Tsaft

اتسافت

Rural commune in the cercle of Rif Sud, province of Driouch, Oriental.

Population, 2024
8,401
Since 2014
−12.3%from 9,578 in 2014
Density
55.6people per km², 151.1 km²
Households
2,168
Foreign residents
4
Rank
870870th most populous of 1,503 communes9th of 23 in its province

Next door in Ijermaouas, 1.3% of households have running water. Here, it’s 32.1%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 0.3% to 25.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Rouadi. Aged 65 and over: 11.9% here, 12.7% there; running water: 32.1% here, 23.4% there; aged 0 to 14: 25.1% here, 26.0% there.

Compare it with Rouadi

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 Tsaft.

Tsaft −12.3%

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
39.0%aged 10 and over45.9% in 201450.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
31.9%28.3% in 201431.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
31.6%aged 15 and over40.0% in 20143.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.14children per woman1.65 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.2%of people8.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
32.1%of settled households30.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tsaft: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.5%75 and over3.7%
3.0%70–742.8%
5.0%65–695.8%
5.1%60–647.1%
4.6%55–595.9%
5.5%50–546.3%
5.6%45–496.6%
6.9%40–446.8%
7.1%35–396.1%
6.6%30–346.0%
6.6%25–296.5%
6.3%20–246.1%
7.8%15–196.7%
9.0%10–148.3%
9.2%5–98.8%
8.1%0–46.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Tarifit95.1%
  • Darija41.2%
  • Tamazight1.3%
  • Tachelhit0.3%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.0%
  • French46.2%
  • English10.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh9.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot52.8%
  • Private car17.2%
  • Taxi7.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work7.8%
  • Informal transport4.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle4.5%
  • Employer’s transport2.7%
  • Bus1.0%
  • Another way1.0%
  • Animal0.5%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
1,334
Standing empty
44.0%11.2% vacant32.8% a second home
Precarious
0.4%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
52.3%86.5% on the water mains97.3% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
1.6%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house95.4%
  • Apartment2.5%
  • Villa1.2%
  • Traditional house0.4%
  • Other0.3%
  • Slum or basic house0.1%
  • Rural-type0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years72.3%
  • 20 to 49 years27.7%
  • 50 years or more0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
33640.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
26077.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4031.6 per business
Public services
75
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce54.6%
  • Services33.5%
  • Industry6.9%
  • Construction5.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person62.7%
  • 2 to 333.8%
  • 4 to 92.7%
  • 10 to 490.8%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later28.1%
  • 2011–201943.5%
  • 2001–20109.6%
  • 1991–20009.6%
  • 1981–19904.2%
  • 1956–19804.6%
  • Before 19560.4%

Urban centres

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

Kassita2,876

Douars

Tsaft’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 13 douars in 1 fraction, with 5,525 people. Another 2,876 live in Kassita, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
اتسافتTsaft13 douars · 5,525 people
أيت العاليAit AlaaliDispersed682350.21.514.8
بني زيانBeni ZianeDispersed1965———
إعزوزاIzouzaIn parts37———
لبعولLbaoulIn parts1264923.42.57.5
تغزوت نتاساTaghzout N'TassaIn parts2791,0211.63.418.1
تلامغيتTalameghaitDispersed1687030.32.34.2
تازيميTazimiDispersed943752.95.45.5
حجرة القضاءHajrat Al QodiaDispersed2631,0880.71.32.8
إجعوناIjaounaDispersed1405751.63.23.8
زاوية سيدي الحاج عليZaouia Sidi el Haj AliGrouped2290———
إدرازاIdrazaDispersed381442.94.14.2
بني عدولBni AddouleDispersed28129———
بوعلمةBoulmaDispersed1646010.61.315.6

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
02.167.13.29
As digits
021671329
Slug
tsaft
OpenStreetMap
2425000
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tsaft");

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