Zarkt
زرقت
Rural commune in the cercle of Targuist, province of Al Hoceima, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.
- Population, 2024
- 5,601
- Since 2014
- −16.3%from 6,691 in 2014
- Density
- 53.6people per km², 104.5 km²
- Households
- 1,178
- Rank
- 1,1471,147th most populous of 1,503 communes25th of 36 in its province
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
Postcodes
32034, 32365
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Zarkt.
Zarkt −16.3%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 37.8%aged 10 and over43.9% in 201448.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 44.7%11.0% in 201425.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 38.2%aged 15 and over48.0% in 20144.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 94.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.47children per woman2.46 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 7.7%of people5.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.8people on average5.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 16.5%of settled households9.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7% | 75 and over | 1.7% | ||
| 1.9% | 70–74 | 2.2% | ||
| 2.5% | 65–69 | 2.3% | ||
| 3.3% | 60–64 | 3.9% | ||
| 3.2% | 55–59 | 4.2% | ||
| 4.7% | 50–54 | 5.2% | ||
| 4.5% | 45–49 | 5.9% | ||
| 6.4% | 40–44 | 6.2% | ||
| 8.6% | 35–39 | 6.4% | ||
| 7.8% | 30–34 | 6.8% | ||
| 8.0% | 25–29 | 7.5% | ||
| 7.7% | 20–24 | 7.5% | ||
| 8.2% | 15–19 | 8.2% | ||
| 10.6% | 10–14 | 10.3% | ||
| 10.8% | 5–9 | 11.0% | ||
| 10.2% | 0–4 | 10.6% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
The two censuses don’t line up here: Tarifit 71.7% in 2014, 1.6% in 2024. How these are spotted
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
- 43.9%aged 10 and over37.8% in 202454.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 11.0%44.7% in 202413.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 48.0%aged 15 and over38.2% in 202415.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 95.7%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.46children per woman2.47 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.2%of people7.7% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.8people on average4.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 9.7%of settled households16.5% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7% | 75 and over | 1.2% | ||
| 1.2% | 70–74 | 1.4% | ||
| 0.9% | 65–69 | 1.5% | ||
| 2.4% | 60–64 | 2.2% | ||
| 3.5% | 55–59 | 2.9% | ||
| 4.0% | 50–54 | 4.5% | ||
| 3.7% | 45–49 | 4.1% | ||
| 5.3% | 40–44 | 6.2% | ||
| 5.4% | 35–39 | 6.7% | ||
| 7.5% | 30–34 | 6.9% | ||
| 10.0% | 25–29 | 9.4% | ||
| 9.7% | 20–24 | 9.4% | ||
| 11.8% | 15–19 | 11.1% | ||
| 10.5% | 10–14 | 11.2% | ||
| 10.0% | 5–9 | 9.9% | ||
| 12.3% | 0–4 | 11.5% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
The two censuses don’t line up here: Tarifit 71.7% in 2014, 1.6% in 2024. How these are spotted
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
- 6411.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 710.9% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 101.4 per business
- Public services
- 56
- Associations
- 1in 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
Zarkt’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 19 douars in 3 fractions, with 5,601 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| زرقت الغربية 2Zarkt Gharbia 26 douars · 1,368 people | ||||||
| احمايدAhmayd | Dispersed | 61 | 326 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 11.1 |
| اسعمارنIssiamaren | Grouped | 13 | 79 | — | — | — |
| القيطونAl Kaitoune | In parts | 59 | 281 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 11.8 |
| افليحنAflihen | Grouped | 53 | 226 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 8.6 |
| المونتكزرتEl Mountekzert | Grouped | 16 | 63 | — | — | — |
| بويدرنBouidrène | In parts | 78 | 393 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 14.2 |
| زرقت الشرقيةZarkt Charqia8 douars · 3,030 people | ||||||
| علالAllal | In parts | 114 | 584 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 8.1 |
| اورسانOursene | Grouped | 106 | 522 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 6.5 |
| كرمالتKrmalt | Grouped | 54 | 257 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 18.0 |
| تميلوتTimilout | Grouped | 25 | 113 | — | — | — |
| بوقرواشBoukrouach | Grouped | 33 | 115 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35.1 |
| امطارAmtar | In parts | 85 | 369 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.8 |
| تمديقتTamdikt | Grouped | 186 | 955 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| عتاقةAattaka | Grouped | 20 | 115 | — | — | — |
| زرقت الغربية 1Zarkt Gharbia 15 douars · 1,203 people | ||||||
| بلحكمBab Hakem | In parts | 60 | 274 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 17.2 |
| إخرودنIkharroûdene | In parts | 70 | 299 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 13.5 |
| تيزي ملولTizi Malloul | In parts | 88 | 389 | 1.4 | 5.0 | 8.3 |
| افراݣوعيشFragouich | In parts | 23 | 93 | — | — | — |
| بونجلBounjel | Grouped | 34 | 148 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 7.2 |
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
01.051.07.27- As digits
010510727- Slug
zarkt- Census figures
/api/communes/01.051.07.27/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/01.051.07.27/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/01.051.07.27/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/01.051.07.27/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2470158
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("zarkt");