Tinghir

تنغير

Urban commune in the province of Tinghir, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
44,239
Since 2014
+5.2%from 42,044 in 2014
Density
456people per km², 96.9 km²
Households
9,840
Foreign residents
19
Rank
116116th most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 25 in its province

Next door in Taghzoute N'ait Atta, 3.8% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 63.7%.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Imzouren. Higher education: 11.4% here, 10.4% there; Darija: 55.4% here, 61.1% there; running water: 84.8% here, 94.0% there.

Compare it with Imzouren

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

45800

Villages and hamlets

Aït Boujane, Ait Tasga, ancienne cite Afanour, Ighrem Oujdid, Imziln, Quartier Ait Barra, Quartier Ait el Haj Ali, Quartier iherdane, Quartier juif

How it changed

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

Tinghir +5.2%

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
19.1%aged 10 and over22.9% in 201428.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
24.6%20.3% in 201437.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.3%aged 15 and over41.0% in 201412.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.10children per woman2.16 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.0%of people4.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
84.8%of settled households76.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tinghir: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.0%75 and over3.5%
2.5%70–742.3%
3.4%65–693.0%
4.1%60–644.3%
4.3%55–594.9%
5.6%50–545.6%
6.1%45–496.4%
7.1%40–447.2%
7.8%35–397.8%
7.0%30–347.4%
5.7%25–296.7%
5.9%20–246.7%
7.6%15–197.2%
10.6%10–149.5%
11.0%5–99.7%
8.5%0–47.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight79.7%
  • Darija55.4%
  • Tachelhit17.7%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.1%
  • French56.8%
  • English21.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh9.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot41.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle21.8%
  • Private car15.4%
  • Employer’s transport9.5%
  • Taxi4.3%
  • Doesn’t travel to work4.0%
  • Bus2.6%
  • Another way0.8%
  • Informal transport0.7%
  • Animal0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
13,474
Standing empty
28.7%14.6% vacant14.1% a second home
Precarious
4.6%0.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
61.8%84.3% on the water mains95.6% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
5.7%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house87.3%
  • Traditional house4.7%
  • Rural-type4.0%
  • Villa2.0%
  • Apartment1.5%
  • Other0.6%
  • Slum or basic house0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years56.4%
  • 20 to 49 years40.3%
  • 50 years or more3.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
2,48056.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2,24190.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3,2711.5 per business
Public services
198
Associations
41in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce53.6%
  • Services26.5%
  • Industry12.5%
  • Construction7.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person78.0%
  • 2 to 318.3%
  • 4 to 93.0%
  • 10 to 490.7%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later25.6%
  • 2011–201947.9%
  • 2001–201015.2%
  • 1991–20006.2%
  • 1981–19901.5%
  • 1956–19803.6%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Files and code
Code
08.577.01.11
As digits
085770111
Slug
tinghir
OpenStreetMap
2887568
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tinghir");

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