Thar Es-Souk

طهر السوق

Urban commune in the province of Taounate, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
5,218
Since 2014
+0.7%from 5,182 in 2014
Density
154people per km², 33.9 km²
Households
1,406
Rank
1,1771,177th most populous of 1,503 communes48th of 49 in its province

Where it is

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

El BibaneOudkaTaounateAin MediounaKissaneTafrantTaboudaSidi Yahia Bni ZeroualRhafsaiBni Ounjel TafraoutTameditBouhoudaGalazZrizerBouadelRghiouaFennassa Bab El HitSidi MokhfiKhlalfaAin MaatoufBni OulidRas El OuedTissaAin AichaEl BsabsaOulad DaoudBouaroussLouljaSidi El AbedBouchabelJbabraKaria Ba MohamedMoulay AbdelkrimMoulay BouchtaRhouaziSidi M'hamed Ben LahcenMessassaOutabouabaneAin LegdahOulad AyyadOued JemaaBni SnousMkansaOurtzarhMezraouaTimezganaRatbaSidi Haj M'hamed

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Thar Es-Souk.

Thar Es-Souk +0.7%

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
27.2%aged 10 and over32.0% in 201440.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
18.6%24.8% in 201421.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
32.8%aged 15 and over43.1% in 20146.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.50children per woman2.12 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.6%of people4.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.7people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
68.4%of settled households50.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Thar Es-Souk: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.1%75 and over3.9%
2.2%70–742.5%
3.4%65–694.0%
5.6%60–646.0%
5.4%55–595.2%
7.1%50–546.2%
5.7%45–496.4%
6.1%40–447.3%
5.1%35–396.5%
6.2%30–345.5%
6.8%25–296.8%
6.4%20–247.4%
8.8%15–196.9%
9.4%10–149.6%
10.3%5–98.5%
8.5%0–47.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.2%
  • Tarifit1.2%
  • Tachelhit0.4%
  • Tamazight0.4%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French41.4%
  • English13.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot66.2%
  • Private car9.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle6.8%
  • Employer’s transport3.2%
  • Taxi1.5%
  • Bus0.6%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
1,986
Standing empty
30.2%14.5% vacant15.7% a second home
Precarious
23.7%0.9% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
38.9%68.4% on the water mains92.5% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
40.6%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house74.4%
  • Rural-type22.3%
  • Traditional house1.4%
  • Slum or basic house0.9%
  • Other0.6%
  • Apartment0.4%
  • Villa0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years44.5%
  • 20 to 49 years39.9%
  • 50 years or more15.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
30358.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
26286.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3791.4 per business
Public services
40
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce50.4%
  • Services36.3%
  • Industry8.0%
  • Construction5.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person72.1%
  • 2 to 324.4%
  • 4 to 93.4%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later12.2%
  • 2011–201964.5%
  • 2001–201016.8%
  • 1991–20006.1%
  • 1981–19900.4%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
03.531.01.07
As digits
035310107
Slug
thar-es-souk
Record
/api/communes/03.531.01.07.json
Boundary
/api/communes/03.531.01.07/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/03.531.01.07/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.531.01.07/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/03.531.01.07/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.531.01.07/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2754003
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("thar-es-souk");

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