Zag

الزاك

Urban commune in the province of Assa-Zag, Guelmim-Oued Noun.

Population, 2024
4,756
Since 2014
−62.7%from 12,763 in 2014
Density
1.4people per km², 3,325.1 km²
Households
1,104
Rank
1,2281,228th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 7 in its province

Where it is

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

Aouint YghomaneAouint LahnaAssaTouizguiAl MahbassLabouirat

How it changed

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

Zag −62.7%

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
22.9%aged 10 and over24.4% in 201429.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
24.3%27.2% in 201445.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
33.8%aged 15 and over40.9% in 201410.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.50children per woman2.61 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.3%of people4.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.3people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.8%of settled households97.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Zag: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.5%75 and over1.7%
1.5%70–741.4%
2.7%65–692.1%
3.9%60–642.5%
3.5%55–593.5%
4.9%50–544.6%
6.3%45–495.5%
6.1%40–447.1%
7.2%35–397.5%
7.5%30–348.3%
6.7%25–298.4%
7.3%20–247.9%
8.8%15–197.7%
11.1%10–1410.7%
11.7%5–912.3%
9.5%0–48.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija93.5%
  • Hassania41.2%
  • Tachelhit15.1%
  • Tamazight4.2%
  • Tarifit0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.5%
  • French54.3%
  • English16.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot68.4%
  • Employer’s transport10.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle7.4%
  • Private car6.5%
  • Bus1.0%
  • Taxi0.7%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
1,322
Standing empty
17.4%7.6% vacant9.8% a second home
Precarious
1.0%0.5% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
94.3%97.4% on the water mains97.3% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
2.1%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house97.1%
  • Traditional house1.5%
  • Slum or basic house0.5%
  • Rural-type0.3%
  • Villa0.2%
  • Apartment0.2%
  • Other0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years57.6%
  • 20 to 49 years42.1%
  • 50 years or more0.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
37879.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
28074.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3781.4 per business
Public services
76
Associations
22in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce62.5%
  • Services27.1%
  • Industry10.0%
  • Construction0.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person84.3%
  • 2 to 312.5%
  • 4 to 92.9%
  • 10 to 490.4%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later43.6%
  • 2011–201936.4%
  • 2001–20107.5%
  • 1991–20008.9%
  • 1981–19902.5%
  • 1956–19801.1%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
10.071.01.03
As digits
100710103
Slug
zag
Record
/api/communes/10.071.01.03.json
Boundary
/api/communes/10.071.01.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/10.071.01.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/10.071.01.03/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/10.071.01.03/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/10.071.01.03/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2891021
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("zag");

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