Drâa-Tafilalet

درعة-تافيلالت

One of Morocco’s 12 régions.

Population, 2024: 1,655,623
Since 2014: +1.3%
Households: 338,977
Communes: 125
Provinces and préfectures: 5
Area: 86,706 km²

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

Most populous: Errachidia 97,687
Grew the most: Et-Taous +37.8%
Shrank the most: Ktaoua −31.0%
Densest: Midelt 6,213 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: 28.3%aged 10 and over34.5% in 201437.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 22.2%15.5% in 201432.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 34.5%aged 15 and over39.8% in 20148.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 95.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.35children per woman2.71 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.8%of people5.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.8people on average5.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 90.6%of settled households81.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Drâa-Tafilalet: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.2%	75 and over	3.4%
2.6%	70–74	2.5%
3.1%	65–69	3.0%
3.8%	60–64	4.1%
3.8%	55–59	4.1%
4.8%	50–54	5.1%
5.4%	45–49	5.8%
6.1%	40–44	6.7%
6.1%	35–39	6.7%
6.7%	30–34	7.1%
6.5%	25–29	6.7%
7.0%	20–24	7.2%
9.1%	15–19	8.6%
11.6%	10–14	10.6%
11.0%	5–9	10.0%
9.4%	0–4	8.4%

Local languages used

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

Darija64.1%
Tamazight46.2%
Tachelhit25.8%
Tarifit0.2%
Hassania0.2%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic98.6%
French50.7%
English15.8%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh5.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot47.5%
Bike or motorcycle18.4%
Private car8.3%
Doesn’t travel to work7.1%
Employer’s transport5.2%
Taxi4.6%
Bus4.2%
Informal transport2.8%
Another way1.1%
Animal0.8%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 34.5%aged 10 and over28.3% in 202446.0% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 15.5%22.2% in 202433.2% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 39.8%aged 15 and over34.5% in 202412.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 95.0%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.71children per woman2.35 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.0%of people4.8% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.9people on average4.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 81.9%of settled households90.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Drâa-Tafilalet: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.5%	75 and over	2.4%
1.7%	70–74	1.7%
1.9%	65–69	1.9%
3.1%	60–64	3.1%
3.6%	55–59	3.5%
4.1%	50–54	4.4%
4.3%	45–49	4.7%
5.2%	40–44	5.7%
6.0%	35–39	6.7%
7.0%	30–34	7.8%
7.8%	25–29	8.3%
9.7%	20–24	9.6%
10.3%	15–19	9.9%
10.3%	10–14	9.5%
10.2%	5–9	9.5%
12.1%	0–4	11.2%

Local languages used

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

Darija63.2%
Tamazight48.5%
Tachelhit22.0%
Hassania0.2%
Tarifit0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French37.7%
Arabic only34.6%
Arabic, French and English14.0%
Other combinations13.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot54.9%
Bike or motorcycle13.1%
Bus9.8%
Private car5.7%
Taxi4.6%
Not stated3.4%
Works at home3.2%
Another way2.8%
Employer’s transport2.4%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood39.6%
Another in the commune15.4%
No fixed place14.6%
Another province14.4%
Another commune8.8%
At home3.2%
Not stated3.2%
Somewhere else0.8%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades23.5%
Labouring and small trades22.6%
Farming and fishing12.0%
Clerical work11.2%
Farm and fishing labour10.9%
Managers and senior professionals6.0%
Trade and broking5.5%
Machine operating4.4%
Technicians2.1%
Not classified1.7%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma59.1%
Primary22.7%
Lower secondary10.0%
Upper secondary5.0%
DEUG or Licence2.8%
Master’s or doctorate0.3%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 179,684
Standing empty: 24.9%14.9% vacant10.0% a second home
Precarious: 6.6%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 84.8%94.6% on the water mains96.0% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 8.4%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house83.5%
Rural-type6.0%
Traditional house4.8%
Apartment3.2%
Villa1.9%
Other0.4%
Slum or basic house0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years62.9%
20 to 49 years33.7%
50 years or more3.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 52,30331.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 40,52577.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 66,0561.6 per business
Public services: 9,871
Associations: 1,907in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 81counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce58.9%
Services25.6%
Industry10.7%
Construction4.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person82.0%
2 to 313.5%
4 to 93.4%
10 to 491.0%
50 and over0.1%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later35.3%
2011–201938.1%
2001–201014.1%
1991–20007.7%
1981–19902.5%
1956–19802.1%
Before 19560.1%

Douars

Drâa-Tafilalet’s rural communes hold 2,273 douars, with 1,035,265 people. Their homes are, on average, this far from the nearest of each.

