Tigrigra

تكريكرة

Rural commune in the cercle of Azrou, province of Ifrane, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
10,085
Since 2014
−8.6%from 11,031 in 2014
Density
21.5people per km², 468.6 km²
Households
2,543
Rank
738738th most populous of 1,503 communes8th of 10 in its province

Next door in Azrou, 99.0% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 48.6%.

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 66.1% to 90.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Marchouch. Unemployment: 9.2% here, 13.1% there; aged 0 to 14: 25.4% here, 26.3% there; read French: 55.7% here, 55.5% there.

Compare it with Marchouch

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 Tigrigra.

Tigrigra −8.6%

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
38.0%aged 10 and over46.4% in 201444.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
9.2%14.9% in 201414.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.4%aged 15 and over50.9% in 201411.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
93.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.00children per woman2.76 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.5%of people7.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
57.5%of settled households40.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tigrigra: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.6%75 and over3.9%
3.1%70–742.9%
4.1%65–693.6%
5.1%60–645.5%
5.2%55–595.3%
6.5%50–546.3%
6.4%45–496.7%
7.1%40–448.0%
6.6%35–397.2%
5.7%30–346.8%
5.0%25–295.3%
6.4%20–245.9%
9.0%15–198.0%
9.6%10–149.5%
8.6%5–98.5%
8.1%0–46.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija95.1%
  • Tamazight39.2%
  • Tachelhit21.8%
  • Tarifit2.4%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French55.7%
  • English14.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot71.6%
  • Doesn’t travel to work9.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle6.4%
  • Private car5.4%
  • Taxi3.7%
  • Employer’s transport1.4%
  • Bus0.6%
  • Another way0.5%
  • Informal transport0.4%
  • Animal0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
14114.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
8862.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1491.7 per business
Public services
45
Associations
8in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce54.5%
  • Services30.7%
  • Industry11.4%
  • Construction3.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person78.4%
  • 2 to 313.6%
  • 4 to 95.7%
  • 10 to 492.3%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later33.0%
  • 2011–201935.2%
  • 2001–201022.7%
  • 1991–20003.4%
  • 1981–19902.3%
  • 1956–19802.3%
  • Before 19561.1%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The share of workers who are apprentices is 18.2%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Estimate from a sample

Across the 7 communes it borders, the median is 0.4%. Tamchachate is furthest from it, at 0.1%.

Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.

The share of households cooking with electricity is 8.1%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Estimate from a sample

Across the 7 communes it borders, the median is 0.1%. Tamchachate is furthest from it, at 0.0%.

Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.

How these are picked

Douars

Tigrigra’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 27 douars in 4 fractions, with 10,085 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أيت يحيئ أوعلاAit Yahya Waala10 douars · 3,787 people
قصبة أيت يحيئ أوعلاQasbat Ait Yahya Ou AllaGrouped4951,9750.00.30.4
قصبة ايت عمرQasbat Ait AmarGrouped772960.02.33.6
أيت صالحAit SalehDispersed26118———
أيت ميمونAït MimounDispersed26110———
إجناتنIjnateneDispersed1563———
أيت بن يحيىAit Ben YahyaDispersed1562———
ايت علاAit AllaDispersed14———
ايت بن عليAït Ben AliDispersed1473———
أيت رحوAit RahhoDispersed732———
أيت أقسو اوحدوAit Aksou AouhdouIn parts2551,0542.03.113.1
أيت حمو اوبوهوAit Hammou Aoubouhou2 douars · 2,372 people
أيت بن عتوAït Ben AttouIn parts3981,5601.01.312.0
قصبة أيت عيسى ايت حمو او بوهوKasba Ait Aissa Ait Hammou Ou BouhouIn parts1928121.42.814.1
أيت علاAit Alla10 douars · 1,521 people
زيانZayaneDispersed416———
أيت حموAit HammouDispersed1556———
أيت بوبكرAit BoubkerDispersed1245211.32.511.8
أيت اعمرAït OmarDispersed1334551.90.14.7
أيت بن اعليAït Ben AliDispersed532———
أيت الشيخAit CheikhDispersed311133.32.18.0
المرابطينAl MrabtineDispersed1550———
أيت أوعليAït Ou AliDispersed351390.71.75.3
أيت تيزيAït TiziGrouped2696———
ايهاروجنIharoujenDispersed1143———
أيت اعمر أوعليAït Ameur Ou Ali5 douars · 2,405 people
أيت اخلف أوعليAit Ikhlef Ou AliDispersed520———
أيت اعمر أوعليAït Ameur Ou AliIn parts6122,3593.166.65.7
ايت خويا عليAït Khouya AliDispersed16———
ايت رحو او حموAit Rahho Ou HammouDispersed15———
ايت لعسريAït Al AsriDispersed415———

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
03.271.03.09
As digits
032710309
Slug
tigrigra
OpenStreetMap
2819461
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tigrigra");

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