Aghbalou

أغبالو

Rural commune in the cercle of Boumia, province of Midelt, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
10,296
Since 2014
+7.9%from 9,547 in 2014
Density
33.7people per km², 305.3 km²
Households
2,606
Rank
726726th most populous of 1,503 communes11th of 29 in its province

Where it is

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

Ait Ben YacoubZaidaItzerTanourdiTizi N'ghachouBoumiaAit AyachAgoudimTounfiteAnemziSidi Yahia Ou YoussefAmersidMibladenAit IzdegMideltGuirGourramaEn-NzalaEr-RichSidi AayadZaouiat Sidi HamzaGuers TiaallalineM'zizelAmouguerImilchilBou-AzmouOuterbatAit Yahya

How it changed

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

Aghbalou +7.9%

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
41.7%aged 10 and over36.5% in 201450.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
21.2%11.4% in 201422.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.0%aged 15 and over46.2% in 20147.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.92children per woman2.34 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.8%of people5.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
45.4%of settled households35.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Aghbalou: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.0%75 and over3.4%
1.8%70–742.2%
2.7%65–692.4%
4.3%60–644.0%
4.1%55–593.8%
5.6%50–545.2%
7.5%45–497.6%
8.4%40–448.0%
6.6%35–397.2%
6.1%30–346.9%
6.0%25–296.3%
6.3%20–247.2%
8.8%15–197.6%
10.8%10–1410.5%
9.7%5–99.9%
8.3%0–47.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight95.4%
  • Darija58.3%
  • Tarifit0.5%
  • Tachelhit0.4%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French60.6%
  • English14.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot71.4%
  • Employer’s transport6.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle6.1%
  • Private car4.4%
  • Bus1.1%
  • Taxi0.4%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
1,267
Standing empty
29.2%24.0% vacant5.2% a second home
Precarious
5.0%0.5% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
98.2%98.3% on the water mains97.3% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
6.8%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house93.8%
  • Rural-type2.9%
  • Other1.6%
  • Traditional house1.0%
  • Slum or basic house0.5%
  • Apartment0.2%
  • Villa0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years92.6%
  • 20 to 49 years6.7%
  • 50 years or more0.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
41240.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
33982.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3691.1 per business
Public services
66
Associations
7in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce61.1%
  • Services24.5%
  • Industry9.4%
  • Construction5.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person92.0%
  • 2 to 37.7%
  • 4 to 90.3%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later50.4%
  • 2011–201935.1%
  • 2001–20108.3%
  • 1991–20005.0%
  • 1981–19900.3%
  • 1956–19800.9%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Aghbalou Nssardane3,219

In the data

Code
08.363.05.01
As digits
083630501
Slug
aghbalou
Record
/api/communes/08.363.05.01.json
Boundary
/api/communes/08.363.05.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/08.363.05.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/08.363.05.01/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/08.363.05.01/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/08.363.05.01/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2826598
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("aghbalou");

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