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

Next door in Tafraout, 91.2% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.7%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 19.9% to 29.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Compare it with other communes

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 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%
More census figures

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%
  • Doesn’t travel to work26.7%
  • Informal transport11.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle10.1%
  • Private car8.5%
  • Employer’s transport3.9%
  • Taxi2.3%
  • Bus0.0%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

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
More business figures

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%

Douars

Tarsouat’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 42 douars in 1 fraction, with 1,924 people. 77 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
أمانوزAmanouz42 douars · 1,924 people
أيت لشكرAit AchgarGrouped416———
تونينTounineGrouped1839———
إزربيIzerbiGrouped541391.01.11.0
أيت لحسن أوبراهيمAït Lahsene Ou BrahimGrouped510———
إغيل ومانIrhil WamaneGrouped1232———
تومراستToumarasstGrouped511———
أيت أوسعيدAït ou SaïdGrouped821———
إكوزارنIkouzarneGrouped32720.910.010.0
دوتكاديرتDoutgadirtGrouped513———
تيزيTiziGrouped401051.04.04.4
أوكموتAwgmoutGrouped49———
تييرغTirghGrouped613———
تجكالتTajgaltGrouped310———
أكادير أومانوزAgadir Ou ManouzGrouped926———
تيليواTiliouaGrouped1441———
أيت باهاAït BahaGrouped1849———
تيوغزةTughzaGrouped58———
أيت حساينAit HsaynGrouped1030———
إمكنسنImknsenGrouped930———
تاسكضاTaskedaGrouped1232———
إمشغالنImechghalenGrouped1336———
تيزكي أومزاورTizgui AoumzaourGrouped724———
أزمورAzemmourGrouped1728———
أفراAfraDispersed1937———
أكادير وولAgadir WoulGrouped1019———
إخرازنIkhrraznGrouped1958———
أوكدالAougdelGrouped1033———
تارسواطTarsouatGrouped1022671.11.120.0
إمي أوكاديرImi OugadirGrouped2162———
إزري إيخسAzri IkhssGrouped832———
تلكنونتTalkanountGrouped1021———
أوالاAoualaGrouped1230———
أكرسيفAgersifGrouped641662.09.020.9
أيت داودAit DaoudDispersed641751.06.913.8
تنسمتTansemtGrouped1138———
أوكضيشتAoukdichtGrouped1226———
تغرراطTaghraratGrouped2152———
تيوديتTioudditGrouped823———
تيغراسنTighrassnGrouped517———
أكني إكرامنAgni IgouramnGrouped621———
أفلاواوالاAflaouaoualaGrouped2144———
تفاكماتTaffagmatGrouped39———

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
09.581.09.09
As digits
095810909
Slug
tarsouat
OpenStreetMap
2888735
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tarsouat");

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