Zaggota

زكوطة

Rural commune in the cercle of Chrarda, province of Sidi Kacem, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
10,245
Since 2014
+2.1%from 10,032 in 2014
Density
74.4people per km², 137.6 km²
Households
2,159
Rank
733733rd most populous of 1,503 communes21st of 29 in its province

Next door in Selfat, 5.9% of households have running water. Here, it’s 56.4%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 3.9% to 23.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ghiata Al Gharbia. Household size: 4.7 here, 4.8 there; in the labour force: 33.0% here, 33.5% there; read French: 54.7% here, 54.7% there.

Compare it with Ghiata Al Gharbia

One of 39 communes where at least 1% of workers commute by train.

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

16023

How it changed

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

Zaggota +2.1%

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
37.7%aged 10 and over45.4% in 201448.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
23.5%3.9% in 201427.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
33.0%aged 15 and over45.8% in 20144.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.36children per woman2.53 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.3%of people4.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.7people on average5.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
56.4%of settled households50.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Zaggota: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.1%75 and over4.1%
2.7%70–742.4%
3.5%65–693.1%
4.8%60–643.9%
4.8%55–594.4%
5.6%50–545.3%
6.6%45–496.3%
6.3%40–446.4%
6.7%35–396.7%
5.3%30–346.1%
5.1%25–295.9%
5.9%20–247.1%
9.7%15–199.5%
11.5%10–1410.7%
9.7%5–910.4%
8.6%0–47.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.2%
  • Tachelhit0.3%
  • Tarifit0.3%
  • Hassania0.2%
  • Tamazight0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French54.7%
  • English15.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot31.6%
  • Informal transport28.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work14.1%
  • Employer’s transport6.0%
  • Taxi5.4%
  • Bus4.4%
  • Private car3.6%
  • Train2.3%
  • Animal2.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.8%
  • Another way0.4%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
17216.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
9857.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1611.6 per business
Public services
59
Associations
15in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce58.2%
  • Services28.6%
  • Industry13.3%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person62.2%
  • 2 to 334.7%
  • 4 to 92.0%
  • 10 to 491.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later26.5%
  • 2011–201935.7%
  • 2001–201022.4%
  • 1991–200010.2%
  • 1981–19904.1%
  • 1956–19801.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Zaggota’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 41 douars in 4 fractions, with 10,231 people. 14 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
أولاد شاكرOulad Chaker17 douars · 4,463 people
لعناترةLaanatraGrouped945480.01.88.2
اسكارنةSkarnaGrouped432310.02.05.0
فقير علالEl Faqir AllalGrouped1998———
أولاد مريمOulad MeryemGrouped563540.42.67.9
عين تيرزيطAin TirzitGrouped1567911.01.17.0
العصبيEl AssbiGrouped693551.01.09.0
مريس البارودMriss El BaroudGrouped1676———
مياصةMyassaGrouped1005020.11.18.3
ملوانMelouaneGrouped1593———
لحريشاتLahrichatGrouped2287———
اجليفاتJlifatGrouped372189.04.015.0
لحمامدةLehmamdaGrouped492984.04.011.9
ارحاحلةRhahlaGrouped28127———
الموالكLamoualekGrouped301292.02.09.0
بن الشاويةBen ChaouyaGrouped532591.11.28.1
لمودنينLamoudnineGrouped321601.01.08.0
الشناݣلةChnaglaGrouped27137———
مشتى الغاليMechta El Ghali8 douars · 913 people
بوحجارBou HjarGrouped502281.01.07.0
اسكارنة سيدي امباركSkarna Sidi MbarekGrouped846———
اسلافتةSiaftaDispersed522670.02.37.2
اسكارنة عين الفلوسSkarna Ain LfallousGrouped946———
لعناترة هومداتLanatrat HoumdatGrouped213———
اشناكلة عين الفلوسChnagla Ain LfallousGrouped1291———
لعطاطفة مشتى الغاليAttatfa Mechta el GhaliGrouped331922.00.012.0
احمينات الحاج عيادHminat Haj AyadGrouped630———
عين حمديAin Himdi8 douars · 2,334 people
لعطاطفة عين حمديLaatatfa Ain HimdiGrouped361590.02.32.9
أولاد زيانOulad ZianeGrouped2359370.60.63.0
الغزاونة الفوقيةLarhzaouna El FoukiIn parts381541.82.24.0
أولاد فضيلة عين حمديOulad Fdila Ain HimdiGrouped552392.02.03.0
أولاد دراعOulad DraaGrouped462661.01.06.0
أولاد امرابط اكريمات الحجاجOulad M'rabet Akrimat El HajjajGrouped492701.01.06.0
لخفاونةKhefaounaGrouped522911.01.06.0
فضولFdoulGrouped218———
مركز زكوطةCentre Zaggota8 douars · 2,521 people
اعزيب سيدي المهديAzib Sidi El MalidiIn parts782971.11.32.9
أولاد امرابط العكبةOulad M'rabet El AkbaGrouped2128071.11.21.2
عين الربعAin RbaeGrouped2484———
أولاد احمامةOulad HmamaGrouped672601.02.03.0
مركز زكوطةCentre ZaggotaDispersed331281.01.01.2
اشمامنةChmamnaGrouped1296061.01.22.2
لكريماتLoukrimatGrouped733080.91.12.5
مركز زݣوطةCentre ZaggotaGrouped831———

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
04.481.09.11
As digits
044810911
Slug
zaggota
OpenStreetMap
2813777
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("zaggota");

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