Tazart

تزارت

Rural commune in the cercle of Touama, province of Al Haouz, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024: 14,584
Since 2014: −4.3%from 15,243 in 2014
Density: 61.2people per km², 238.5 km²
Households: 3,144
Foreign residents: 3
Rank: 467467th most populous of 1,503 communes16th of 40 in its province

Next door in Sidi Rahal, 62.5% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 2.3%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 35.3% to 98.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tifni. Darija: 51.1% here, 45.3% there; running water: 98.0% here, 91.1% there; read French: 35.5% here, 36.1% there.

Compare it with Tifni

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

42084

How it changed

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

Tazart −4.3%

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: 48.5%aged 10 and over52.0% in 201457.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 23.1%16.1% in 201439.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 36.1%aged 15 and over44.9% in 20142.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.22children per woman3.02 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.2%of people5.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.6people on average5.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 98.0%of settled households35.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tazart: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.7%	75 and over	3.4%
3.4%	70–74	3.2%
3.4%	65–69	3.8%
4.3%	60–64	5.3%
3.5%	55–59	4.5%
4.1%	50–54	4.9%
6.1%	45–49	5.9%
6.5%	40–44	7.3%
7.0%	35–39	6.6%
7.4%	30–34	6.5%
7.4%	25–29	6.2%
7.4%	20–24	6.1%
8.3%	15–19	8.7%
9.9%	10–14	10.1%
9.7%	5–9	9.5%
7.7%	0–4	8.0%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit85.3%
Darija51.1%
Tamazight12.9%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic94.5%
French35.5%
English10.4%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh9.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot35.6%
Informal transport17.0%
Bus15.5%
Doesn’t travel to work10.9%
Bike or motorcycle8.6%
Taxi6.9%
Employer’s transport2.7%
Another way1.5%
Private car0.8%
Animal0.6%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 52.0%aged 10 and over48.5% in 202465.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 16.1%23.1% in 202455.2% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 44.9%aged 15 and over36.1% in 20249.3% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 92.1%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.02children per woman2.22 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.6%of people4.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.7people on average4.6 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 35.3%of settled households98.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Tazart: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.3%	75 and over	3.2%
2.1%	70–74	1.5%
2.3%	65–69	2.2%
3.8%	60–64	3.3%
3.6%	55–59	4.0%
4.6%	50–54	5.1%
3.9%	45–49	4.4%
4.5%	40–44	5.3%
7.1%	35–39	6.6%
8.2%	30–34	7.9%
9.4%	25–29	8.1%
9.7%	20–24	8.9%
9.4%	15–19	9.4%
9.0%	10–14	9.3%
9.3%	5–9	10.0%
10.8%	0–4	10.6%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit98.4%
Darija28.3%
Tamazight0.2%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic only58.3%
Arabic and French34.8%
Arabic, French and English5.7%
Other combinations1.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot38.9%
Bus29.7%
Taxi19.6%
Another way4.2%
Bike or motorcycle2.3%
Not stated1.7%
Private car1.6%
Employer’s transport0.8%
Works at home0.6%
Train0.5%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Another province45.5%
Their own neighbourhood26.1%
No fixed place13.5%
Another commune8.7%
Somewhere else2.2%
Another in the commune1.8%
Not stated1.7%
At home0.6%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Labouring and small trades38.2%
Crafts and skilled trades25.0%
Farming and fishing12.9%
Farm and fishing labour8.7%
Clerical work7.0%
Trade and broking3.2%
Machine operating2.7%
Managers and senior professionals0.9%
Not classified0.8%
Technicians0.6%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma79.2%
Primary16.1%
Lower secondary2.9%
Upper secondary1.3%
DEUG or Licence0.5%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 28319.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 12343.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1481.2 per business
Public services: 150
Associations: 10in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce76.4%
Industry11.4%
Services10.6%
Construction1.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person94.3%
2 to 34.1%
4 to 90.8%
10 to 490.8%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later15.4%
2011–201942.3%
2001–201026.8%
1991–200010.6%
1981–19902.4%
1956–19801.6%
Before 19560.8%

