Zaouia Sidi Tahar

زاوية سيدي الطاهر

Rural commune in the cercle of Sidi Moussa Lhamri, province of Taroudannt, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
13,479
Since 2014
+15.4%from 11,677 in 2014
Density
128people per km², 105.3 km²
Households
3,148
Foreign residents
17
Rank
524524th most populous of 1,503 communes15th of 89 in its province

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Bitit. Read French: 54.2% here, 54.3% there; unemployment: 15.8% here, 18.2% there; aged 65 and over: 8.2% here, 8.6% there.

Compare it with Bitit

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 Zaouia Sidi Tahar.

Zaouia Sidi Tahar +15.4%

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
34.7%aged 10 and over42.1% in 201442.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
15.8%9.8% in 201425.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.8%aged 15 and over41.5% in 20147.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.97children per woman2.23 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.8%of people4.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.3people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
97.5%of settled households97.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Zaouia Sidi Tahar: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.2%75 and over3.0%
2.3%70–742.5%
2.6%65–692.8%
3.9%60–644.2%
4.2%55–594.3%
5.6%50–545.8%
6.6%45–496.3%
7.4%40–447.3%
7.0%35–397.4%
6.7%30–347.0%
6.0%25–296.4%
7.8%20–247.2%
8.5%15–199.2%
10.4%10–1410.3%
9.5%5–98.6%
8.1%0–47.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija93.9%
  • Tachelhit23.7%
  • Tamazight2.2%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French54.2%
  • English14.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle53.7%
  • On foot15.4%
  • Private car7.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work7.0%
  • Bus5.9%
  • Employer’s transport5.7%
  • Taxi2.5%
  • Informal transport1.6%
  • Another way0.2%
  • Animal0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
32524.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
23672.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3431.5 per business
Public services
64
Associations
25in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce67.8%
  • Services14.8%
  • Industry14.4%
  • Construction3.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person91.5%
  • 2 to 35.9%
  • 4 to 91.7%
  • 10 to 490.4%
  • 50 and over0.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later57.2%
  • 2011–201928.4%
  • 2001–201010.2%
  • 1991–20003.4%
  • 1981–19900.8%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Zaouia Sidi Tahar’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 11 douars in 2 fractions, with 13,461 people. 18 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
البعاريرEL Baarir5 douars · 7,136 people
البعارير الفوقانيينEL Baarir FoukaniineIn parts8423,6180.31.32.4
البعارير الوسطىEL Baarir El OussetaGrouped1275380.00.13.6
النواجي التحتانيينNaouji Et TahtaniineGrouped1847551.73.45.6
النواجي الفوقانيينNouaji el FoukaniineGrouped1726954.55.515.3
البعارير التحتانيينEL Baarir TahtaniineGrouped3541,5300.60.65.0
أولاد إبراهيمOulad Brahim6 douars · 6,325 people
القصبةKasbaIn parts1496161.01.82.6
السݣيراتSkiratGrouped2371,0330.92.22.8
أمرسالAmersalIn parts2531,0420.51.31.1
الدشرةDechraIn parts3701,5290.42.12.0
أولاد مسافرOulad M SaferGrouped2961,3502.02.16.6
السواحيرEssouahirGrouped1647550.00.96.4

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code
Code
09.541.11.71
As digits
095411171
Slug
zaouia-sidi-tahar
OpenStreetMap
2882899
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("zaouia-sidi-tahar");

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