Tassift

تاسيفت

Rural commune in the cercle of Bou Ahmed, province of Chefchaouen, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024
6,924
Since 2014
−6.0%from 7,363 in 2014
Density
33.3people per km², 208.2 km²
Households
1,459
Foreign residents
1
Rank
1,0121,012th most populous of 1,503 communes26th of 28 in its province

Next door in Al Oued, 64.3% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 14.1%.

Since 2014, the share of people aged 15 and over in the labour force went from 58.5% to 46.0%. Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sebt Loudaya. Running water: 23.2% here, 21.3% there; aged 65 and over: 7.2% here, 7.3% there; higher education: 1.9% here, 2.4% there.

Compare it with Sebt Loudaya

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 Tassift.

Tassift −6.0%

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
33.6%aged 10 and over41.8% in 201445.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
25.9%14.2% in 201424.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
46.0%aged 15 and over58.5% in 20149.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.72children per woman2.70 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.0%of people4.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.7people on average6.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
23.2%of settled households28.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tassift: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.1%75 and over2.9%
1.8%70–741.7%
2.3%65–692.4%
3.5%60–643.8%
3.0%55–593.3%
4.3%50–544.4%
5.0%45–494.8%
5.8%40–445.6%
7.4%35–396.4%
7.9%30–347.8%
7.3%25–297.5%
8.2%20–248.2%
9.5%15–199.4%
10.4%10–1410.0%
11.4%5–911.1%
9.2%0–410.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.5%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French14.1%
  • English3.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot80.6%
  • Doesn’t travel to work7.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle3.9%
  • Informal transport1.6%
  • Taxi1.4%
  • Private car1.2%
  • Employer’s transport1.1%
  • Animal1.1%
  • Bus0.8%
  • Another way0.4%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
9714.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2525.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
371.5 per business
Public services
72
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce56.0%
  • Services36.0%
  • Industry8.0%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person76.0%
  • 2 to 316.0%
  • 4 to 98.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later12.0%
  • 2011–201940.0%
  • 2001–201012.0%
  • 1991–200016.0%
  • 1981–199016.0%
  • 1956–19804.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Tassift’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 20 douars in 5 fractions, with 6,924 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
بني سملولةBni Semloula4 douars · 1,183 people
ترينسTarinesseGrouped1507341.21.313.2
تمرابطTamrabeteGrouped553200.40.624.1
تينيسTinisGrouped631———
تازةTazaGrouped1998———
تاسفت|بني منصورTasaftbni Mansour2 douars · 2,441 people
تاسيفت السفلىTassifetsefliaIn parts4611,9840.30.61.0
تاسيفت الفوقيةTassifetfokiaIn parts1034574.44.24.4
مختارMokhtar7 douars · 1,547 people
مختارMokhtarIn parts1125647.11.87.5
آغيل نعامIghil N'amiGrouped3013519.01.019.0
أعطاAataGrouped2076———
إمدازنImdazineGrouped5531011.61.213.2
إكلوانIkelouaneGrouped29142———
آبليقAblikGrouped3221321.01.021.0
تازه وسعيدTaza Ou SaidGrouped23107———
آماغوسAmaghous2 douars · 1,086 people
آماغوس السفلىAmaghous EssouflaIn parts1657420.00.03.2
أماغوس العلياAmaghous El OuliaIn parts683443.11.07.4
تجنيارتTajanyaret5 douars · 667 people
تجنيارتTajanyaretGrouped1456———
تاجنيارتTajiniarteGrouped422160.10.227.1
تمسسنوتTamsasnouteGrouped29162———
بني معلاBni MaallaGrouped22133———
تيفروينTifiraouineIn parts24100———

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
01.151.07.11
As digits
011510711
Slug
tassift
OpenStreetMap
2563400
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tassift");

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