Tazouta

تازوطة

Rural commune in the cercle of Sefrou, province of Sefrou, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
5,804
Since 2014
−6.8%from 6,227 in 2014
Density
29.9people per km², 194.4 km²
Households
1,523
Rank
1,1251,125th most populous of 1,503 communes18th of 23 in its province

Since 2014, households with running water went from 38.4% to 73.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ben Maachou. Higher education: 1.7% here, 3.2% there; read French: 54.4% here, 55.2% there; aged 0 to 14: 27.1% here, 26.8% there.

Compare it with Ben Maachou

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 Tazouta.

Tazouta −6.8%

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
46.4%aged 10 and over56.2% in 201458.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
21.8%11.4% in 201433.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
34.8%aged 15 and over41.1% in 20143.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.30children per woman4.34 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.4%of people7.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
73.0%of settled households38.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tazouta: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.7%75 and over4.8%
3.5%70–743.5%
3.1%65–694.0%
4.3%60–645.2%
5.3%55–594.9%
6.9%50–546.1%
7.0%45–496.5%
7.7%40–446.7%
5.9%35–396.2%
5.6%30–346.4%
5.3%25–295.0%
5.8%20–246.0%
8.6%15–197.8%
10.6%10–149.7%
9.6%5–99.1%
7.2%0–48.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija93.4%
  • Tamazight87.1%
  • Tarifit0.3%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic100.0%
  • French54.4%
  • English10.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot52.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work18.3%
  • Employer’s transport10.4%
  • Informal transport8.0%
  • Bus5.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle2.3%
  • Taxi1.0%
  • Private car0.9%
  • Animal0.7%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
15025.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
7852.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1101.4 per business
Public services
65
Associations
7in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce52.6%
  • Industry26.9%
  • Services19.2%
  • Construction1.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person85.9%
  • 2 to 37.7%
  • 4 to 96.4%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later21.8%
  • 2011–201950.0%
  • 2001–201015.4%
  • 1991–20006.4%
  • 1981–19903.8%
  • 1956–19802.6%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Tazouta’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 18 douars in 3 fractions, with 5,802 people. 2 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
تازوطةTazouta12 douars · 2,762 people
ايت يحيىAit YahyaIn parts722530.00.40.9
عين الدمAin EddemIn parts843270.12.25.8
ايت يعقوبAit YacoubIn parts973790.00.31.5
إمعزوزنImaazouzneGrouped451840.00.00.0
ايت حدو اوموسىAit Haddou Ou MoussaGrouped2087430.30.60.6
تيفرنينTifarnineGrouped481880.00.94.0
البسابيسLebsabesGrouped431242.03.029.7
تفاحاتTefahateGrouped892850.30.87.3
عين الحجرAin LahjarGrouped1035———
بوتخوبايBoutkhoubayGrouped23107———
السقايفEsskayfGrouped1155———
تاغوشتTaghouchtGrouped1982———
آيت علي أويوسفAit Ali Aouyousef3 douars · 1,689 people
أيت اشعيبAit ChaibGrouped1857041.11.46.5
بني اعلاهمBenalahamIn parts310———
عيشونAichounDispersed2499751.12.419.1
آيت حليAit Ali3 douars · 1,351 people
شربانةCharbanaIn parts2128030.41.219.2
ايت بوهوAit BouhouGrouped763016.00.150.0
تكنانايتTaknanaytIn parts492471.21.840.6

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
03.451.07.13
As digits
034510713
Slug
tazouta
OpenStreetMap
2808838
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tazouta");

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