Zagora

زاكورة

Province in the région of Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024: 285,545
Since 2014: −7.1%
Households: 46,619
Communes: 25
Area: 21,279 km²

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

Most populous: Zagora 42,294
Grew the most: N'kob +7.4%
Shrank the most: Ktaoua −31.0%
Densest: Zagora 919 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: 29.6%aged 10 and over36.8% in 201439.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 22.8%16.3% in 201433.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 30.1%aged 15 and over36.0% in 20144.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 95.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.65children per woman2.99 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.8%of people4.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 6.1people on average8.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 91.4%of settled households82.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Zagora: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
3.2%	75 and over	3.2%
2.5%	70–74	2.6%
2.7%	65–69	3.0%
2.9%	60–64	3.7%
3.0%	55–59	3.6%
3.8%	50–54	4.3%
4.5%	45–49	4.9%
5.4%	40–44	6.1%
5.6%	35–39	6.1%
7.0%	30–34	7.2%
7.2%	25–29	7.1%
7.6%	20–24	7.7%
9.6%	15–19	9.2%
12.5%	10–14	11.4%
11.8%	5–9	10.7%
10.6%	0–4	9.4%

Local languages used

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

Darija73.8%
Tachelhit36.6%
Tamazight23.4%
Hassania1.0%
Tarifit0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic98.8%
French38.2%
English12.3%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh4.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot44.1%
Bike or motorcycle19.8%
Private car6.1%
Bus5.6%
Taxi5.2%
Employer’s transport3.6%

Can’t read or write: 36.8%aged 10 and over29.6% in 202449.6% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 16.3%22.8% in 202444.2% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 36.0%aged 15 and over30.1% in 20247.3% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 95.8%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.99children per woman2.65 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.9%of people4.8% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 8.0people on average6.1 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 82.6%of settled households91.4% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Zagora: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.3%	75 and over	2.3%
1.6%	70–74	1.5%
1.9%	65–69	1.8%
2.7%	60–64	3.0%
3.0%	55–59	3.2%
3.1%	50–54	3.8%
3.4%	45–49	3.8%
4.2%	40–44	4.7%
5.1%	35–39	5.8%
6.7%	30–34	7.4%
8.0%	25–29	8.3%
10.8%	20–24	10.6%
11.5%	15–19	11.0%
11.4%	10–14	10.3%
11.0%	5–9	10.1%
13.5%	0–4	12.3%

Local languages used

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

Darija69.7%
Tachelhit31.1%
Tamazight26.5%
Hassania0.9%
Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only45.1%
Arabic and French35.6%
Arabic, French and English12.8%
Other combinations6.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot61.5%
Bus10.9%
Bike or motorcycle10.5%
Taxi4.2%
Private car4.0%
Employer’s transport1.3%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood42.4%
Another province24.7%
No fixed place11.4%
Another in the commune9.5%
Another commune5.7%
Somewhere else1.4%
At home1.3%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades26.2%
Labouring and small trades22.3%
Farming and fishing14.3%
Farm and fishing labour10.9%
Clerical work9.6%
Managers and senior professionals5.2%
Trade and broking4.5%
Machine operating4.1%
Not classified1.6%
Technicians1.3%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma61.8%
Primary22.6%
Lower secondary8.4%
Upper secondary4.4%
DEUG or Licence2.6%
Master’s or doctorate0.2%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 13,590
Standing empty: 28.8%18.7% vacant10.2% a second home
Precarious: 7.4%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 76.6%94.5% on the water mains93.2% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 9.7%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house76.2%
Traditional house12.5%
Rural-type6.0%
Apartment3.0%
Other1.3%
Villa1.0%
Slum or basic house0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years55.1%
20 to 49 years42.8%
50 years or more2.1%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 7,31125.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 4,88666.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 6,5211.3 per business
Public services: 1,887
Associations: 538in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 14counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce63.5%
Services21.4%
Industry9.1%
Construction6.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person88.1%
2 to 39.0%
4 to 92.1%
10 to 490.7%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later38.1%
2011–201940.5%
2001–201012.9%
1991–20006.0%
1981–19901.6%
1956–19800.8%
Before 19560.0%

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Zagora	urban	42,294	+5.6%	919
Tamegroute	rural	19,207	−11.1%	29.1
Bni Zoli	rural	16,241	−14.3%	60.1
Ternata	rural	15,911	−3.6%	28.8
Tagounite	rural	15,122	−11.6%	9
Tinzouline	rural	14,652	−5.5%	19.2
Tazarine	rural	13,895	−8.4%	9.5
Ait Ouallal	rural	11,751	+4.7%	15.3
Tansifte	rural	11,389	−5.0%	6.1
Agdz	urban	11,189	+4.8%	638
Tamezmoute	rural	10,953	−6.4%	14.5
Oulad Yahia Lagraire	rural	10,686	−11.1%	17.8
Bouzeroual	rural	9,972	−10.7%	96.1
Errouha	rural	9,521	−9.5%	23.7
Taghbalte	rural	9,176	−8.7%	11.2
Fezouata	rural	8,001	−15.0%	31.8
N'kob	rural	7,742	+7.4%	19.3
Afra	rural	7,554	−15.5%	9.8
Mezguita	rural	7,084	−16.2%	222
M'hamid El Ghizlane	rural	6,664	−12.2%	1.7
Afella N'dra	rural	6,657	−7.6%	20.7
Ktaoua	rural	6,157	−31.0%	2.6
Ait Boudaoud	rural	4,757	−12.5%	8.6
Taftechna	rural	4,661	−11.4%	9.2
Bleida	rural	4,309	−6.9%	3.4

In the data

Code: 08.587
As digits: 08587
Record: /api/provinces/08.587.json
Communes: /api/provinces/08.587/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/08.587/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/08.587/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/08.587/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/08.587/housing.json

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