Tighassaline

تيغسالين

Rural commune in the cercle of El Kbab, province of Khénifra, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024: 15,788
Since 2014: +3.8%from 15,204 in 2014
Density: 59.4people per km², 265.6 km²
Households: 4,399
Foreign residents: 2
Rank: 416416th most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 22 in its province

Next door in Lehri, 13.4% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 65.2%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 13.7% to 30.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Itzer. Read French: 65.0% here, 63.3% there; household size: 3.6 here, 3.6 there; aged 0 to 14: 24.8% here, 25.1% there.

Compare it with Itzer

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

54003

How it changed

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

Tighassaline +3.8%

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: 42.9%aged 10 and over46.3% in 201451.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 30.1%13.7% in 201449.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 32.9%aged 15 and over42.9% in 20146.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 94.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.67children per woman1.66 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 7.2%of people8.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.6people on average4.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 71.1%of settled households65.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tighassaline: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.8%	75 and over	3.9%
3.1%	70–74	3.0%
3.5%	65–69	3.7%
5.0%	60–64	4.9%
4.7%	55–59	5.4%
6.1%	50–54	6.3%
7.3%	45–49	7.4%
7.6%	40–44	7.1%
6.7%	35–39	7.3%
6.3%	30–34	7.1%
6.1%	25–29	6.3%
6.0%	20–24	6.6%
8.0%	15–19	7.4%
9.6%	10–14	8.8%
8.9%	5–9	8.5%
7.4%	0–4	6.5%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight89.5%
Darija70.8%
Tachelhit0.9%
Tarifit0.2%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.2%
French65.0%
English19.3%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot75.0%
Doesn’t travel to work6.1%
Private car5.4%
Bus5.4%
Bike or motorcycle2.5%
Employer’s transport1.8%
Taxi1.6%
Another way1.0%
Informal transport0.6%
Animal0.5%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 46.3%aged 10 and over42.9% in 202456.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 13.7%30.1% in 202435.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 42.9%aged 15 and over32.9% in 202413.3% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 95.6%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.66children per woman1.67 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 8.3%of people7.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.1people on average3.6 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 65.2%of settled households71.1% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Tighassaline: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.3%	75 and over	2.8%
1.8%	70–74	2.0%
2.3%	65–69	1.8%
3.8%	60–64	3.7%
4.1%	55–59	3.5%
4.9%	50–54	5.5%
5.1%	45–49	5.9%
6.0%	40–44	7.1%
8.0%	35–39	8.0%
7.7%	30–34	8.3%
7.9%	25–29	9.1%
9.0%	20–24	9.1%
8.9%	15–19	8.9%
9.3%	10–14	8.0%
7.9%	5–9	8.0%
10.0%	0–4	8.2%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight94.2%
Darija64.4%
Tachelhit0.2%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French39.7%
Arabic only26.8%
Other combinations22.3%
Arabic, French and English11.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot71.4%
Bus10.2%
Taxi5.1%
Not stated3.4%
Another way3.0%
Private car2.6%
Works at home2.5%
Bike or motorcycle1.0%
Employer’s transport0.6%
Train0.2%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood54.4%
No fixed place22.1%
Another in the commune10.0%
Another province5.1%
Not stated3.2%
At home2.5%
Another commune2.1%
Somewhere else0.5%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour26.2%
Farming and fishing19.9%
Crafts and skilled trades18.7%
Labouring and small trades14.6%
Trade and broking5.8%
Clerical work5.0%
Machine operating3.9%
Managers and senior professionals3.1%
Not classified1.4%
Technicians1.2%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma67.0%
Primary19.6%
Lower secondary8.3%
Upper secondary3.6%
DEUG or Licence1.4%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 3,538
Standing empty: 23.4%12.8% vacant10.6% a second home
Precarious: 0.0%0.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 94.7%96.8% on the water mains93.9% on the electricity grid

