Tinghir

تنغير

Province in the région of Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024: 323,805
Since 2014: +0.4%
Households: 62,123
Communes: 25
Area: 13,463 km²

Its communes, shaded by density. Each one has a page.

Most populous: Tinghir 44,239
Grew the most: Ait Sedrate Sahl El-Gharbia +14.9%
Shrank the most: H'ssyia −14.8%
Densest: Kalâat M'gouna 1,368 people per km²

People and homes

What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary

Can’t read or write: 32.0%aged 10 and over37.1% in 201442.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 23.3%18.6% in 201428.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 34.9%aged 15 and over37.8% in 20147.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 95.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.50children per woman3.04 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.7%of people5.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 5.2people on average6.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 89.6%of settled households80.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tinghir: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.3%	75 and over	3.6%
2.6%	70–74	2.5%
3.1%	65–69	3.1%
3.4%	60–64	4.0%
3.4%	55–59	4.1%
4.2%	50–54	4.6%
4.9%	45–49	5.3%
5.9%	40–44	6.2%
6.4%	35–39	6.6%
6.8%	30–34	7.1%
6.6%	25–29	6.9%
6.7%	20–24	6.9%
9.0%	15–19	8.5%
12.1%	10–14	10.9%
11.9%	5–9	10.7%
9.9%	0–4	9.0%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight91.4%
Darija25.9%
Tachelhit11.5%
Tarifit0.3%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic97.2%
French49.6%
English13.7%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh11.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot53.4%
Bike or motorcycle13.3%
Private car7.3%
Doesn’t travel to work6.3%
Bus6.1%
Employer’s transport4.7%
Taxi4.6%
Informal transport3.2%
Another way0.6%
Animal0.4%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 37.1%aged 10 and over32.0% in 202449.8% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 18.6%23.3% in 202440.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 37.8%aged 15 and over34.9% in 20248.2% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 93.3%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.04children per woman2.50 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.1%of people4.7% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.4people on average5.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 80.4%of settled households89.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Tinghir: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.4%	75 and over	2.6%
1.6%	70–74	1.6%
1.9%	65–69	1.8%
2.9%	60–64	3.0%
3.3%	55–59	3.4%
3.6%	50–54	4.2%
3.8%	45–49	4.5%
4.7%	40–44	5.2%
5.7%	35–39	6.2%
7.2%	30–34	7.4%
8.6%	25–29	8.6%
10.3%	20–24	9.8%
10.8%	15–19	10.5%
10.2%	10–14	9.7%
10.2%	5–9	9.7%
12.6%	0–4	11.9%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight95.4%
Darija30.6%
Tachelhit3.3%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Other combinations35.0%
Arabic only30.4%
Arabic and French26.5%
Arabic, French and English8.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot54.6%
Bus13.5%
Bike or motorcycle8.6%
Taxi6.1%
Private car5.5%
Not stated4.3%
Another way3.0%
Employer’s transport2.8%
Works at home1.6%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood36.1%
No fixed place19.4%
Another province16.4%
Another in the commune12.2%
Another commune9.5%
Not stated3.8%
At home1.6%
Somewhere else1.0%

What people did

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

Labouring and small trades30.0%
Crafts and skilled trades26.0%
Farming and fishing8.4%
Farm and fishing labour7.7%
Clerical work7.5%
Machine operating6.2%
Managers and senior professionals5.7%
Trade and broking5.0%
Not classified1.8%
Technicians1.7%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma62.3%
Primary22.6%
Lower secondary8.8%
Upper secondary3.5%
DEUG or Licence2.6%
Master’s or doctorate0.2%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Tinghir’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings: 24,373
Standing empty: 29.9%17.1% vacant12.8% a second home
Precarious: 9.2%0.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 56.5%87.0% on the water mains94.7% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 12.2%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house79.8%
Rural-type8.5%
Traditional house7.8%
Apartment1.6%
Villa1.5%
Other0.7%
Slum or basic house0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years58.0%
20 to 49 years38.3%
50 years or more3.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 9,61129.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 7,31276.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 11,4961.6 per business
Public services: 2,066
Associations: 233in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 20counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce57.7%
Services25.7%
Industry12.1%
Construction4.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person81.1%
2 to 315.0%
4 to 93.2%
10 to 490.7%
50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later25.7%
2011–201950.5%
2001–201014.1%
1991–20005.2%
1981–19901.6%
1956–19802.7%
Before 19560.2%

Douars

Tinghir’s rural communes hold 478 douars, with 241,749 people. Their homes are, on average, this far from the nearest of each.

Lycée: 10.8 km31.2% of homes more than 10 km away
Collège: 6.6 km16.0% of homes more than 10 km away
Health centre: 7.2 km19.8% of homes more than 10 km away
Paved road: 1.6 km2.5% of homes more than 10 km away
Primary school: 1.3 km0.2% of homes more than 10 km away

Every commune on the map

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Tinghir	urban	44,239	+5.2%	456
Ighil N'oumgoun	rural	23,218	+5.5%	26.3
Alnif	rural	20,978	−7.7%	18.2
Ait Sedrate Sahl El-Gharbia	rural	19,985	+14.9%	45.4
Kalâat M'gouna	urban	17,737	+4.6%	1,368
Ikniouen	rural	17,707	−2.9%	13.9
Souk Lakhmis Dades	rural	16,154	−5.2%	47
Taghzoute N'ait Atta	rural	15,654	+6.7%	45.4
Ait Sedrate Sahl Charkia	rural	15,506	+1.0%	97.1
Toudgha Essoufla	rural	13,890	−9.5%	288
Boumalne-Dades	urban	12,391	+0.5%	171
Ouaklim	rural	12,050	+6.3%	21.6
H'ssyia	rural	11,713	−14.8%	8.7
Tilmi	rural	11,691	+2.8%	16.6
Ait Hani	rural	11,120	+5.0%	16
Ait Ouassif	rural	8,885	+7.8%	38.7
M'semrir	rural	8,686	−2.0%	34
Assoul	rural	6,827	−4.7%	7.6
Ait El Farsi	rural	5,653	−1.8%	10.3
M'ssici	rural	5,455	−11.7%	2.9
Ait Sedrate Jebel Soufla	rural	5,228	−0.9%	15.8
Toudgha El Oulia	rural	5,084	−7.2%	31.4
Ait Sedrate Jbel El Oulia	rural	4,978	−1.1%	14.5
Ait Youl	rural	4,680	−3.9%	15.3
Imider	rural	4,296	−2.8%	12.1

In the data

Code: 08.577
As digits: 08577
Record: /api/provinces/08.577.json
Communes: /api/provinces/08.577/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/08.577/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/08.577/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/08.577/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/08.577/housing.json

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