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
Since 2014, households with running water went from 52.0% to 93.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tifni. Darija: 36.7% here, 45.3% there; can’t read or write: 45.6% here, 44.3% there; running water: 93.9% here, 91.1% 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 Zerkten.
Zerkten −8.0%
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.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9% | 75 and over | 3.8% | ||
| 2.9% | 70–74 | 2.2% | ||
| 3.2% | 65–69 | 3.5% | ||
| 3.8% | 60–64 | 4.9% | ||
| 3.3% | 55–59 | 4.0% | ||
| 4.2% | 50–54 | 5.1% | ||
| 5.0% | 45–49 | 6.2% | ||
| 5.7% | 40–44 | 6.7% | ||
| 6.8% | 35–39 | 7.3% | ||
| 8.3% | 30–34 | 6.7% | ||
| 8.7% | 25–29 | 6.3% | ||
| 8.1% | 20–24 | 6.4% | ||
| 8.8% | 15–19 | 8.8% | ||
| 10.1% | 10–14 | 10.0% | ||
| 9.4% | 5–9 | 9.3% | ||
| 8.7% | 0–4 | 8.6% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 54.2%aged 10 and over45.6% in 202467.1% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 5.0%24.7% in 202423.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 39.4%aged 15 and over40.1% in 20241.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 92.6%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.76children per woman2.93 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.2%of people6.8% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 6.0people on average4.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 52.0%of settled households93.9% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5% | 75 and over | 2.4% | ||
| 1.4% | 70–74 | 1.7% | ||
| 1.8% | 65–69 | 2.2% | ||
| 3.3% | 60–64 | 2.5% | ||
| 3.7% | 55–59 | 3.5% | ||
| 3.9% | 50–54 | 4.6% | ||
| 4.0% | 45–49 | 4.5% | ||
| 4.6% | 40–44 | 5.3% | ||
| 5.6% | 35–39 | 6.0% | ||
| 7.2% | 30–34 | 7.1% | ||
| 10.0% | 25–29 | 8.6% | ||
| 11.1% | 20–24 | 9.6% | ||
| 10.7% | 15–19 | 10.7% | ||
| 9.8% | 10–14 | 10.5% | ||
| 9.5% | 5–9 | 9.7% | ||
| 10.9% | 0–4 | 11.0% | ||
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
- 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
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
Zerkten’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 68 douars in 7 fractions, with 18,295 people. 40 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 | ||||
| ايغيAyghi12 douars · 3,321 people | ||||||
| توغينToughiyn | In parts | 81 | 416 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 12.5 |
| تيغمرتانTighmartane | In parts | 41 | 239 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| أݣرݣمةAgourgoumma | In parts | 59 | 331 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 12.3 |
| ايت اخلفAït Khlaf | In parts | 19 | 107 | — | — | — |
| ءاكوزوضنLkouzoudene | Grouped | 67 | 327 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16.2 |
| أݣنيAgni | Grouped | 18 | 109 | — | — | — |
| امداستMdast | Grouped | 61 | 288 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 12.1 |
| ءايزݣزاونIzagzaoune | In parts | 61 | 274 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 12.5 |
| ابادوAbadou | In parts | 48 | 187 | 4.0 | 0.1 | 16.0 |
| ايت عبد الصمدAit Abd Smed | In parts | 137 | 690 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 15.5 |
| تيزي نيغيTizi Nighi | In parts | 31 | 126 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 22.0 |
| تبوط نيݣرامTabout Nigram | Grouped | 39 | 227 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 29.2 |
| غداتGhdat16 douars · 3,380 people | ||||||
| افراAfra | Grouped | 92 | 421 | 8.6 | 3.3 | 28.7 |
| امسكراAmeskra | In parts | 83 | 377 | 4.6 | 1.9 | 23.6 |
| تالنيفTalnif | In parts | 27 | 108 | — | — | — |
| ارغالArghal | Grouped | 8 | 37 | — | — | — |
| أمرخصينAmarkhsiyn | Grouped | 11 | 41 | — | — | — |
| تزݣارتTazouggart | Grouped | 21 | 100 | — | — | — |
| ارك نواعنوArg-n-Ouannou | In parts | 28 | 117 | — | — | — |
| تادارتTaddart | In parts | 73 | 307 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16.2 |
| اوريزOuouriz | Grouped | 26 | 100 | — | — | — |
| تامݣيݣنتTam Guinante | Grouped | 62 | 289 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 18.5 |
