Tendrara

تندرارة

Rural commune in the cercle of Figuig, province of Figuig, Oriental.

Population, 2024
14,269
Since 2014
−7.3%from 15,390 in 2014
Density
2.2people per km², 6,615.1 km²
Households
3,188
Foreign residents
1
Rank
479479th most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 13 in its province

Next door in Maatarka, 0.1% of households have running water. Here, it’s 64.6%.

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 52.5% to 82.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Dar Ould Zidouh. Aged 0 to 14: 30.6% here, 30.8% there; in the labour force: 32.4% here, 34.8% there; Darija: 99.4% here, 98.8% there.

Compare it with Dar Ould Zidouh

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 Tendrara.

Tendrara −7.3%

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
40.3%aged 10 and over51.6% in 201448.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
37.5%13.6% in 201442.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
32.4%aged 15 and over58.8% in 20147.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
93.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.02children per woman2.36 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.6%of people4.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.3people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
64.6%of settled households53.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tendrara: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.6%75 and over4.1%
2.1%70–742.3%
2.6%65–692.7%
4.1%60–644.0%
3.6%55–593.8%
4.3%50–544.8%
5.4%45–495.2%
6.6%40–446.1%
6.5%35–396.5%
6.5%30–347.0%
6.7%25–297.8%
6.5%20–247.4%
9.8%15–199.0%
12.7%10–1411.3%
10.7%5–910.3%
8.5%0–47.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.4%
  • Tachelhit1.9%
  • Tamazight1.1%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French51.4%
  • English12.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot74.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle7.1%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.7%
  • Private car5.4%
  • Bus2.2%
  • Employer’s transport1.4%
  • Informal transport1.4%
  • Another way1.0%
  • Taxi0.3%
  • Animal0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
2,528
Standing empty
19.9%10.3% vacant9.6% a second home
Precarious
34.8%1.3% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
91.5%91.6% on the water mains89.9% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
68.0%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house58.4%
  • Rural-type26.0%
  • Other7.4%
  • Apartment4.8%
  • Traditional house1.8%
  • Slum or basic house1.3%
  • Villa0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years63.1%
  • 20 to 49 years33.1%
  • 50 years or more3.8%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
39327.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
33785.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4501.3 per business
Public services
49
Associations
7in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce63.2%
  • Services24.9%
  • Industry8.0%
  • Construction3.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person83.1%
  • 2 to 314.5%
  • 4 to 91.8%
  • 10 to 490.6%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later29.7%
  • 2011–201939.8%
  • 2001–201014.5%
  • 1991–20007.4%
  • 1981–19905.0%
  • 1956–19803.6%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Tendrara9,262

Douars

Tendrara’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 16 douars in 6 fractions, with 4,703 people. Another 9,262 live in Tendrara, its urban centre, which has no douars. 304 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
أولاد علي بن لحسنOulad Ali Ben Lahcen1 douar · 242 people
أولاد علي بن لحسنOulad Ali Ben LahcenIn parts552427.811.629.3
أولاد فارسOulad Fares2 douars · 840 people
أولاد محند بن أحمدOulad Mhand Ben AhmedIn parts5927414.616.920.8
أولاد بوعزةOulad BouazzaIn parts1425667.012.746.5
أولاد بلحسنOulad Belahsen3 douars · 581 people
الشرفةChorfaIn parts20105———
اولاد الجيلاليOulad JilaliIn parts3317823.325.529.9
أولاد بوعزةOulad BouazzaIn parts5829836.637.442.8
لعلاونةLalaouna3 douars · 478 people
أولاد الصغيرOulad SghirIn parts4422511.417.440.3
اولاد أحمد بن أمحمدOulad Ahmed Ben M'hamedIn parts640———
اولاد عبد اللهOulad AbdellahIn parts4021320.322.561.9
الرحامنة اولاد عزيRehamna Oulad Azzi2 douars · 652 people
الرحامنةRehamnaIn parts793973.518.029.0
اولاد محمدOulad MohamedIn parts602555.912.853.6
مشيخة وهميةNotional fraction5 douars · 1,910 people
حي الكارا 1Hay El Kara 1Grouped773681.21.22.3
حي الكارا 2 (دوار ولاد رحو)Hay El Kara 2 (Douar Oulad Rahou)Grouped602751.11.54.0
الحي الغربيHay El GharbiGrouped1386271.91.32.2
دوار سهل المصاييفDouar Shl El MsayyfDispersed1065381.02.44.6
دوار الخيامDouar El KhiamDispersed20102———

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
02.251.05.07
As digits
022510507
Slug
tendrara
OpenStreetMap
2527822
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tendrara");

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