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house98.6%
Traditional house1.2%
Villa0.1%
Apartment0.1%
Slum or basic house0.0%
Rural-type0.0%
Other0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years61.3%
20 to 49 years36.5%
50 years or more2.2%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 49531.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 40281.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 6021.5 per business
Public services: 86
Associations: 7in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce56.5%
Services29.4%
Industry12.2%
Construction2.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person67.4%
2 to 329.6%
4 to 92.5%
10 to 490.5%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later45.8%
2011–201928.4%
2001–201014.4%
1991–20007.0%
1981–19902.7%
1956–19801.7%
Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Tighassaline

9,980

Douars

Tighassaline’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 32 douars in 3 fractions, with 5,808 people. Another 9,980 live in Tighassaline, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
أيت يعقوب اوعيسىAit Yacoub Ouissa20 douars · 3,163 people
أيت الهواريAit El Haouari	Dispersed	120	516	0.2	1.7	30.4
أيت علا أيت سليمانAit Alla Ait Slimane	Dispersed	47	178	0.0	2.8	43.2
أيت ناصرAit Nasser	Dispersed	14	60	—	—	—
أيت عبد الربAit Abd Errb	Dispersed	71	264	0.1	2.2	24.2
أيت الطالب اعمرAit Taleb Aamar	Dispersed	25	97	—	—	—
أيت قسو اوحسينAit Kassou Ou Hsseine	Dispersed	2	8	—	—	—
أيت وودادAit Ou Dad	Dispersed	44	164	0.4	2.4	14.5
أيت بن يعقوبAit Ben Yacoub	Dispersed	26	102	—	—	—
أيت عبد الكريمAit Abdelkarim	Dispersed	8	27	—	—	—
أيت الغازيAit El Ghazi	Dispersed	32	124	0.3	1.8	30.7
أيت براهيمAit Brahim	Dispersed	28	104	—	—	—
أيت علا أيت شروAit Alla Ait Charrou	Dispersed	76	310	0.5	2.7	11.1
أيت عبيدAit Abid	Dispersed	73	294	0.1	1.0	59.4
أيت العسريAit Lasri	Dispersed	113	464	0.2	1.7	16.1
أيت تقرموتAit Takrmout	Dispersed	58	239	0.1	1.0	6.7
ايت باحلوAit Bahallou	Dispersed	17	60	—	—	—
ايت سي بلقاسمAit Si-Belkacem	Dispersed	14	57	—	—	—
ايت سي بوزيانAit Si-Bouziane	Dispersed	20	62	—	—	—
ايت بوطاهرAit Botahr	Dispersed	7	27	—	—	—
ايت سيدي عبد الرحمانAit Sidi Abderrahmane	Dispersed	1	6	—	—	—
أيت لحسن مسانةAit Lahcen Msana8 douars · 2,590 people
أيت أيوبAit Youb	Dispersed	172	645	0.2	2.1	33.5
أيت اعفوAit Affou	Dispersed	36	148	0.1	1.8	32.0
أيت حمو اوعليAit Hammou Ou Ali	Dispersed	25	103	—	—	—
أيت حمزةAit Hamza	Dispersed	230	960	0.1	1.7	48.5
أيت عديAit Addi	Dispersed	62	219	0.5	3.0	8.8
أيت واحيAit Ouahi	Dispersed	29	106	—	—	—
أيت المهديAit Mohdi	Dispersed	59	258	0.3	1.2	25.8
أيت بوبكرAit Boubker	Dispersed	47	151	0.5	3.0	10.5
أيت يعقوب اوعيسى ملويةAit Yacoub Ouissa Moulouya4 douars · 55 people
أيت أيوبAit Youb	Dispersed	2	7	—	—	—
أيت عديAit Addi	Dispersed	7	33	—	—	—
أيت ناصرAit Nacer	Dispersed	1	6	—	—	—
أيت عبيدAit Abid	Dispersed	2	9	—	—	—

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: 05.301.03.13
As digits: 053010313
Slug: tighassaline
Record: /api/communes/05.301.03.13.json
Boundary: /api/communes/05.301.03.13/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/05.301.03.13/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/05.301.03.13/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/communes/05.301.03.13/housing.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/05.301.03.13/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/05.301.03.13/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/05.301.03.13/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2826607

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