Lycée: 14.1 km37.8% of homes more than 10 km away
Collège: 7.7 km23.1% of homes more than 10 km away
Health centre: 6.9 km19.0% of homes more than 10 km away
Paved road: 1.5 km2.0% 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

Provinces and préfectures

Province or préfecture	Type	Population, 2024	Communes
Errachidia	province	427,572	29
Tinghir	province	323,805	25
Midelt	province	313,769	29
Ouarzazate	province	304,932	17
Zagora	province	285,545	25

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Errachidia	urban	97,687	+5.8%	3,525
Ouarzazate	urban	79,218	+11.5%	2,615
Midelt	urban	62,648	+13.3%	6,213
Tarmigt	rural	46,963	+16.9%	48.5
Tinghir	urban	44,239	+5.2%	456
Zagora	urban	42,294	+5.6%	919
Arfoud	urban	28,912	−1.3%	4,512
Er-Rich	urban	28,462	+9.5%	3,619
Skoura Ahl El Oust	rural	24,053	−0.0%	23.1
Ferkla El Oulia	rural	23,449	+3.2%	30.6
Ighil N'oumgoun	rural	23,218	+5.5%	26.3
Moulay Ali Cherif	urban	22,082	−0.6%	3,945
Boumia	urban	21,713	+19.2%	76.3
Alnif	rural	20,978	−7.7%	18.2
Aarab Sebbah Ziz	rural	20,538	+7.0%	18.8
Ait Sedrate Sahl El-Gharbia	rural	19,985	+14.9%	45.4
Imi-N'oulaoune	rural	19,734	−6.3%	32.9
Tamegroute	rural	19,207	−11.1%	29.1
Lkheng	rural	18,381	+29.7%	10.8
Chorfa M'daghra	rural	18,171	+27.0%	26.3
Kalâat M'gouna	urban	17,737	+4.6%	1,368
Ikniouen	rural	17,707	−2.9%	13.9
Melaab	rural	17,230	−0.8%	14.6
Bni Zoli	rural	16,241	−14.3%	60.1
Souk Lakhmis Dades	rural	16,154	−5.2%	47
Gourrama	rural	15,952	+6.9%	19.9
Ternata	rural	15,911	−3.6%	28.8
Taghzoute N'ait Atta	rural	15,654	+6.7%	45.4
Ait Sedrate Sahl Charkia	rural	15,506	+1.0%	97.1
Tagounite	rural	15,122	−11.6%	9
Guers Tiaallaline	rural	15,019	+16.2%	20.1
Tidili	rural	14,841	−2.9%	29.3
Tinzouline	rural	14,652	−5.5%	19.2
Goulmima	urban	14,624	−10.9%	1,962
Zaida	rural	14,454	+9.7%	28.9
Tazarine	rural	13,895	−8.4%	9.5
Toudgha Essoufla	rural	13,890	−9.5%	288
Ighrem N'ougdal	rural	13,727	−7.3%	29.2
Tounfite	rural	13,424	+1.0%	24.1
Boudnib	urban	13,411	+17.9%	2,750
Ait Ayach	rural	12,932	+8.3%	25.1
Er-Rteb	rural	12,852	−4.5%	47.6
Ouisselsate	rural	12,471	−12.2%	8
Telouet	rural	12,396	−11.8%	16.4
Boumalne-Dades	urban	12,391	+0.5%	171
Gheris El Ouloui	rural	12,193	+1.3%	50.7
Ouaklim	rural	12,050	+6.3%	21.6
Iznaguen	rural	11,953	−0.5%	10.3
Bni M'hamed-Sijelmassa	rural	11,925	−17.4%	82.9
Ferkla Es-Soufla	rural	11,886	−3.6%	49
Jorf	urban	11,865	−3.6%	3,591
Ait Ouallal	rural	11,751	+4.7%	15.3
H'ssyia	rural	11,713	−14.8%	8.7
Tilmi	rural	11,691	+2.8%	16.6
Sidi Aayad	rural	11,562	+34.0%	28.7
Tansifte	rural	11,389	−5.0%	6.1
Agdz	urban	11,189	+4.8%	638
Ait Hani	rural	11,120	+5.0%	16
Tamezmoute	rural	10,953	−6.4%	14.5
