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

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

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
Men	Age	Women
2.7%	75 and over	2.6%
2.5%	70–74	2.5%
2.7%	65–69	2.5%
2.6%	60–64	3.4%
2.6%	55–59	3.2%
3.4%	50–54	4.2%
3.9%	45–49	3.9%
4.8%	40–44	5.4%
5.8%	35–39	5.9%
7.2%	30–34	7.2%
8.0%	25–29	6.7%
8.1%	20–24	7.4%
9.7%	15–19	9.3%
13.1%	10–14	13.0%
11.6%	5–9	11.8%
11.2%	0–4	11.0%

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%

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%
Taxi7.8%
Bus6.4%
Private car4.0%
Employer’s transport1.7%

Can’t read or write: 39.9%aged 10 and over30.6% in 202452.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 4.5%17.1% in 202420.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 36.3%aged 15 and over33.8% in 20243.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 93.6%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.37children per woman2.92 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 3.4%of people4.7% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 9.1people on average6.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 77.3%of settled households51.2% in 202473.0% 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
Men	Age	Women
2.0%	75 and over	1.8%
1.3%	70–74	1.2%
1.6%	65–69	1.6%
2.8%	60–64	2.7%
3.1%	55–59	2.8%
2.9%	50–54	3.8%
2.9%	45–49	3.3%
3.6%	40–44	4.6%
4.8%	35–39	4.9%
6.2%	30–34	6.7%
8.2%	25–29	8.2%
11.7%	20–24	11.0%
12.0%	15–19	11.7%
11.8%	10–14	10.8%
11.0%	5–9	10.9%
14.3%	0–4	14.1%

Local languages used

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

Darija88.9%
Tamazight21.5%
Tachelhit6.0%
Hassania0.3%
Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only63.8%
Arabic and French28.1%
Arabic, French and English7.0%
Other combinations1.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot63.7%
Bus12.0%
Bike or motorcycle11.8%
Taxi4.8%
Private car2.1%
Employer’s transport0.3%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood54.1%
Another province22.9%
Another commune12.2%
No fixed place5.0%
Another in the commune1.4%
At home0.8%
Somewhere else0.2%

What people did

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

Farming and fishing25.3%
Farm and fishing labour20.5%
Crafts and skilled trades19.7%
Labouring and small trades19.7%
Clerical work5.3%
Trade and broking3.8%
Machine operating2.9%
Managers and senior professionals1.6%
Not classified0.9%
Technicians0.4%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma64.9%
Primary22.3%
Lower secondary7.7%
Upper secondary3.2%
DEUG or Licence1.9%
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: 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

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%

In the data

Code: 08.587.07.43
As digits: 085870743
Slug: ternata
Record: /api/communes/08.587.07.43.json
Boundary: /api/communes/08.587.07.43/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/08.587.07.43/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/08.587.07.43/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/08.587.07.43/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2884984

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ternata");

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