Ternata

ترناتة

Rural commune in the cercle of Tinzouline, province of Zagora, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
15,911
Since 2014
−3.6%from 16,512 in 2014
Density
28.8people per km², 552.1 km²
Households
2,266
Rank
411411th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 25 in its province

Next door in Zagora, 92.6% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 2.3%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 77.3% to 51.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sefsaf. Read French: 28.2% here, 30.1% there; aged 65 and over: 7.8% here, 7.2% there; unemployment: 17.1% here, 19.3% there.

Compare it with Sefsaf

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 Ternata.

Ternata −3.6%

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
30.6%aged 10 and over39.9% in 201439.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
17.1%4.5% in 201428.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
33.8%aged 15 and over36.3% in 20142.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.92children per woman3.37 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.7%of people3.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
6.9people on average9.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
51.2%of settled households77.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ternata: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.7%75 and over2.6%
2.5%70–742.5%
2.7%65–692.5%
2.6%60–643.4%
2.6%55–593.2%
3.4%50–544.2%
3.9%45–493.9%
4.8%40–445.4%
5.8%35–395.9%
7.2%30–347.2%
8.0%25–296.7%
8.1%20–247.4%
9.7%15–199.3%
13.1%10–1413.0%
11.6%5–911.8%
11.2%0–411.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija92.1%
  • Tachelhit30.1%
  • Tamazight4.1%
  • Hassania0.4%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.3%
  • French28.2%
  • English8.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot30.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle28.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work16.0%
  • Taxi7.8%
  • Bus6.4%
  • Private car4.0%
  • Informal transport3.6%
  • Employer’s transport1.7%
  • Another way0.8%
  • Animal0.7%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
23014.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
11248.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2031.8 per business
Public services
96
Associations
22in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce68.8%
  • Services13.4%
  • Industry9.8%
  • Construction8.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person88.4%
  • 2 to 32.7%
  • 4 to 95.4%
  • 10 to 493.6%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later42.9%
  • 2011–201938.4%
  • 2001–201015.2%
  • 1991–20003.6%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ternata’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 32 douars in 4 fractions, with 15,650 people. 261 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
ملالMallal6 douars · 2,674 people
زاوية القاضيZaouia El KadiGrouped613460.11.92.0
المكاترةLamkatraGrouped1228730.90.911.0
تينردنTinerdeneGrouped452321.00.711.0
زاوية ملالZaouiat MallalGrouped412420.91.09.1
ملالMallalIn parts664190.71.28.4
أولاد وشاحOulad OuchahGrouped875621.01.05.6
حارة الفاسي تيسركاتHara Fassi Tissergate8 douars · 3,599 people
تيسركاتTissergateGrouped1811,2480.61.00.7
حارة الفاسيHara FassiGrouped403673.71.93.7
الخرازةEl KhrazaGrouped17127———
تغزرتTaghzertGrouped757364.01.04.0
رباط لحجرR"bat El HjerGrouped412831.01.02.0
قصبة انشاشدةKasba AnchachdaGrouped352321.01.02.0
سرادناSradnaGrouped522971.01.03.0
قصبة الكعابةKasbat El KaabaGrouped563091.01.03.0
بارداBarda11 douars · 6,443 people
العرومياتElarroumiateGrouped5333,3900.70.83.0
زاوية الديخلZaouia EddikhlGrouped302402.10.35.2
زاوية الصفصافZaouia SafsafGrouped26265———
اغلا واسيفAghella OuassifGrouped352891.11.11.9
قصبة سيدي امباركKasba Sidi MbarekGrouped504072.90.97.6
تكيت بولمانTakit BoulemaneGrouped22116———
أولاد بلعيدOulad BelaidGrouped403033.01.26.3
توغزاToughzaGrouped423353.01.37.0
باردا الوادBarda El OuedGrouped544873.01.66.9
تكيت شعوفTakit ChaoufGrouped503340.91.12.1
كوبانKoubaneGrouped372773.01.97.0
الفايجةEl Fayja7 douars · 2,934 people
أم لخارطOumlkharteDispersed1191———
ركاب النتلRkab EnntelDispersed1198812.54.032.3
بوتيوسBoutiousDispersed1268———
بوزكارBouzgareDispersed6745411.85.331.9
لمغادرLamghaderDispersed2001,3485.55.021.9
بوتالولةBoutaloulaDispersed1272———
حاسي احدا ( الدجينية)Hassi Ahda (Eddjinia)Dispersed320———

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
08.587.07.43
As digits
085870743
Slug
ternata
OpenStreetMap
2884984
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ternata");

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