Oulad Yahia Lagraire	rural	10,686	−11.1%	17.8
Aghbalou-N'kerdous	rural	10,675	+3.5%	12.6
Ait Zineb	rural	10,530	+4.5%	19.8
Itzer	rural	10,513	−0.9%	39.6
Aghbalou	rural	10,296	+7.9%	33.7
Toundoute	rural	10,177	−4.0%	15.5
Bou-Azmou	rural	10,100	+5.4%	15.1
Bouzeroual	rural	9,972	−10.7%	96.1
Tinejdad	urban	9,528	+6.6%	2,318
Errouha	rural	9,521	−9.5%	23.7
Et-Taous	rural	9,360	+37.8%	2
Taghbalte	rural	9,176	−8.7%	11.2
Imilchil	rural	9,164	+3.3%	12.6
Aoufous	rural	8,888	−14.7%	8.7
Ait Ouassif	rural	8,885	+7.8%	38.7
Amerzgane	rural	8,765	−0.6%	15.4
M'semrir	rural	8,686	−2.0%	34
Idelsane	rural	8,680	+3.7%	23.5
Es-Sfalat	rural	8,586	−25.2%	39.3
Siroua	rural	8,586	−11.3%	8.7
Taznakht	urban	8,268	+13.6%	354
Fezouata	rural	8,001	−15.0%	31.8
Ait Izdeg	rural	7,794	+14.3%	21.8
N'kob	rural	7,742	+7.4%	19.3
Afra	rural	7,554	−15.5%	9.8
M'zizel	rural	7,502	+1.5%	15.9
Khouzama	rural	7,401	−1.2%	9.2
Ghassate	rural	7,169	−15.1%	7.2
Mezguita	rural	7,084	−16.2%	222
Gheris Es-Soufli	rural	6,877	+0.2%	20.3
Assoul	rural	6,827	−4.7%	7.6
Outerbat	rural	6,763	−0.8%	16.8
M'hamid El Ghizlane	rural	6,664	−12.2%	1.7
Afella N'dra	rural	6,657	−7.6%	20.7
Es-Sifa	rural	6,531	−7.2%	158
Ktaoua	rural	6,157	−31.0%	2.6
Amersid	rural	6,023	+2.8%	7.3
Tadighoust	rural	6,018	−3.6%	5.9
Oued Naam	rural	5,708	+6.9%	1.4
Ait El Farsi	rural	5,653	−1.8%	10.3
M'ssici	rural	5,455	−11.7%	2.9
Zaouiat Sidi Hamza	rural	5,248	−3.8%	14.2
Ait Sedrate Jebel Soufla	rural	5,228	−0.9%	15.8
Anemzi	rural	5,140	+5.2%	12.4
Toudgha El Oulia	rural	5,084	−7.2%	31.4
Ait Sedrate Jbel El Oulia	rural	4,978	−1.1%	14.5
Sidi Yahia Ou Youssef	rural	4,877	+5.2%	14.4
En-Nzala	rural	4,873	+11.0%	5.2
Aarab Sebbah Gheris	rural	4,758	+8.2%	17.6
Ait Boudaoud	rural	4,757	−12.5%	8.6
Amellagou	rural	4,711	−5.3%	7.9
Ait Youl	rural	4,680	−3.9%	15.3
Taftechna	rural	4,661	−11.4%	9.2
Fezna	rural	4,400	−1.7%	5.9
Guir	rural	4,363	+8.5%	5.1
Amouguer	rural	4,363	−9.9%	9.9
Er-Rissani	rural	4,353	−13.1%	2.2
Bleida	rural	4,309	−6.9%	3.4
Imider	rural	4,296	−2.8%	12.1
Ait Yahya	rural	4,293	−5.9%	17
Agoudim	rural	3,826	−7.0%	6.6
Ait Ben Yacoub	rural	3,743	−6.7%	12
Mibladen	rural	3,052	−1.0%	8.3
Tizi N'ghachou	rural	2,836	+10.9%	34.7
Tanourdi	rural	2,834	−1.3%	13.6
Sidi Ali	rural	1,973	−8.7%	0.4

In the data

Code: 08
As digits: 08
Record: /api/regions/08.json
Communes: /api/regions/08/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/regions/08/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/regions/08/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/regions/08/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/regions/08/housing.json

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