Zaouiat Ahansal

زاوية أحنصال

Rural commune in the cercle of Azilal, province of Azilal, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024: 11,260
Since 2014: +5.7%from 10,657 in 2014
Density: 10.6people per km², 1,058.3 km²
Households: 2,159
Rank: 651651st most populous of 1,503 communes25th of 44 in its province

Next door in Ait Sedrate Jbel El Oulia, 98.2% of households have running water. Here, it’s 32.1%.

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 29.5% to 72.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Bouchaouene. Aged 65 and over: 6.2% here, 6.3% there; in the labour force: 36.1% here, 33.7% there; apartments: 0.0% here, 0.0% there.

Compare it with Bouchaouene

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Zaouiat Ahansal +5.7%

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: 51.0%aged 10 and over68.1% in 201461.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 15.3%12.3% in 20142.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 36.1%aged 15 and over51.5% in 20144.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 91.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.81children per woman3.66 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.0%of people10.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 5.2people on average6.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 32.1%of settled households3.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Zaouiat Ahansal: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.1%	75 and over	2.2%
1.7%	70–74	1.8%
2.6%	65–69	1.9%
3.1%	60–64	3.4%
3.2%	55–59	3.1%
3.6%	50–54	3.8%
4.6%	45–49	4.8%
5.1%	40–44	5.5%
5.7%	35–39	6.0%
6.6%	30–34	6.5%
7.7%	25–29	7.1%
9.1%	20–24	8.3%
11.3%	15–19	10.5%
12.1%	10–14	12.6%
11.7%	5–9	12.0%
9.9%	0–4	10.4%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight99.1%
Darija18.0%
Tachelhit0.2%
Tarifit0.2%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic97.9%
French39.4%
English10.7%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot65.9%
Doesn’t travel to work9.3%
Bus8.6%
Employer’s transport5.5%
Another way4.0%
Informal transport2.3%
Private car2.0%
Bike or motorcycle1.5%
Taxi0.7%
Animal0.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 68.1%aged 10 and over51.0% in 202477.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 12.3%15.3% in 202422.5% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 51.5%aged 15 and over36.1% in 202418.9% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 65.3%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.66children per woman2.81 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 10.1%of people4.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.6people on average5.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 3.7%of settled households32.1% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Zaouiat Ahansal: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
1.8%	75 and over	1.5%
1.3%	70–74	1.5%
1.5%	65–69	1.4%
2.6%	60–64	2.5%
3.1%	55–59	2.5%
3.8%	50–54	3.7%
3.7%	45–49	3.6%
4.1%	40–44	4.2%
5.5%	35–39	5.7%
6.5%	30–34	6.3%
7.7%	25–29	7.2%
8.9%	20–24	9.8%
9.5%	15–19	9.9%
12.5%	10–14	12.7%
13.5%	5–9	13.2%
14.1%	0–4	14.3%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight90.6%
Darija16.5%
Tachelhit8.9%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic only64.1%
Arabic and French29.2%
Arabic, French and English4.2%
Other combinations2.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot89.0%
Bus2.6%
Works at home2.4%
Not stated2.0%
Employer’s transport1.7%
Private car0.8%
Another way0.8%
Taxi0.3%
Bike or motorcycle0.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood69.3%
No fixed place12.1%
Another province9.3%
Another commune2.7%
At home2.4%
Not stated2.0%
Another in the commune1.7%
Somewhere else0.6%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farming and fishing33.5%
Labouring and small trades27.6%
Farm and fishing labour18.8%
Crafts and skilled trades9.7%
Machine operating3.6%
Clerical work3.0%
Trade and broking1.6%
Managers and senior professionals1.1%
Technicians0.6%
Not classified0.6%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma89.7%
Primary7.3%
Lower secondary1.7%
Upper secondary0.7%
DEUG or Licence0.5%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 19217.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 8544.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1151.4 per business
Public services: 88
Associations: 19in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 4counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce54.1%
Services42.4%
Industry2.4%
Construction1.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person67.1%
2 to 331.8%
4 to 91.2%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later5.9%
2011–201942.4%
2001–201043.5%
1991–20008.2%
1981–19900.0%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Zaouiat Ahansal’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 18 douars in 5 fractions, with 11,119 people. 141 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
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
أيت عطاAit Atta8 douars · 4,339 people
تالمستTalmest	Dispersed	155	1,006	0.8	2.2	36.7
إسنتيكIssantik	Dispersed	79	453	7.0	3.1	27.4
تيفوينةTifouina	Dispersed	90	526	2.2	4.4	22.1
تيغيغيتTighighit	In parts	229	1,182	4.2	2.2	25.5
أغنبوArenbou	Dispersed	15	59	—	—	—
بوخادلBoukhadel	Dispersed	121	689	13.1	2.8	41.1
بويزانBouyzane	Dispersed	30	159	6.6	1.3	29.0
أݣناريوAgnariou	Dispersed	55	265	4.3	4.1	25.2
إحنًصالنIhnsalen5 douars · 3,882 people
أكوديمAgoudim	Grouped	202	1,014	3.0	1.5	4.7
تيغانيمينTiranimine	Grouped	169	973	6.6	2.6	12.2
أمزرايAmazray	Grouped	209	1,043	0.3	1.8	4.9
تاغيةTarhiya	Grouped	92	461	0.5	1.1	9.5
إليسيIlissi	Dispersed	77	391	0.1	2.2	12.6
أيت خويا أحمدAit Khouya Ahmed1 douar · 1,358 people
زركانZerkane	In parts	294	1,358	18.6	4.5	4.3
أيت واعفرAit Ouafer3 douars · 828 people
تناتمينTinatamine	Dispersed	103	485	13.0	5.2	23.2
تفراوتTafraout	Dispersed	28	192	—	—	—
تيفخسيتTifkhsit	Dispersed	28	151	—	—	—
أيت أوديرAit Aoudir1 douar · 712 people
إميضرImidar	Dispersed	147	712	4.0	4.7	5.8

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: 05.081.03.13
As digits: 050810313
Slug: zaouiat-ahansal
Record: /api/communes/05.081.03.13.json
Boundary: /api/communes/05.081.03.13/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/05.081.03.13/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/05.081.03.13/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/05.081.03.13/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/05.081.03.13/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2887231

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