Ain Chouater

عين الشواطر

Rural commune in the cercle of Bni Tadjite, province of Figuig, Oriental.

Population, 2024
706
Since 2014
−29.8%from 1,006 in 2014
Density
1.3people per km², 563.4 km²
Households
185
Rank
1,4941,494th most populous of 1,503 communes13th of 13 in its province

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

61052

How it changed

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

Ain Chouater −29.8%

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
24.5%aged 10 and over32.0% in 201433.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
42.9%59.4% in 201433.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.4%aged 15 and over54.9% in 20144.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.13children per woman3.34 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.9%of people5.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
99.4%of settled households93.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ain Chouater: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
6.0%75 and over6.1%
1.5%70–743.5%
2.7%65–694.5%
3.6%60–644.5%
6.0%55–594.5%
9.1%50–545.9%
4.8%45–497.0%
5.4%40–447.8%
7.3%35–396.4%
6.6%30–347.2%
7.9%25–296.7%
5.7%20–247.0%
7.3%15–196.4%
8.8%10–148.3%
10.3%5–98.0%
6.9%0–46.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.7%
  • Tamazight4.5%
  • Tachelhit0.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French69.4%
  • English13.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot62.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work22.1%
  • Employer’s transport7.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle4.8%
  • Private car1.0%
  • Bus1.0%
  • Taxi1.0%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Informal transport0.0%
  • Animal0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1622.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
00.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
0
Public services
16
Associations
0in premises of their own

Douars

Ain Chouater’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 5 douars in 5 fractions, with 671 people. 35 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
قصر عين الشواطرKsar Ain Chouater1 douar · 247 people
قصر الشواطر (المركز)Ksar Chouater (Centre)Grouped632471.01.01.0
ولاد بوعنان قصر ذوي منيعOulad Bouanane Ksar Douy Mniaa1 douar · 131 people
ولاد بوعنانOulad BouananeGrouped361311.01.01.0
قصر الحجويKsar El Hajoui1 douar · 174 people
قصر الحجويKsar El HajouiGrouped431741.01.91.9
ولاد جابر قصر ذوي منيعOulad Jaber Ksar Douy Mniaa1 douar · 92 people
ولاد جابرOulad JaberGrouped2592———
ولاد بوزيان قصر ذوي منيعOulad Bouziane Ksar Douy Mniaa1 douar · 27 people
ولاد بوزيانOulad BouzianeGrouped827———

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
02.251.03.01
As digits
022510301
Slug
ain-chouater
OpenStreetMap
2527829
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ain-chouater");

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