Timezgana

تمزكانة

Rural commune in the cercle of Rhafsai, province of Taounate, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
15,191
Since 2014
−6.1%from 16,172 in 2014
Density
137people per km², 110.5 km²
Households
3,644
Rank
437437th most populous of 1,503 communes11th of 49 in its province

Next door in Zrizer, 52.9% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 19.8%.

Since 2014, the share of people aged 15 and over in the labour force went from 55.7% to 37.7%. Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Azzouz. Read French: 19.8% here, 20.8% there; running water: 0.7% here, 9.5% there; unemployment: 15.6% here, 19.0% there.

Compare it with Sidi Azzouz

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 Timezgana.

Timezgana −6.1%

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
39.0%aged 10 and over48.6% in 201454.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
15.6%7.1% in 20145.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.7%aged 15 and over55.7% in 20143.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
3.31children per woman2.46 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.0%of people5.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
0.7%of settled households0.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Timezgana: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.7%75 and over3.5%
2.4%70–743.0%
2.4%65–692.7%
3.1%60–644.1%
3.6%55–594.2%
5.1%50–545.4%
6.5%45–496.3%
7.3%40–446.8%
8.0%35–396.9%
6.5%30–346.5%
5.4%25–295.0%
6.4%20–246.4%
9.4%15–198.9%
10.6%10–1410.3%
10.7%5–910.9%
9.9%0–49.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.2%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French19.8%
  • English5.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot77.2%
  • Animal8.5%
  • Informal transport6.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work2.5%
  • Private car1.9%
  • Bus1.7%
  • Employer’s transport1.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.4%
  • Taxi0.4%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
24616.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
15161.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1961.3 per business
Public services
91
Associations
4in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce50.3%
  • Services37.1%
  • Industry12.6%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person87.4%
  • 2 to 310.6%
  • 4 to 91.3%
  • 10 to 490.7%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later40.4%
  • 2011–201939.7%
  • 2001–201015.2%
  • 1991–20002.6%
  • 1981–19901.3%
  • 1956–19800.7%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Timezgana’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 18 douars in 4 fractions, with 15,184 people. 7 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
القلعةEl Kalaa3 douars · 4,646 people
القلعةEl KalaaIn parts8583,8712.43.515.8
تزيارت العطاطرةTazyart El AtatraIn parts984159.33.511.0
بني قيطونBni KaitounIn parts843604.56.230.7
العزايبAl Azaïb2 douars · 2,886 people
العزايبAl AzaïbIn parts5512,2770.82.225.4
الصميعةSmiaDispersed1616090.11.714.4
تمزكانة بني عاصم سابقاTimezgana Bni Assem ex7 douars · 3,998 people
الرشاشRechachDispersed1054650.71.42.2
الركيلةErrkilaDispersed2158671.31.52.8
تمزكانةTimezganaDispersed2911,2411.11.812.9
كركارةKarkaraDispersed853342.82.725.0
فندلاوةFendlaouDispersed813420.52.74.1
تزركانTizerganeIn parts1265101.01.76.5
تلوانTiliouaneDispersed652391.02.23.4
حمدان بني عاصمHamdane Bni Assem6 douars · 3,654 people
تفراوتTafraouteIn parts2138030.63.917.1
بني عاصمBni AssemIn parts1325630.65.26.3
أزغارAzagharDispersed511801.01.06.0
حمدانHamdaneIn parts3521,3731.02.135.0
العطارينLaattarineIn parts994010.76.710.4
تنصارTanessarIn parts773340.12.65.3

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code
Code
03.531.03.23
As digits
035310323
Slug
timezgana
OpenStreetMap
3549837
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("timezgana");

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