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

Where it is

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

KerrouchenAit SaadelliEl KbabLehriAit IshaqOuaoumanaSidi LamineSidi AmarAguelmousSebt Ait RahouMoulay BouazzaHad BouhssoussenSidi HcineM'rirtEl HammamAguelmam AzegzaEl BorjOum RabiaMoha Ou Hammou ZayaniKhenifraSidi Yahya Ou Saad

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
MenAgeWomen
3.8%75 and over3.9%
3.1%70–743.0%
3.5%65–693.7%
5.0%60–644.9%
4.7%55–595.4%
6.1%50–546.3%
7.3%45–497.4%
7.6%40–447.1%
6.7%35–397.3%
6.3%30–347.1%
6.1%25–296.3%
6.0%20–246.6%
8.0%15–197.4%
9.6%10–148.8%
8.9%5–98.5%
7.4%0–46.5%

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%

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%
  • Private car5.4%
  • Bus5.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle2.5%
  • Employer’s transport1.8%
  • Taxi1.6%

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

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

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.

Tighassaline9,980

In the data

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
OpenStreetMap
2826607
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tighassaline");

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