Tounfite

تونفيت

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

Population, 2024
13,424
Since 2014
+1.0%from 13,297 in 2014
Density
24.1people per km², 556.1 km²
Households
3,301
Rank
526526th most populous of 1,503 communes7th of 29 in its province

Next door in Zaouiat Sidi Hamza, 0.9% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 65.3%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 42.0% to 65.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Yahya Ou Saad. Darija: 41.2% here, 36.9% there; can’t read or write: 42.6% here, 45.3% there; read French: 55.8% here, 57.7% there.

Compare it with Sidi Yahya Ou Saad

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 Tounfite.

Tounfite +1.0%

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
42.6%aged 10 and over48.3% in 201453.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
25.3%13.2% in 201444.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.5%aged 15 and over41.7% in 20146.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
92.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.05children per woman2.28 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.5%of people4.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
70.4%of settled households67.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tounfite: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.6%75 and over4.0%
2.6%70–742.7%
2.7%65–692.6%
4.3%60–644.6%
3.7%55–593.9%
5.1%50–545.8%
6.4%45–496.2%
6.7%40–447.0%
5.8%35–396.9%
7.3%30–346.9%
6.7%25–296.6%
8.0%20–247.9%
9.4%15–198.9%
10.2%10–1410.2%
9.1%5–98.9%
8.5%0–46.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight96.3%
  • Darija41.2%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.2%
  • French55.8%
  • English11.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot66.4%
  • Informal transport7.6%
  • Private car5.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle5.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work4.7%
  • Employer’s transport4.6%
  • Bus3.4%
  • Another way1.1%
  • Animal0.4%
  • Taxi0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
2,558
Standing empty
13.1%10.1% vacant3.0% a second home
Precarious
42.6%0.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
90.5%94.6% on the water mains96.5% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
81.9%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house56.6%
  • Rural-type42.3%
  • Traditional house0.8%
  • Other0.3%
  • Villa0.0%
  • Apartment0.0%
  • Slum or basic house0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years80.9%
  • 20 to 49 years17.4%
  • 50 years or more1.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
52038.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
42481.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4611.1 per business
Public services
87
Associations
9in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce60.4%
  • Services23.8%
  • Industry9.7%
  • Construction6.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person94.3%
  • 2 to 35.0%
  • 4 to 90.7%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later38.2%
  • 2011–201940.1%
  • 2001–201012.5%
  • 1991–20008.5%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.7%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Tounfite8,906

Douars

Tounfite’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 12 douars in 3 fractions, with 4,464 people. Another 8,906 live in Tounfite, its urban centre, which has no douars. 54 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
ايت حساينAit Hsayn3 douars · 834 people
ايت عكيAït AkkiGrouped301331.41.622.7
ايت ابراهيمAit BrahimGrouped371440.51.213.7
ايت خيجةAït KhijjaDispersed1235570.53.012.4
ايت علي اوبراهيمAit Ali Aoubrahim3 douars · 956 people
أردوزArdouzGrouped482391.93.713.0
تاغوشتTaghouchtDispersed703630.41.05.6
تامزيزيتTamzïzitGrouped713541.24.919.4
إيمتشيمنIymtchimen6 douars · 2,674 people
تيزي نزوTizi N ZouDispersed592690.61.66.6
ايت لهريAit LehriDispersed1657761.01.14.7
ايت بويزكارنAit BouizgarenGrouped522351.01.21.4
ايت ووشنAit OuchchenDispersed1476791.01.01.1
ايت ابراهيم او يشوAyt Brahim ou IchouDispersed854091.11.21.7
تاوراوتTaouraoutDispersed603061.01.015.1

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
08.363.17.27
As digits
083631727
Slug
tounfite
OpenStreetMap
2826603
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tounfite");

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