Taznakht

تازناخت

Urban commune in the province of Ouarzazate, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
8,268
Since 2014
+13.6%from 7,281 in 2014
Density
354people per km², 23.4 km²
Households
2,010
Foreign residents
8
Rank
878878th most populous of 1,503 communes15th of 17 in its province

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 1.0% to 21.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ait Ourir. Read French: 66.8% here, 66.8% there; can’t read or write: 21.3% here, 22.2% there; higher education: 10.4% here, 9.7% there.

Compare it with Ait Ourir

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

45750

Villages and hamlets

Adroug, Ait Daoud, Dar Lakhlitt

How it changed

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

Taznakht +13.6%

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
21.3%aged 10 and over28.7% in 201431.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
15.4%11.7% in 201430.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
40.6%aged 15 and over42.9% in 201412.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.59children per woman2.23 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.6%of people2.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.7%of settled households94.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Taznakht: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.3%75 and over2.6%
2.1%70–741.4%
3.0%65–692.6%
3.8%60–643.7%
4.3%55–594.1%
5.3%50–545.3%
6.2%45–496.5%
7.1%40–447.2%
7.1%35–397.3%
7.3%30–347.3%
6.1%25–297.0%
7.7%20–247.6%
7.9%15–198.7%
10.2%10–1410.0%
10.8%5–910.3%
8.7%0–48.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit92.9%
  • Darija72.9%
  • Tamazight3.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.7%
  • French66.8%
  • English26.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot50.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle13.9%
  • Employer’s transport11.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work8.7%
  • Private car8.2%
  • Taxi3.0%
  • Bus1.8%
  • Informal transport1.7%
  • Another way1.4%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
2,847
Standing empty
32.7%17.6% vacant15.1% a second home
Precarious
8.2%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
19.0%96.3% on the water mains92.0% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
11.5%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house90.2%
  • Rural-type7.6%
  • Traditional house1.4%
  • Other0.5%
  • Villa0.2%
  • Apartment0.1%
  • Slum or basic house0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years47.1%
  • 20 to 49 years51.8%
  • 50 years or more1.2%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
76492.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
70892.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,0171.4 per business
Public services
46
Associations
10in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce58.5%
  • Services23.0%
  • Industry14.3%
  • Construction4.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person86.6%
  • 2 to 310.3%
  • 4 to 92.3%
  • 10 to 490.7%
  • 50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later36.3%
  • 2011–201935.7%
  • 2001–201015.8%
  • 1991–20007.2%
  • 1981–19902.5%
  • 1956–19802.0%
  • Before 19560.4%

In the data

Files and code
Code
08.401.01.09
As digits
084010109
Slug
taznakht
OpenStreetMap
2887654
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("taznakht");

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