Douars

Tazart’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 58 douars in 3 fractions, with 14,583 people. One more isn’t in any douar: a nomad, or someone HCP counts apart, such as a soldier in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
أيت ميا ونصAit Mya Ouns23 douars · 5,535 people
أغبالوAghbalou	In parts	58	244	12.1	1.6	18.0
تيمݣانTimgane	In parts	45	176	12.2	2.8	18.5
تيسيTissi	In parts	22	84	—	—	—
إميزݣImizg	In parts	36	137	4.0	1.1	20.0
أومارOumar	In parts	59	294	20.0	0.0	20.7
تيفركيوينTiferkiouine	Grouped	29	124	—	—	—
تالمستTalmest	In parts	40	147	12.0	4.4	12.0
تومزيينToumzaïne	In parts	44	201	9.6	1.2	9.5
أعلانAlane	Grouped	83	401	20.0	0.0	15.1
واوسختOuawi Sakhte	In parts	64	346	14.0	0.9	14.4
أݣرسيفAguersif	In parts	65	319	10.1	1.0	10.2
إغيلIrhil	In parts	49	270	9.0	1.0	9.2
أرݣيونArguiwn -	In parts	97	489	8.0	0.4	8.1
أنزالAnzale	In parts	96	465	1.5	3.0	1.8
أدوارAdouar	Grouped	53	240	0.2	0.4	1.0
تكترتTakatert	Grouped	52	207	0.0	3.0	20.2
إميزارImizar	Grouped	21	68	—	—	—
الهينانيEl Hinani	In parts	31	131	0.0	5.9	13.4
تزمورتTazemmourt	Grouped	54	274	0.0	2.0	9.0
السيلاتEssilat	Grouped	40	202	0.0	2.0	7.0
بوغانمBoughanim	In parts	9	35	—	—	—
بويزماونBou Izmaoun	In parts	57	259	0.1	2.0	12.0
لاغLagh	In parts	78	422	1.1	0.8	5.8
أيت أوزغارAit Ouzaghar23 douars · 4,177 people
أيت بوبكرAit Boubker	Grouped	4	8	—	—	—
إهريصانIhrissane	In parts	193	891	0.8	1.6	1.0
اشمراحنIchamrahane	Grouped	41	170	2.0	2.0	5.0
تيمرغتTimireght	Grouped	21	108	—	—	—
أيت داوودAït Daoud	Grouped	52	240	2.6	0.1	4.7
تزال نمزلنTizal Nimzilane	Grouped	24	125	—	—	—
شوكةChouka	Grouped	56	242	2.0	3.8	4.1
بويمزݣانBou Imzgane	Grouped	9	47	—	—	—
تسقلافينTisklafine	Grouped	10	57	—	—	—
أيت حواديAït Haouadi	Grouped	31	159	3.0	4.9	5.0
أيت احساينAit Hsayne	Grouped	18	81	—	—	—
أمزد فاسنAmaz Difassene	Grouped	38	237	12.5	2.0	20.0
إحديرنIhdirane	Grouped	29	146	—	—	—
أيت اعمرAit Amar	Grouped	44	244	20.0	0.0	20.0
تاݣنيت نايت الحاجTagunite Nait Lhaj	Grouped	20	97	—	—	—
تاݣنيت نسليTagnit N’Isli	Grouped	60	302	12.0	0.1	6.3
إيفرضنIferden	Grouped	16	68	—	—	—
أيت عبد اللهAït Abdallah	Grouped	37	182	1.0	1.7	2.2
بجيحBjia	Grouped	5	21	—	—	—
أيت الغازيAit El Ghazi	In parts	47	248	1.0	1.1	6.4
إرݣراݣنIrgraguene	In parts	25	117	—	—	—
بوغديرBoughdir	Grouped	15	75	—	—	—
أدوزAdouz	In parts	58	312	0.0	1.2	9.3
تزارتTazart12 douars · 4,871 people
تزارت المركز (الشرقية)Tazart Centre (Charqia)	Grouped	339	1,347	0.1	0.3	0.6
أوݣينOuggine	Grouped	103	517	2.9	1.0	3.0
بوغانم أيت إغيBoughanime Ait Ighi	Grouped	112	599	0.0	0.1	3.0
إزعلامنIzalamen	In parts	167	824	4.5	2.5	5.3
أݣريAgri	Grouped	21	89	—	—	—
أيت حمو لحسنAit Hammou Lahcen	Grouped	21	87	—	—	—
أيت واعزيزAit Ouaziz	Grouped	16	65	—	—	—
أيت بويبرينAït bou Ibriine	Grouped	3	8	—	—	—
أيت ترحالتAït Aralt	In parts	78	305	2.0	2.0	5.0
توكارت نايت أوزوݣوToukart N'ait Aouzougou	In parts	41	169	1.9	2.7	3.7
أيت عبديAït Abdi	In parts	85	339	1.2	0.8	3.4
تزارت الجنان (الغربية)Tazart El Jnane (Gharbia)	Grouped	123	522	0.0	0.3	1.4

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: 07.041.11.21
As digits: 070411121
Slug: tazart
Record: /api/communes/07.041.11.21.json
Boundary: /api/communes/07.041.11.21/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/07.041.11.21/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/07.041.11.21/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/07.041.11.21/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/07.041.11.21/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/07.041.11.21/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 3535341

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