Tiznit

تيزنيت

Province in the région of Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024: 198,542
Since 2014: −4.3%
Households: 57,811
Communes: 25
Area: 5,090 km²

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

Most populous: Tiznit 86,595
Grew the most: Tiznit +15.9%
Shrank the most: Tafraout El Mouloud −37.1%
Densest: Tiznit 1,265 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: 30.9%aged 10 and over35.9% in 201443.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 22.5%18.3% in 201432.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 34.2%aged 15 and over36.2% in 201410.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 97.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.74children per woman1.88 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.4%of people7.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.4people on average4.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 84.4%of settled households69.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tiznit: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
6.1%	75 and over	7.0%
3.9%	70–74	3.7%
4.4%	65–69	4.4%
5.2%	60–64	5.9%
5.7%	55–59	6.4%
6.4%	50–54	6.7%
6.5%	45–49	7.0%
6.3%	40–44	7.1%
6.0%	35–39	6.5%
5.7%	30–34	5.9%
4.9%	25–29	5.1%
6.2%	20–24	5.9%
8.1%	15–19	7.3%
9.5%	10–14	8.4%
8.9%	5–9	7.4%
6.1%	0–4	5.3%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit90.8%
Darija58.6%
Tamazight0.8%
Hassania0.4%
Tarifit0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic98.8%
French63.8%
English24.8%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh4.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot32.5%
Bike or motorcycle23.6%
Private car15.9%
Doesn’t travel to work9.7%
Employer’s transport6.6%
Taxi5.4%
Bus3.6%
Informal transport1.9%
Another way0.7%
Animal0.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 35.9%aged 10 and over30.9% in 202450.8% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 18.3%22.5% in 202444.5% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 36.2%aged 15 and over34.2% in 202410.9% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 96.6%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.88children per woman1.74 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 7.4%of people5.4% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.0people on average3.4 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 69.1%of settled households84.4% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Tiznit: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
4.9%	75 and over	5.1%
3.0%	70–74	2.9%
3.0%	65–69	3.0%
4.1%	60–64	4.1%
4.4%	55–59	4.3%
5.3%	50–54	5.6%
5.9%	45–49	6.4%
6.5%	40–44	7.1%
6.4%	35–39	7.4%
6.4%	30–34	7.7%
6.5%	25–29	7.4%
7.9%	20–24	7.7%
8.5%	15–19	8.1%
9.3%	10–14	7.8%
8.8%	5–9	7.4%
9.1%	0–4	7.9%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit90.6%
Darija50.8%
Tamazight0.3%
Hassania0.3%
Tarifit0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Other combinations30.8%
Arabic and French29.4%
Arabic only26.0%
Arabic, French and English13.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot46.3%
Bike or motorcycle19.1%
Private car11.7%
Taxi8.7%
Bus6.6%
Not stated3.7%
Employer’s transport1.7%
Another way1.6%
Works at home0.7%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood30.9%
Another in the commune30.5%
No fixed place13.3%
Another commune11.2%
Another province9.4%
Not stated3.6%
At home0.7%
Somewhere else0.5%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades24.7%
Labouring and small trades18.9%
Clerical work16.7%
Managers and senior professionals9.8%
Trade and broking9.4%
Farming and fishing6.2%
Machine operating4.8%
Farm and fishing labour4.1%
Technicians3.4%
Not classified2.1%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma62.8%
Primary18.5%
Lower secondary9.3%
Upper secondary6.0%
DEUG or Licence3.0%
Master’s or doctorate0.4%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 37,860
Standing empty: 33.8%15.8% vacant18.0% a second home
Precarious: 0.6%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 85.1%95.7% on the water mains94.7% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 1.0%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house85.1%
Apartment10.8%
Traditional house1.8%
Villa1.7%
Other0.4%
Rural-type0.2%
Slum or basic house0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years56.2%
20 to 49 years40.2%
50 years or more3.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 11,71259.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 7,33962.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 12,3421.7 per business
Public services: 3,695
Associations: 678in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 18counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce55.2%
Services26.0%
Industry12.3%
Construction6.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person75.9%
2 to 318.8%
4 to 94.1%
10 to 491.2%
50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later27.4%
2011–201938.5%
2001–201017.1%
1991–20009.3%
1981–19904.7%
1956–19803.0%
Before 19560.1%

Douars

Tiznit’s rural communes hold 1,295 douars, with 104,133 people. Their homes are, on average, this far from the nearest of each.

Lycée: 12.3 km50.7% of homes more than 10 km away
Collège: 7.3 km28.2% of homes more than 10 km away
Health centre: 5.6 km16.5% of homes more than 10 km away
Paved road: 0.7 km0.2% of homes more than 10 km away
Primary school: 1.7 km0.8% of homes more than 10 km away

Every commune on the map

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Tiznit	urban	86,595	+15.9%	1,265
Reggada	rural	12,521	−5.7%	34.4
Tnine Aglou	rural	9,950	−2.8%	30.1
Bounaamane	rural	8,932	−13.4%	47.2
Arbaa Sahel	rural	8,820	−17.6%	38.9
Anzi	rural	6,199	−19.1%	55.5
Tafraout	urban	6,124	−3.5%	93.5
El Maader El Kabir	rural	6,009	−12.7%	22.9
Tighmi	rural	5,492	−14.1%	34.5
Arbaa Rasmouka	rural	4,620	−22.5%	15.3
Sidi Bouabdelli	rural	4,610	−19.9%	42.8
Ida Ou Gougmar	rural	4,250	−26.6%	37.7
Ouijjane	rural	4,079	−17.4%	17.1
Arbaa Ait Ahmed	rural	3,918	−25.5%	19.4
Tizoughrane	rural	3,725	−21.9%	16.4
Ait Ouafqa	rural	3,376	−19.8%	11.2
Sidi Ahmed Ou Moussa	rural	3,339	−9.2%	19.7
Ammelne	rural	2,782	−22.8%	11.9
Ait Issafen	rural	2,497	−24.2%	22.2
Afella Ighir	rural	2,446	−17.7%	4.2
Tafraout El Mouloud	rural	2,014	−37.1%	35.3
Tarsouat	rural	2,001	−15.8%	9.9
Tnine Aday	rural	1,696	−10.9%	27
Irigh N'tahala	rural	1,417	−10.2%	12.4
Tassrirt	rural	1,130	−27.3%	3.9

In the data

Code: 09.581
As digits: 09581
Record: /api/provinces/09.581.json
Communes: /api/provinces/09.581/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/09.581/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/09.581/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/09.581/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/09.581/housing.json

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