Tissaf

تيساف

Rural commune in the cercle of Outat El Haj, province of Boulemane, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
11,615
Since 2014
+14.0%from 10,191 in 2014
Density
4.1people per km², 2,829.4 km²
Households
2,270
Foreign residents
1
Rank
628628th most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 21 in its province

Next door in Outat El Haj, 91.6% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 2.2%.

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 69.0% to 91.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Saka. Aged 0 to 14: 33.6% here, 32.6% there; can’t read or write: 47.0% here, 47.4% there; aged 65 and over: 7.0% here, 7.7% there.

Compare it with Saka

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 Tissaf.

Tissaf +14.0%

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
47.0%aged 10 and over56.5% in 201458.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
9.7%8.1% in 20144.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
33.5%aged 15 and over41.5% in 20147.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
83.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.58children per woman2.75 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.3%of people4.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.1people on average6.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
45.1%of settled households50.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tissaf: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.5%75 and over2.5%
2.0%70–742.2%
2.3%65–692.6%
3.2%60–643.7%
3.6%55–593.6%
4.5%50–545.1%
4.7%45–495.1%
5.5%40–446.0%
6.2%35–397.3%
6.0%30–346.6%
6.8%25–296.6%
7.9%20–247.2%
10.1%15–199.1%
12.4%10–1411.5%
12.4%5–911.3%
9.8%0–49.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.2%
  • Tachelhit5.4%
  • Tamazight0.8%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French48.3%
  • English15.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot68.6%
  • Doesn’t travel to work17.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle7.7%
  • Private car2.8%
  • Taxi1.0%
  • Employer’s transport0.9%
  • Bus0.8%
  • Informal transport0.3%
  • Animal0.3%
  • Another way0.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1149.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
8776.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1401.6 per business
Public services
27
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce75.9%
  • Industry14.9%
  • Services8.0%
  • Construction1.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person82.8%
  • 2 to 310.3%
  • 4 to 96.9%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later2.3%
  • 2011–201986.2%
  • 2001–201011.5%
  • 1991–20000.0%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Figures that stand out

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

The share of households cooking with another fuel is 8.8%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Estimate from a sample

Across the 8 communes it borders, the median is 0.2%. Boumerieme is furthest from it, at 0.1%.

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

How these are picked

Douars

Tissaf’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 23 douars in 5 fractions, with 11,615 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
تيسافTissaf10 douars · 4,960 people
اولاد عبد اللهOulad AbdellahGrouped1015330.51.110.1
لعميماتLamimatGrouped582991.01.29.5
أولاد أحمدOld AhmedGrouped1376740.41.36.9
أولاد بوزيانOld BouzianeGrouped2281,1731.11.119.2
اولاد امحمدOld M'HamedGrouped955391.71.516.0
أولاد موحى مبوبكرOulad Mouha MboubkerGrouped1277———
أولاد بناصرOulad BenasarGrouped582911.72.016.0
أولاد الحاج المدنيOld El Haj El MadaniGrouped1025140.40.615.6
أولاد بلقاسمOulad BelkacemIn parts804010.21.216.6
أولاد عليOulad AliGrouped854590.21.22.9
اولاد سيدي زيانOulad Sidi Ziyane3 douars · 1,533 people
الجرف الاحمرJorf LahmarGrouped1426971.81.42.5
تيمرساطTimersatDispersed894886.51.86.8
لبيوتLbioutDispersed6434831.46.131.6
الطوالEttoual4 douars · 1,103 people
الشواقريةEcchouakriaDispersed452398.45.632.3
أولاد موحى بن عبيدOulad Mouha Ben AbidDispersed12355417.913.434.0
اولاد عبد العاليOld Abd El AliDispersed23135———
أولاد علي بن موسىOulad Ali Ben MoussaDispersed3817515.610.744.2
اولاد بوكايسOulad Boukays4 douars · 640 people
اولاد عليOulad AliDispersed314———
اولاد عبد الرحمنOulad AbderrahmanDispersed18112———
اولاد سليمانOulad SlimaneDispersed733504.64.631.5
اولاد احمدOulad AhmedDispersed3516416.916.246.7
ملاحةMellaha2 douars · 3,379 people
ملاحة الشرقيةMellaha CharqiaIn parts5332,6991.12.04.5
ملاحة الغربيةMellaha GharbiaGrouped1286801.22.12.8

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
03.131.07.09
As digits
031310709
Slug
tissaf
OpenStreetMap
2817795
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tissaf");

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