1%5–96.4%
4.3%0–43.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit99.4%
  • Darija58.4%
  • Tamazight0.4%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.5%
  • French55.5%
  • English22.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh3.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot36.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle10.1%
  • Private car8.5%
  • Employer’s transport3.9%
  • Taxi2.3%
  • Bus0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
15376.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1811.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
261.4 per business
Public services
129
Associations
6in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce55.6%
  • Services27.8%
  • Industry16.7%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person88.9%
  • 2 to 30.0%
  • 4 to 911.1%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later16.7%
  • 2011–201944.4%
  • 2001–20105.6%
  • 1991–200016.7%
  • 1981–199016.7%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
09.581.09.09
As digits
095810909
Slug
tarsouat
Record
/api/communes/09.581.09.09.json
Boundary
/api/communes/09.581.09.09/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/09.581.09.09/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/09.581.09.09/economy.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/09.581.09.09/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2888735
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tarsouat");

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