Abdelghaya Souahel

عبد الغاية السواحل

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

Population, 2024: 24,435
Since 2014: −5.4%from 25,817 in 2014
Density: 108people per km², 227 km²
Households: 5,156
Foreign residents: 1
Rank: 240240th most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 36 in its province

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: El Beddouza. Running water: 0.8% here, 10.2% there; read French: 26.4% here, 25.8% there; unemployment: 11.7% here, 11.6% there.

Compare it with El Beddouza

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

Bordering communes

Postcode

32354

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Abdelghaya Souahel.

Abdelghaya Souahel −5.4%

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: 36.6%aged 10 and over45.2% in 201453.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 11.7%6.5% in 201411.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 43.7%aged 15 and over52.8% in 201410.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 93.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.79children per woman1.99 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 6.5%of people3.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.7people on average6.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 0.8%of settled households0.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Abdelghaya Souahel: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
1.6%	75 and over	2.3%
1.5%	70–74	2.0%
2.4%	65–69	3.0%
3.3%	60–64	4.6%
3.4%	55–59	4.0%
4.8%	50–54	4.8%
5.2%	45–49	5.1%
7.5%	40–44	6.1%
8.9%	35–39	7.4%
9.7%	30–34	8.1%
8.8%	25–29	7.4%
7.7%	20–24	7.5%
7.2%	15–19	7.7%
8.8%	10–14	9.5%
9.7%	5–9	10.3%
9.4%	0–4	10.2%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.4%
Tarifit28.3%
Tachelhit5.0%
Tamazight0.2%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.8%
French26.4%
English5.7%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot76.6%
Doesn’t travel to work13.6%
Animal3.7%
Private car2.6%
Taxi1.0%
Bus0.8%
Employer’s transport0.8%
Bike or motorcycle0.5%
Informal transport0.2%
Another way0.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 45.2%aged 10 and over36.6% in 202464.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 6.5%11.7% in 20244.5% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 52.8%aged 15 and over43.7% in 202422.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 81.6%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.99children per woman2.79 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 3.2%of people6.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.2people on average4.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 0.1%of settled households0.8% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Abdelghaya Souahel: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
1.8%	75 and over	1.7%
0.9%	70–74	1.3%
1.3%	65–69	1.3%
1.9%	60–64	2.3%
2.8%	55–59	3.1%
3.5%	50–54	4.7%
3.8%	45–49	4.4%
5.0%	40–44	4.8%
6.1%	35–39	5.6%
8.7%	30–34	7.5%
11.3%	25–29	9.7%
12.3%	20–24	12.0%
11.5%	15–19	12.1%
10.4%	10–14	10.9%
8.3%	5–9	8.6%
10.3%	0–4	10.1%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.8%
Tarifit27.0%
Tachelhit7.4%
Tamazight0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only54.8%
Arabic and French39.2%
Arabic, French and English5.4%
Other combinations0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot94.4%
Not stated3.1%
Taxi0.9%
Private car0.7%
Bus0.3%
Another way0.3%
Bike or motorcycle0.2%
Works at home0.1%
Employer’s transport0.0%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood94.3%
Not stated3.1%
Another in the commune1.1%
Another province0.7%
Another commune0.4%
No fixed place0.3%
At home0.1%
Somewhere else0.1%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour55.0%
Farming and fishing38.2%
Crafts and skilled trades2.1%
