Zagora

زاكورة

Urban commune in the province of Zagora, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
42,294
Since 2014
+5.6%from 40,067 in 2014
Density
919people per km², 46 km²
Households
7,898
Foreign residents
19
Rank
121121st most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 25 in its province

Next door in Tamegroute, 0.5% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 92.6%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 75.5% to 92.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Laattaouia. Aged 65 and over: 7.0% here, 6.5% there; running water: 97.1% here, 99.0% there; aged 0 to 14: 30.9% here, 30.6% there.

Compare it with Laattaouia

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

47900

Villages and hamlets

Ksar Asrir

How it changed

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

Zagora +5.6%

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
18.5%aged 10 and over25.8% in 201425.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
20.2%18.9% in 201428.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.7%aged 15 and over40.5% in 201411.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.34children per woman2.82 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.2%of people4.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.3people on average6.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
97.1%of settled households90.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Zagora: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.4%75 and over2.3%
2.1%70–742.0%
2.5%65–692.5%
3.1%60–643.2%
3.9%55–593.4%
4.5%50–544.6%
4.8%45–495.5%
5.9%40–446.4%
6.1%35–396.8%
7.8%30–347.9%
7.4%25–298.2%
7.7%20–248.9%
9.0%15–199.2%
11.8%10–1410.5%
10.8%5–910.1%
10.2%0–48.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija97.3%
  • Tamazight12.9%
  • Tachelhit12.2%
  • Hassania2.8%
  • Tarifit0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French51.6%
  • English19.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh3.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot40.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle27.0%
  • Private car12.6%
  • Taxi6.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.9%
  • Employer’s transport4.3%
  • Informal transport1.5%
  • Another way1.2%
  • Bus0.3%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
9,780
Standing empty
23.1%13.2% vacant9.9% a second home
Precarious
9.4%0.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
89.5%94.6% on the water mains92.6% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
12.6%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house77.5%
  • Traditional house8.3%
  • Rural-type7.5%
  • Apartment3.5%
  • Other1.6%
  • Villa1.3%
  • Slum or basic house0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years46.2%
  • 20 to 49 years51.2%
  • 50 years or more2.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,88744.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1,69289.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2,2691.3 per business
Public services
146
Associations
49in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce60.3%
  • Services22.9%
  • Industry10.8%
  • Construction6.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person83.6%
  • 2 to 313.7%
  • 4 to 92.2%
  • 10 to 490.5%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later38.8%
  • 2011–201946.1%
  • 2001–20109.6%
  • 1991–20004.1%
  • 1981–19900.6%
  • 1956–19800.7%
  • Before 19560.1%

In the data

Files and code
Code
08.587.01.13
As digits
085870113
Slug
zagora
OpenStreetMap
2884979
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("zagora");

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