Zinat

الزينات

Rural commune in the cercle of Tétouan, province of Tétouan, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024: 8,214
Since 2014: +7.1%from 7,669 in 2014
Density: 71.7people per km², 114.6 km²
Households: 1,726
Rank: 882882nd most populous of 1,503 communes13th of 22 in its province

Next door in Azla, 88.0% of households have running water. Here, it’s 3.0%.

Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 86.1% to 97.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Bni Snous. Running water: 3.0% here, 1.1% there; higher education: 2.6% here, 1.9% there; can’t read or write: 39.5% here, 43.2% there.

Compare it with Bni Snous

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 Zinat.

Zinat +7.1%

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: 39.5%aged 10 and over41.3% in 201448.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 9.8%17.4% in 20144.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 49.3%aged 15 and over51.6% in 201419.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.78children per woman3.04 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 6.4%of people3.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.8people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 3.0%of settled households0.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Zinat: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.6%	75 and over	3.3%
2.1%	70–74	2.0%
2.3%	65–69	3.0%
3.5%	60–64	3.6%
3.7%	55–59	2.9%
4.8%	50–54	4.1%
5.0%	45–49	5.3%
5.3%	40–44	6.1%
7.4%	35–39	7.5%
7.3%	30–34	7.1%
7.8%	25–29	7.5%
8.1%	20–24	7.8%
8.6%	15–19	9.1%
10.5%	10–14	10.9%
10.8%	5–9	10.4%
9.2%	0–4	9.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.6%
Tarifit1.4%
Tachelhit0.2%
Tamazight0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.9%
French7.8%
English2.8%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot55.0%
Informal transport19.5%
Bus8.4%
Doesn’t travel to work6.7%
Animal4.5%
Private car3.8%
Employer’s transport1.0%
Bike or motorcycle0.5%
Taxi0.5%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%
Another way0.0%

Can’t read or write: 41.3%aged 10 and over39.5% in 202455.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 17.4%9.8% in 202450.2% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 51.6%aged 15 and over49.3% in 202416.2% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 86.0%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.04children per woman2.78 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 3.7%of people6.4% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.5people on average4.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 0.0%of settled households3.0% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Zinat: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.0%	75 and over	2.2%
2.0%	70–74	2.0%
1.8%	65–69	1.9%
2.7%	60–64	2.1%
3.0%	55–59	3.0%
3.8%	50–54	4.2%
4.2%	45–49	3.7%
5.2%	40–44	4.3%
5.7%	35–39	5.9%
7.1%	30–34	7.6%
9.5%	25–29	9.1%
9.9%	20–24	9.9%
9.8%	15–19	10.8%
10.1%	10–14	10.3%
10.0%	5–9	10.6%
12.2%	0–4	12.5%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.9%
Tarifit1.2%
Tachelhit0.3%
Tamazight0.3%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only62.4%
Arabic and French35.5%
Arabic, French and English1.1%
Other combinations1.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot68.6%
Bus21.2%
Taxi3.2%
Private car2.9%
Employer’s transport1.4%
Not stated0.8%
Works at home0.7%
Bike or motorcycle0.6%
Another way0.5%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood68.4%
Another commune16.4%
No fixed place6.5%
Another province3.9%
Another in the commune3.2%
Not stated0.9%
At home0.7%
Somewhere else0.0%

What people did

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

Farming and fishing32.7%
Farm and fishing labour21.5%
Crafts and skilled trades17.1%
Labouring and small trades11.8%
Machine operating7.5%
Clerical work5.4%
Trade and broking1.9%
Not classified1.5%
Technicians0.4%
Managers and senior professionals0.2%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma83.9%
Primary13.3%
Lower secondary2.0%
Upper secondary0.5%
DEUG or Licence0.3%
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: 18021.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 5731.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 2203.9 per business
Public services: 112
Associations: 11in premises of their own

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce42.1%
Services31.6%
Industry22.8%
Construction3.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person66.7%
2 to 315.8%
4 to 98.8%
10 to 498.8%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later43.9%
2011–201935.1%
2001–201010.5%
1991–20007.0%
1981–19901.8%
1956–19801.8%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Zinat’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 14 douars in 4 fractions, with 8,214 people. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
أمطيلAmtil1 douar · 2,188 people
أمطيلAmtil	In parts	450	2,188	0.9	2.4	16.4
بني راتنBni Raten5 douars · 2,198 people
احماميوشAhmamiouech	Dispersed	74	331	3.6	13.2	30.7
أحلوAhlou	In parts	167	799	1.0	4.4	33.8
المهارزةMharza	Dispersed	83	470	0.0	1.0	28.7
طونتTonet	Dispersed	72	375	0.1	1.4	28.4
اشقاقرةAchqaqra	Dispersed	43	223	3.0	27.5	30.0
فرقة الزيناتFerka Azzinate3 douars · 3,386 people
الزيناتZinate	In parts	475	2,037	1.6	2.1	2.3
ترنكتTaranakte	In parts	192	936	0.6	4.0	11.5
أݣلاAgla	In parts	73	413	1.3	2.3	16.6
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune5 douars · 442 people
تغرامت (أولاد علي منصور)Taghramt (Oulad Ali Mansour)	Grouped	13	78	—	—	—
بني عمرانBni Amrane	In parts	1	8	—	—	—
أمصبحنMassabhene	Grouped	57	244	0.1	2.0	29.3
أحباقAhbak	Grouped	13	55	—	—	—
أدقاشنAdkachen	Grouped	13	57	—	—	—

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: 01.571.05.27
As digits: 015710527
Slug: zinat
Record: /api/communes/01.571.05.27.json
Boundary: /api/communes/01.571.05.27/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/01.571.05.27/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/01.571.05.27/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/01.571.05.27/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/01.571.05.27/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2480070

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