Clerical work1.5%
Labouring and small trades1.1%
Not classified0.9%
Trade and broking0.4%
Machine operating0.4%
Managers and senior professionals0.2%
Technicians0.2%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma77.1%
Primary15.1%
Lower secondary5.0%
Upper secondary1.9%
DEUG or Licence0.8%
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: 37415.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 20053.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 2741.4 per business
Public services: 173
Associations: 1in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce54.5%
Services39.0%
Industry5.5%
Construction1.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person80.0%
2 to 318.0%
4 to 91.5%
10 to 490.5%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later20.5%
2011–201943.5%
2001–201023.0%
1991–200010.5%
1981–19900.5%
1956–19802.0%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Abdelghaya Souahel’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 34 douars in 12 fractions, with 24,435 people. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
عبد الغايةAbdelghaya8 douars · 4,946 people
الساحلSahel	In parts	81	376	2.4	1.3	13.3
ازدادAzdad	In parts	122	581	1.3	1.7	18.0
أسمارAssamar	In parts	244	1,163	5.4	3.1	17.2
اغبالAghbal	Grouped	79	389	1.1	4.6	11.1
ازار مزديAzer Mezdi	In parts	68	331	1.7	3.2	11.2
فرسيوةFarsioua	In parts	116	583	1.0	1.4	13.8
تفرنوتTafernout	In parts	108	542	2.6	1.0	30.1
اوجدارنAoujdarn	In parts	213	981	1.0	1.9	21.1
تكوشت السواحل سابقاTakoucht Souahel ex4 douars · 1,946 people
تكوشتTakoucht	In parts	138	583	1.7	1.4	10.2
أوجكالAoujkal	Dispersed	82	337	6.9	2.7	14.9
أيلاAïla	In parts	139	561	1.9	1.9	3.6
حلابةHalaba	In parts	110	465	9.0	3.2	13.5
المخزنAl Makhzene2 douars · 1,583 people
المخزنAl Makhzene	In parts	291	1,283	6.5	2.2	17.1
زكارةZougara	In parts	59	300	4.3	4.3	4.3
السواحل الغربيةSouahel Gharbia2 douars · 1,773 people
عزابة اشقارةLaazib Chekkara	In parts	227	1,174	2.4	2.0	32.2
تايسراTaysra	In parts	107	599	17.3	2.7	28.2
السواحل الشرقيةSouahel Charqia3 douars · 2,970 people
تارياTarya	Grouped	137	746	6.9	2.8	6.9
لعزيب تارياLaazib Tarya	Dispersed	96	501	7.6	1.6	7.6
بني حسانBni Hassan	In parts	366	1,723	1.5	2.1	5.5
بوفلوBouflou2 douars · 1,014 people
بوفلوBouflou	In parts	88	450	14.1	1.6	14.3
لعزيب بوفلوLaazib Bouflou	In parts	102	564	14.2	4.0	16.7
بني عيسيBeni Issi2 douars · 3,971 people
بني عيسيBeni Issi	In parts	484	2,412	11.5	1.6	21.0
بني احمدBni Ahmed	In parts	336	1,559	8.6	2.3	12.1
المنصف والعزيب بونصريAl Mansaf Oualazib Bounsri2 douars · 2,203 people
المنصفAl Mansaf	In parts	352	1,732	4.0	3.1	7.0
العزيب بونصريLaazib Bounsri	Grouped	101	471	1.1	7.1	7.9
تلغومتTalghoumt1 douar · 1,461 people
تلغومتTalghoumt	In parts	343	1,461	11.3	3.2	17.3
مزيازMzyaz4 douars · 1,855 people
مزيازMzyaz	In parts	159	862	17.6	4.9	17.6
عزابة مزيازAzzaba Mzyaz	Dispersed	78	394	15.0	10.4	15.0
شقارةChkara	Grouped	89	420	15.5	2.0	25.6
تنفشوتTanfchout	Grouped	39	179	14.5	5.0	30.1
مركز اكاونCentre Akaoune3 douars · 422 people
مركز اكاونCentre Akaoune	Grouped	116	291	0.0	0.0	0.0
سيدي شعيبSidi Chaib	Grouped	21	86	—	—	—
المقاصبEl Mokassab	Grouped	11	45	—	—	—
أجروAjrou1 douar · 291 people
أجروAjrou	In parts	54	291	20.0	2.6	20.0

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: 01.051.09.01
As digits: 010510901
Slug: abdelghaya-souahel
Record: /api/communes/01.051.09.01.json
Boundary: /api/communes/01.051.09.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/01.051.09.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/01.051.09.01/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/01.051.09.01/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/01.051.09.01/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/01.051.09.01/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2516840

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