Aguerd

اكرض

Rural commune in the cercle of Tamanar, province of Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
5,370
Since 2014
−0.2%from 5,378 in 2014
Density
61people per km², 88 km²
Households
1,453
Foreign residents
95
Rank
1,1651,165th most populous of 1,503 communes30th of 57 in its province

Next door in Essaouira, 94.6% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 2.1%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 52.8% to 96.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tazemmourt. Running water: 96.1% here, 96.9% there; Darija: 67.5% here, 62.6% there; aged 0 to 14: 26.1% here, 26.7% there.

Compare it with Tazemmourt

One of 50 communes where at least 0.5% of residents are foreign.

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 Aguerd.

Aguerd −0.2%

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
43.5%aged 10 and over54.4% in 201454.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
13.9%13.5% in 201430.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.2%aged 15 and over43.3% in 20144.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.13children per woman2.27 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.5%of people8.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.7people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
96.1%of settled households52.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Aguerd: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
5.5%75 and over5.8%
4.1%70–743.6%
4.0%65–693.8%
5.5%60–644.8%
4.1%55–595.1%
5.1%50–546.5%
6.6%45–496.2%
6.7%40–446.1%
5.7%35–396.6%
6.0%30–345.5%
5.8%25–295.4%
5.9%20–246.3%
9.0%15–198.2%
10.5%10–1411.0%
8.7%5–98.9%
6.9%0–46.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit91.4%
  • Darija67.5%
  • Tamazight0.4%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic95.1%
  • French52.8%
  • English11.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot48.0%
  • Bus19.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle13.0%
  • Private car5.4%
  • Animal4.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work4.7%
  • Employer’s transport2.2%
  • Taxi2.1%
  • Another way0.6%
  • Informal transport0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
18634.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
11360.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3403.0 per business
Public services
73
Associations
0in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce50.4%
  • Services31.0%
  • Industry18.6%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person66.4%
  • 2 to 320.4%
  • 4 to 99.7%
  • 10 to 492.7%
  • 50 and over0.9%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later37.2%
  • 2011–201946.0%
  • 2001–20106.2%
  • 1991–20006.2%
  • 1981–19902.7%
  • 1956–19801.8%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Aguerd’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 11 douars in 2 fractions, with 5,370 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
ايت تاهلاAit Tahla9 douars · 4,549 people
الظهرDharIn parts803260.92.52.6
الجمالاتJmalatIn parts812883.83.93.9
ايت عليAit AliIn parts1576031.12.22.2
المرسEl MersIn parts883081.61.69.4
اداويزامنIda Ou IzzamenIn parts1756892.51.85.0
أزروAzrouIn parts1505852.32.17.8
البورBourIn parts1003772.72.63.8
ابشراتنIbachrateneIn parts1033971.41.43.7
بوزاماBouzamaIn parts2879760.92.27.3
ادا وماداIda Oumada2 douars · 821 people
العضامنةLaadamnaIn parts1114121.01.412.0
اماريرنImarireneIn parts1214091.01.810.3

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code
Code
07.211.05.05
As digits
072110505
Slug
aguerd
OpenStreetMap
2820967
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("aguerd");

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