Toundoute

توندوت

Rural commune in the cercle of Ouarzazate, province of Ouarzazate, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024: 10,177
Since 2014: −4.0%from 10,606 in 2014
Density: 15.5people per km², 656.7 km²
Households: 2,028
Foreign residents: 2
Rank: 734734th most populous of 1,503 communes11th of 17 in its province

Since 2014, unemployment went from 8.1% to 32.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tifni. Darija: 38.7% here, 45.3% there; unemployment: 32.9% here, 31.6% there; running water: 96.2% here, 91.1% there.

Compare it with Tifni

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

45852

How it changed

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

Toundoute −4.0%

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: 33.8%aged 10 and over42.4% in 201448.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 32.9%8.1% in 201421.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 33.6%aged 15 and over33.5% in 20143.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 98.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.23children per woman2.74 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.3%of people5.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 5.0people on average6.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 96.2%of settled households90.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Toundoute: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.0%	75 and over	4.3%
2.9%	70–74	3.2%
2.6%	65–69	3.8%
3.3%	60–64	4.9%
3.3%	55–59	3.8%
4.5%	50–54	5.5%
4.7%	45–49	5.8%
6.4%	40–44	5.7%
7.4%	35–39	7.0%
7.8%	30–34	7.6%
7.7%	25–29	6.1%
8.0%	20–24	7.1%
8.7%	15–19	8.4%
10.5%	10–14	9.2%
9.7%	5–9	9.3%
9.4%	0–4	8.3%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit97.0%
Darija38.7%
Tamazight7.4%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic98.0%
French40.5%
English13.1%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot55.4%
Doesn’t travel to work11.4%
Bike or motorcycle8.6%
Bus7.3%
Taxi6.8%
Private car4.5%
Employer’s transport4.0%
Animal0.8%
Another way0.8%
Informal transport0.4%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 42.4%aged 10 and over33.8% in 202457.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 8.1%32.9% in 202419.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 33.5%aged 15 and over33.6% in 20244.5% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 95.7%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.74children per woman2.23 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.7%of people5.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.0people on average5.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 90.1%of settled households96.2% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Toundoute: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.2%	75 and over	3.2%
1.7%	70–74	2.1%
2.0%	65–69	2.3%
3.5%	60–64	3.2%
3.3%	55–59	4.1%
3.6%	50–54	4.4%
3.6%	45–49	3.7%
5.0%	40–44	5.9%
5.1%	35–39	6.6%
6.7%	30–34	6.8%
7.5%	25–29	8.7%
9.1%	20–24	10.2%
10.5%	15–19	10.2%
11.8%	10–14	9.2%
11.1%	5–9	9.1%
12.3%	0–4	10.3%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit98.6%
Darija35.5%
Tamazight0.2%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic only59.3%
Arabic and French33.5%
Arabic, French and English6.2%
Other combinations1.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot63.1%
Taxi15.8%
Bus7.4%
Not stated4.2%
Private car2.7%
Bike or motorcycle2.6%
Another way2.2%
Works at home1.1%
Employer’s transport0.9%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood44.8%
No fixed place23.4%
Another province16.5%
Another in the commune4.7%
Another commune4.2%
Not stated4.0%
Somewhere else1.2%
At home1.1%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Crafts and skilled trades32.3%
Labouring and small trades22.2%
Farming and fishing17.3%
Farm and fishing labour9.5%
Clerical work5.9%
Machine operating4.3%
Trade and broking3.2%
Managers and senior professionals2.6%
Not classified1.9%
Technicians0.7%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma74.5%
Primary17.9%
Lower secondary4.7%
Upper secondary2.0%
DEUG or Licence0.9%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 32131.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 19761.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 2161.1 per business
Public services: 107
Associations: 17in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce63.5%
Services26.9%
Industry8.6%
Construction1.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person90.9%
2 to 39.1%
4 to 90.0%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later28.4%
2011–201941.6%
2001–201024.4%
1991–20003.6%
1981–19902.0%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Toundoute’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 19 douars in 4 fractions, with 10,162 people. 15 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
أمكشود أيت وتفاوAmkchoud Ait Outfaou6 douars · 1,979 people
زاوية أمكشودZaouia Amkchoud	Grouped	97	503	1.1	2.0	7.7
تاكراكراTagragra	In parts	83	477	1.7	0.9	5.0
أنفارنوAnfernou	In parts	34	216	7.1	2.7	9.7
تكناماسTaknamas	Grouped	77	408	1.0	1.4	7.3
أيت حدوAit Haddou	Grouped	53	226	1.0	1.0	6.0
أيت أولحيانAit Oulhiane	Grouped	31	149	1.0	1.0	5.9
توندوتToundoute7 douars · 3,934 people
إفرخانIfrkhane	Grouped	220	1,159	0.6	1.2	2.8
الحدادةHaddada	Grouped	82	453	0.1	0.8	0.6
تيغيرت المركزTighirt Centre	Grouped	90	386	0.0	0.3	0.2
تانسيفتTanssifte	Grouped	40	193	0.0	0.6	5.0
الحارةEl Hara	In parts	210	1,084	2.0	0.4	4.4
تنزارTinzare	Grouped	46	245	8.0	0.9	12.0
تامسولتTamsoult	In parts	79	414	1.0	1.6	13.5
أيت وتفاو تاركةAit Outfaou Targa2 douars · 2,570 people
سيدي جعفرSidi Jafar	Grouped	26	137	—	—	—
تاركة نعضىTargat n’Ada	In parts	489	2,433	1.3	1.0	2.4
أيت علي أوعيسىAit Ali Ouaissa4 douars · 1,679 people
أيت علي أوعيسىAit Ali Ouaissa	In parts	110	475	1.0	1.0	4.0
تفليت أيت وتفاوTiflte Ait Itfaou	Grouped	109	529	1.0	1.2	7.0
أكراليونAgralioun	Grouped	51	237	1.6	1.6	7.2
زاوية أكراليونZaouia Agralioun	Grouped	99	438	1.2	1.0	6.0

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: 08.401.07.11
As digits: 084010711
Slug: toundoute
Record: /api/communes/08.401.07.11.json
Boundary: /api/communes/08.401.07.11/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/08.401.07.11/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/08.401.07.11/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/08.401.07.11/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/08.401.07.11/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/08.401.07.11/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2887620

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("toundoute");

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