Tizi Ouasli

تيزي وسلي

Rural commune in the cercle of Aknoul, province of Taza, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
5,436
Since 2014
−18.1%from 6,639 in 2014
Density
15.6people per km², 348.3 km²
Households
1,490
Rank
1,1601,160th most populous of 1,503 communes31st of 38 in its province

Next door in Gzenaya Al Janoubia, 0.8% of households have running water. Here, it’s 33.0%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 32.6% to 50.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Bni Chiker. Unemployment: 50.8% here, 48.2% there; household size: 3.6 here, 3.8 there; running water: 33.0% here, 31.5% there.

Compare it with Bni Chiker

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 Tizi Ouasli.

Tizi Ouasli −18.1%

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
39.8%aged 10 and over48.7% in 201453.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
50.8%32.6% in 201469.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.8%aged 15 and over39.0% in 20147.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.13children per woman2.91 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.8%of people8.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.6people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
33.0%of settled households24.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tizi Ouasli: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.9%75 and over4.8%
2.1%70–743.5%
5.0%65–694.8%
7.2%60–647.0%
6.0%55–596.3%
4.8%50–545.5%
4.9%45–496.3%
6.0%40–446.7%
6.1%35–397.4%
7.3%30–345.4%
6.5%25–295.4%
6.9%20–245.8%
7.1%15–195.9%
9.2%10–149.0%
9.7%5–99.0%
8.3%0–47.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Tarifit93.5%
  • Darija76.9%
  • Tamazight1.1%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.2%
  • French43.9%
  • English14.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot74.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work8.8%
  • Private car7.8%
  • Taxi5.1%
  • Employer’s transport1.7%
  • Informal transport1.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.7%
  • Animal0.1%
  • Bus0.0%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
663
Standing empty
32.4%5.3% vacant27.1% a second home
Precarious
2.6%0.8% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
88.5%94.4% on the water mains98.5% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
6.7%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house89.4%
  • Apartment6.9%
  • Rural-type1.4%
  • Villa0.8%
  • Slum or basic house0.8%
  • Other0.5%
  • Traditional house0.3%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years15.8%
  • 20 to 49 years67.3%
  • 50 years or more16.9%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
23443.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
12553.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1701.4 per business
Public services
105
Associations
4in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce56.0%
  • Services30.4%
  • Construction8.8%
  • Industry4.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person72.0%
  • 2 to 326.4%
  • 4 to 91.6%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later40.8%
  • 2011–201931.2%
  • 2001–201017.6%
  • 1991–20005.6%
  • 1981–19904.0%
  • 1956–19800.8%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Tizi Ouasli1,677

Douars

Tizi Ouasli’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 12 douars in 4 fractions, with 3,759 people. Another 1,677 live in Tizi Ouasli, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
بني يونس العلياBni Younes El Oulia4 douars · 2,507 people
تغيلاستTaghilastIn parts2257741.40.54.5
إشلاحنIchlahenIn parts1606011.32.16.1
حضريةHadriaIn parts1134502.70.78.9
أزروAzrouIn parts1786820.01.34.4
بني امحمدBni M'hamed2 douars · 616 people
أولاد زيانOulad ZianeIn parts933413.24.215.0
أولاد تايرOulad TairIn parts772756.34.420.7
اولاد علي بن عيسىOulad Ali Ben Aissa5 douars · 441 people
واو نكورتOuaou NkourtGrouped1948———
تيزي ادمامنTizi IdmamanGrouped28114———
سيدي عيسىSidi AissaGrouped3913910.21.111.6
تنملالTinemlalGrouped371340.91.521.7
هيبلHibelGrouped46———
المركزCentre1 douar · 195 people
أولاد إسحاقOulad IshakGrouped531950.71.91.9

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
03.561.03.11
As digits
035610311
Slug
tizi-ouasli
OpenStreetMap
2753999
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tizi-ouasli");

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