Telouet

تلوات

Rural commune in the cercle of Amerzgane, province of Ouarzazate, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024: 12,396
Since 2014: −11.8%from 14,060 in 2014
Density: 16.4people per km², 756 km²
Households: 2,655
Foreign residents: 1
Rank: 571571st most populous of 1,503 communes8th of 17 in its province

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ouzioua. Aged 65 and over: 11.9% here, 11.3% there; unemployment: 16.9% here, 13.3% there; running water: 84.2% here, 97.2% there.

Compare it with Ouzioua

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

45252

How it changed

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

Telouet −11.8%

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: 40.9%aged 10 and over48.9% in 201453.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 16.9%7.0% in 201433.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 34.3%aged 15 and over43.7% in 20142.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.01children per woman2.43 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.3%of people4.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.7people on average6.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 84.2%of settled households88.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Telouet: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
4.3%	75 and over	4.9%
3.1%	70–74	3.1%
4.1%	65–69	4.3%
4.1%	60–64	4.6%
4.0%	55–59	4.7%
4.0%	50–54	5.9%
5.1%	45–49	6.0%
5.8%	40–44	6.9%
7.3%	35–39	7.9%
7.8%	30–34	7.4%
8.3%	25–29	6.9%
6.9%	20–24	6.5%
8.2%	15–19	7.3%
9.2%	10–14	8.3%
9.0%	5–9	7.7%
8.7%	0–4	7.7%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit98.6%
Darija32.4%
Tamazight8.9%
Hassania0.1%
Tarifit0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic98.0%
French48.7%
English11.7%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh3.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot50.0%
Doesn’t travel to work13.8%
Informal transport12.2%
Private car5.6%
Taxi5.1%
Employer’s transport4.6%
Bus3.3%
Bike or motorcycle3.2%
Animal1.3%
Another way0.9%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 48.9%aged 10 and over40.9% in 202461.4% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 7.0%16.9% in 202411.5% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 43.7%aged 15 and over34.3% in 202414.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 95.2%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.43children per woman2.01 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.7%of people5.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.4people on average4.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 88.1%of settled households84.2% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Telouet: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.9%	75 and over	2.9%
1.9%	70–74	2.0%
2.4%	65–69	2.5%
3.1%	60–64	3.4%
4.1%	55–59	4.0%
4.0%	50–54	4.5%
4.2%	45–49	4.4%
4.4%	40–44	5.5%
6.0%	35–39	6.5%
7.2%	30–34	7.8%
9.6%	25–29	9.5%
10.0%	20–24	9.8%
10.6%	15–19	10.5%
9.2%	10–14	8.2%
9.1%	5–9	8.7%
11.2%	0–4	9.7%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit99.0%
Darija37.8%
Tamazight0.1%
Hassania0.1%
Tarifit0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only50.8%
Arabic and French42.4%
Arabic, French and English5.8%
Other combinations1.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot77.5%
Bus5.3%
Another way3.8%
Taxi3.4%
Employer’s transport3.0%
Bike or motorcycle2.4%
Private car1.7%
Works at home1.5%
Not stated1.5%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood50.4%
Another province27.3%
No fixed place9.0%
Another in the commune5.8%
Another commune4.5%
At home1.5%
Not stated1.4%
Somewhere else0.2%

What people did

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

Farming and fishing30.0%
Labouring and small trades23.2%
Crafts and skilled trades21.4%
Clerical work7.4%
Farm and fishing labour6.2%
Machine operating6.2%
Trade and broking2.7%
Managers and senior professionals1.2%
Not classified1.2%
Technicians0.5%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma75.4%
Primary18.2%
Lower secondary4.2%
Upper secondary1.3%
DEUG or Licence0.8%
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: 37129.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 20053.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 3771.9 per business
Public services: 156
Associations: 15in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce69.5%
Services24.0%
Industry5.0%
Construction1.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person90.5%
2 to 37.5%
4 to 91.0%
10 to 490.5%
50 and over0.5%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later24.5%
2011–201933.0%
2001–201024.5%
1991–200012.0%
1981–19904.0%
1956–19802.0%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Telouet’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 24 douars in 4 fractions, with 12,395 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
تلواتTelouet6 douars · 4,383 people
إمرݣنImirgen	Grouped	54	325	3.2	0.0	6.1
تمنتوتTamintout	In parts	29	187	—	—	—
إحنداݣنIhandagn	In parts	289	1,324	2.1	1.6	6.7
إماونينImaounine	In parts	291	1,250	0.9	1.5	1.5
أيت تاتلالنAit Tatlane	In parts	128	709	3.0	0.2	5.2
إغيل نبيانIghil N"oubiane	In parts	135	588	6.2	1.4	6.5
أونيلاAounila4 douars · 2,053 people
تيغزا أونيلاTighzanila	In parts	132	629	6.7	1.6	8.7
إغرييسIghriys	In parts	124	554	1.0	1.4	3.6
أنݣلزAngalz	In parts	112	528	0.1	0.6	3.0
تيوراسينTioughassine	In parts	68	342	0.9	0.8	17.1
أيت يحيى أوعليAit Yahya Ali8 douars · 2,933 people
أنميترAnimiter	Grouped	115	462	0.0	0.6	3.2
إغونانIghounane	Grouped	58	281	0.0	0.1	1.0
تمسال أيت يحيى أوعليTimssale Ait Yahia Ouali	Grouped	123	548	0.9	0.1	13.9
تجݣجيتTajougjite	Grouped	31	127	0.0	1.0	20.0
أساكاAssaka	In parts	157	703	0.5	0.6	20.0
تيزݣي نبارداTizgui-n-Barda	In parts	145	694	0.5	1.6	50.5
أديݣAdig	Grouped	16	61	—	—	—
تيغيرينTighirine	Grouped	9	57	—	—	—
أيت علي أورحوAit Ali Aourhou6 douars · 3,026 people
أيت تاتلالنAït Tatlane	In parts	193	933	3.2	0.6	5.8
تيمجوجتTimjoujte	In parts	121	577	4.1	1.3	4.4
إماونينIma Ouniyne	In parts	30	122	0.9	1.0	1.2
أرݣArg	In parts	121	574	0.7	1.6	11.1
أوزليمAouzlim	In parts	120	586	6.6	0.9	8.0
إغيل نبيانIghil Nbyane	In parts	54	234	8.0	1.0	8.0

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: 08.401.03.15
As digits: 084010315
Slug: telouet
Record: /api/communes/08.401.03.15.json
Boundary: /api/communes/08.401.03.15/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/08.401.03.15/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/08.401.03.15/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/08.401.03.15/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/08.401.03.15/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/08.401.03.15/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2887630

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("telouet");

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