Zaitoune
الزيتون
Rural commune in the cercle of Tétouan, province of Tétouan, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.
- Population, 2024
- 13,492
- Since 2014
- +28.7%from 10,481 in 2014
- Density
- 212people per km², 63.6 km²
- Households
- 3,192
- Foreign residents
- 12
- Rank
- 522522nd most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 22 in its province
Next door in Zinat, 3.0% of households have running water. Here, it’s 79.3%.
Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 40.4% to 74.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Moussa El Majdoub. Aged 65 and over: 6.2% here, 6.5% there; can’t read or write: 22.3% here, 25.6% there; in the labour force: 42.8% here, 43.0% there.
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 Zaitoune.
Zaitoune +28.7%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 22.3%aged 10 and over34.7% in 201429.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 22.6%17.3% in 201431.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 42.8%aged 15 and over52.4% in 201411.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 94.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.05children per woman2.44 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.0%of people4.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.2people on average4.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 79.3%of settled households71.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1% | 75 and over | 2.2% | ||
| 1.7% | 70–74 | 1.5% | ||
| 2.4% | 65–69 | 2.5% | ||
| 4.0% | 60–64 | 3.4% | ||
| 3.7% | 55–59 | 3.9% | ||
| 5.5% | 50–54 | 4.9% | ||
| 5.8% | 45–49 | 5.6% | ||
| 7.0% | 40–44 | 7.0% | ||
| 7.9% | 35–39 | 7.8% | ||
| 7.7% | 30–34 | 8.0% | ||
| 6.9% | 25–29 | 7.5% | ||
| 7.7% | 20–24 | 8.4% | ||
| 9.1% | 15–19 | 8.9% | ||
| 9.6% | 10–14 | 9.8% | ||
| 10.3% | 5–9 | 9.8% | ||
| 8.9% | 0–4 | 8.8% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 34.7%aged 10 and over22.3% in 202444.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 17.3%22.6% in 202447.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 52.4%aged 15 and over42.8% in 202419.4% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 91.5%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.44children per woman2.05 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.1%of people5.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.7people on average4.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 71.6%of settled households79.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.4% | 75 and over | 2.0% | ||
| 1.2% | 70–74 | 1.6% | ||
| 1.6% | 65–69 | 1.3% | ||
| 2.9% | 60–64 | 2.4% | ||
| 3.3% | 55–59 | 2.9% | ||
| 4.6% | 50–54 | 4.1% | ||
| 5.3% | 45–49 | 4.5% | ||
| 6.0% | 40–44 | 6.0% | ||
| 7.1% | 35–39 | 7.0% | ||
| 8.2% | 30–34 | 8.2% | ||
| 8.9% | 25–29 | 9.7% | ||
| 10.3% | 20–24 | 10.1% | ||
| 8.9% | 15–19 | 9.9% | ||
| 9.2% | 10–14 | 10.1% | ||
| 10.2% | 5–9 | 9.6% | ||
| 10.1% | 0–4 | 10.6% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 20615.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 14570.4% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 2341.6 per business
- Public services
- 52
- Associations
- 9in premises of their own
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Douars
Zaitoune’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 17 douars in 2 fractions, with 13,472 people. 20 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| جبلJbel9 douars · 1,405 people | ||||||
| دار الغازيDar Al Ghazi | Grouped | 85 | 406 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 |
| دار الخنوسDar el Khannous | Grouped | 28 | 175 | — | — | — |
| دار خرخورDar Kherkhour | Grouped | 9 | 40 | — | — | — |
| أشرودنAchrouden | Grouped | 29 | 148 | — | — | — |
| تزارينTazarine | Grouped | 30 | 155 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 10.0 |
| دار الراعيDar Erraai | Grouped | 40 | 199 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.0 |
| دار الحلقةDar el Halka | Grouped | 7 | 32 | — | — | — |
| أسعادنAssaaden | Grouped | 26 | 147 | — | — | — |
| دار بنعيسىDar Benaissa | Grouped | 21 | 103 | — | — | — |
| كتانKitane8 douars · 12,067 people | ||||||
| كتانKitane | Grouped | 232 | 918 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| الطوبEttoub | Grouped | 732 | 3,009 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| مشروحةMachrouha | Grouped | 59 | 253 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 8.0 |
| يرغيتYarghite | Grouped | 229 | 916 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 5.9 |
| بني صالحBeni Salah | Grouped | 384 | 1,621 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.1 |
| أحريقAhrik | Grouped | 631 | 2,604 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| طريطةTrita | Dispersed | 161 | 668 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.8 |
| لالة عائشةLalla Aicha | Grouped | 489 | 2,078 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
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
01.571.05.23- As digits
015710523- Slug
zaitoune- Census figures
/api/communes/01.571.05.23/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/01.571.05.23/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/01.571.05.23/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/01.571.05.23/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2480068
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("zaitoune");