Aday

أداي

Rural commune in the cercle of Bouizakarne, province of Guelmim, Guelmim-Oued Noun.

Population, 2024
2,828
Since 2014
−5.9%from 3,005 in 2014
Density
9.7people per km², 291.9 km²
Households
783
Rank
1,3941,394th most populous of 1,503 communes10th of 20 in its province

Since 2014, unemployment went from 44.2% to 55.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Compare it with other communes

Where it is

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

How it changed

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

Aday −5.9%

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
37.8%aged 10 and over41.1% in 201452.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
55.7%44.2% in 201430.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
25.7%aged 15 and over28.2% in 20144.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.58children per woman1.75 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
10.5%of people8.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.6people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
97.3%of settled households93.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Aday: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
7.0%75 and over7.2%
4.2%70–744.2%
3.3%65–694.7%
5.5%60–645.0%
5.7%55–597.3%
4.0%50–545.0%
4.6%45–495.6%
6.1%40–447.1%
5.2%35–397.8%
5.8%30–346.2%
6.1%25–294.8%
6.3%20–245.3%
8.3%15–197.2%
11.3%10–149.4%
10.6%5–97.4%
6.1%0–45.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit99.3%
  • Darija25.6%
  • Tamazight0.7%
  • Hassania0.2%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French65.1%
  • English23.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh7.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot58.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle12.4%
  • Employer’s transport11.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.2%
  • Private car4.6%
  • Bus2.5%
  • Informal transport1.7%
  • Another way1.7%
  • Taxi1.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
6523.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
3249.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
361.1 per business
Public services
29
Associations
4in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce62.5%
  • Services21.9%
  • Industry15.6%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person87.5%
  • 2 to 312.5%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later31.3%
  • 2011–201934.4%
  • 2001–201031.3%
  • 1991–20003.1%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Aday’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 10 douars in 3 fractions, with 2,825 people. 3 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أدايAday6 douars · 1,848 people
أكادير ومانAgadir OuamanGrouped953720.91.01.0
أمزاوروAmzaourouGrouped1504820.40.91.0
تخلفTakhlefGrouped561970.51.01.0
اد الحسينId L'HoussaineGrouped953750.11.11.1
اد اعزاId IaazaGrouped401360.00.91.0
تكديرت أهموشTagadirt AhmouchGrouped782860.10.41.0
تيمولايTimoulay3 douars · 582 people
تيمولاي تزومت (لالة ملوكة)Timoulay Tazoumt (Lalla Mlouka)Grouped582150.10.60.5
تعنونتTaanounteGrouped2277———
تمولاي واومالوكتTimoulay OuaoumalkouteGrouped732901.01.03.0
ايت ايلولAit Ayloul1 douar · 395 people
ايت ايلولAit AyloulGrouped1163950.10.34.6

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
10.261.03.01
As digits
102610301
Slug
aday
OpenStreetMap
2885852
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("aday");

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