| ايت بن عمرAït Ben Mar | Grouped | 86 | 378 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 14.4 |
| ءايموزارImouzzar | Grouped | 88 | 379 | 6.0 | 3.3 | 26.3 |
| تافراوتTafraout | In parts | 52 | 217 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 25.1 |
| تاماستTammast | Grouped | 65 | 281 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 25.4 |
| امتسيتانAmtsitane | Grouped | 7 | 23 | — | — | — |
| ايت عواسيAit Aouassi | Grouped | 47 | 205 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 25.0 |
| تافكاTafka11 douars · 3,177 people | ||||||
| ابحيرAbhir | In parts | 86 | 549 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 21.0 |
| ءاينوغاInougha | Grouped | 39 | 211 | 9.7 | 1.6 | 21.0 |
| امكدولAmagdoul | In parts | 28 | 153 | — | — | — |
| تيسليتTisliyt | In parts | 81 | 440 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 21.2 |
| ارݣ سيدي علي او موسىArg Sidi Ali Ou Moussa | Grouped | 61 | 309 | 6.9 | 2.0 | 17.1 |
| تاوريرتTawrirt | Grouped | 36 | 186 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 9.9 |
| المحروزAl Mahrouz | Grouped | 46 | 220 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| تامكينانتTamganant | Grouped | 36 | 188 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 12.7 |
| تالتونتTaltount | Grouped | 14 | 60 | — | — | — |
| تاݣموتTagmout | Grouped | 61 | 304 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 11.1 |
| تاكشتامتTakouchtamt | In parts | 106 | 557 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 9.0 |
| اسوالIssoual9 douars · 2,123 people | ||||||
| ءاداغIdagh | Grouped | 93 | 419 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 30.1 |
| تافراوتTafraoute | Grouped | 16 | 68 | — | — | — |
| تيتدريTitdri | Grouped | 26 | 131 | — | — | — |
| أمسامساAmsamsa | Grouped | 10 | 63 | — | — | — |
| تمزموطTamezmout | Grouped | 32 | 167 | 14.6 | 1.0 | 21.8 |
| تاتولةTitoula | Grouped | 124 | 505 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 |
| تاعياطTayat | Grouped | 19 | 117 | — | — | — |
| أنمرAnammar | Grouped | 111 | 537 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 25.0 |
| إغيرIghiyr | Grouped | 22 | 116 | — | — | — |
| زرقطنZerkten9 douars · 1,706 people | ||||||
| ءامدسنImdsane | Grouped | 53 | 235 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| اسامرAssammar | Grouped | 35 | 161 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| تبحݣاتTabahggat | In parts | 44 | 178 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
| ايت منصورAit Mansour | In parts | 74 | 291 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 6.1 |
| اوريزنOurizane | Grouped | 70 | 294 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| تيجدنتTijaddant | In parts | 56 | 285 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 4.9 |
| تمسكراتTamskrat | In parts | 23 | 103 | — | — | — |
| ݣدلتGaddalt | In parts | 22 | 136 | — | — | — |
| مركز زرقطنCentre Zerkten | Grouped | 10 | 23 | — | — | — |
| تزليظةTazliyda1 douar · 2,121 people | ||||||
| تزليظةTazliyda | In parts | 415 | 2,121 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 6.2 |
| واد إيغيOued Iyghi10 douars · 2,467 people | ||||||
| اذ عيسىId Aissa | Grouped | 89 | 343 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 20.3 |
| إكوياIgouya | Grouped | 29 | 128 | — | — | — |
| ايت يحيىAït Ihya | In parts | 56 | 250 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 16.0 |
| تاغلاستTaghlaste | Grouped | 59 | 261 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 17.8 |
| ابوفينIbouffiyne | In parts | 76 | 333 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 16.0 |
| تيديليTidili | Grouped | 78 | 342 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 16.0 |
| لوبوLoubou | Grouped | 33 | 132 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 18.0 |
| ازاريفAzarif | In parts | 43 | 212 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 18.3 |
| ايت حلوAït Hlou | Grouped | 17 | 88 | — | — | — |
| تالزكيTalzgui | In parts | 66 | 378 | 6.4 | 0.8 | 20.4 |
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
07.041.11.29- As digits
070411129- Slug
zerkten- 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
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("zerkten");