Zerkten

زرقطن

Rural commune in the cercle of Touama, province of Al Haouz, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
18,335
Since 2014
−8.0%from 19,926 in 2014
Density
45.3people per km², 405 km²
Households
3,833
Rank
345345th most populous of 1,503 communes13th of 40 in its province

Where it is

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

TameslohteMoulay BrahimTahannaoutLalla TakarkoustSidi BadhajOulad MtaaTizguineAmizmizDar JamaaAzgourAmghrasAit Sidi DaoudAit OurirAit FaskaTamazouzteSidi Abdellah GhiatGhmateOurikaTidili MesfiouaTouamaTazartTamaguertTighedouineAbadouAit Hkim-Ait YzidAit AadelSti FadmaIguerferouaneOukaimdenAsniOuirganeImgdalIjoukakAghbarTalat N'yaaqoubIghilAnougalOuazguitaAghouatim

How it changed

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

Zerkten −8.0%

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
45.6%aged 10 and over54.2% in 201459.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
24.7%5.0% in 201415.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
40.1%aged 15 and over39.4% in 20143.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.93children per woman2.76 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.8%of people6.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.8people on average6.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
93.9%of settled households52.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Zerkten: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.9%75 and over3.8%
2.9%70–742.2%
3.2%65–693.5%
3.8%60–644.9%
3.3%55–594.0%
4.2%50–545.1%
5.0%45–496.2%
5.7%40–446.7%
6.8%35–397.3%
8.3%30–346.7%
8.7%25–296.3%
8.1%20–246.4%
8.8%15–198.8%
10.1%10–1410.0%
9.4%5–99.3%
8.7%0–48.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit96.9%
  • Darija36.7%
  • Tamazight4.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.3%
  • French33.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh5.7%
  • English4.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot44.7%
  • Bus12.9%
  • Taxi5.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle3.4%
  • Employer’s transport2.7%
  • Private car1.2%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
44124.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
23352.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3101.3 per business
Public services
201
Associations
7in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce73.0%
  • Services24.0%
  • Industry3.0%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person83.3%
  • 2 to 313.7%
  • 4 to 92.6%
  • 10 to 490.4%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later18.9%
  • 2011–201939.5%
  • 2001–201021.9%
  • 1991–200011.6%
  • 1981–19906.0%
  • 1956–19801.7%
  • Before 19560.4%

In the data

Code
07.041.11.29
As digits
070411129
Slug
zerkten
Record
/api/communes/07.041.11.29.json
Boundary
/api/communes/07.041.11.29/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/07.041.11.29/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/07.041.11.29/economy.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/07.041.11.29/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
3535352
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("zerkten");

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