Ain Maatouf

عين معطوف

Rural commune in the cercle of Tissa, province of Taounate, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
8,639
Since 2014
−14.5%from 10,104 in 2014
Density
85.9people per km², 100.5 km²
Households
2,178
Foreign residents
1
Rank
845845th most populous of 1,503 communes33rd of 49 in its province

Next door in Ain Mediouna, 49.3% of households have running water. Here, it’s 2.1%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 4.6% to 17.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Bni Hilal. Running water: 2.1% here, 11.2% there; aged 65 and over: 12.0% here, 11.5% there; unemployment: 17.2% here, 17.6% there.

Compare it with Bni Hilal

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 Ain Maatouf.

Ain Maatouf −14.5%

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
43.9%aged 10 and over50.2% in 201456.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
17.2%4.6% in 201429.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.8%aged 15 and over43.2% in 201413.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.68children per woman3.13 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
13.2%of people9.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
2.1%of settled households1.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ain Maatouf: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.5%75 and over4.5%
2.9%70–743.4%
4.4%65–694.2%
4.6%60–644.7%
4.9%55–594.5%
6.1%50–546.5%
6.1%45–496.5%
5.6%40–446.3%
5.4%35–396.0%
5.6%30–344.8%
3.9%25–294.2%
5.5%20–246.3%
10.1%15–199.8%
11.9%10–1411.0%
9.9%5–99.7%
8.5%0–47.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.3%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French59.3%
  • English15.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot38.8%
  • Animal30.6%
  • Informal transport13.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work7.1%
  • Taxi4.9%
  • Private car2.0%
  • Employer’s transport1.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.0%
  • Bus0.7%
  • Train0.1%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
18821.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
8645.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1211.4 per business
Public services
101
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Services52.3%
  • Commerce29.1%
  • Industry17.4%
  • Construction1.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person76.7%
  • 2 to 319.8%
  • 4 to 92.3%
  • 10 to 491.2%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later29.1%
  • 2011–201946.5%
  • 2001–201019.8%
  • 1991–20003.5%
  • 1981–19901.2%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The share of workers who ride an animal to work is 30.6%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Estimate from a sample

Across the 6 communes it borders, the median is 4.6%. Bni Frassen is furthest from it, at 2.0%.

Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.

How these are picked

Douars

Ain Maatouf’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 29 douars in 3 fractions, with 8,607 people. 32 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
جعافرة العلياJaafra El Oulia12 douars · 2,665 people
اولاد عبد السلامOulad AbdeslamDispersed1156———
عدالةAddalaIn parts843821.61.411.6
اولاد خريفOulad KhrifDispersed713795.43.716.0
السويطيينSouitiyineDispersed29128———
الصبابSebbabDispersed2499———
اودادOudadIn parts1245816.52.216.8
عين نوبالةAin NoubalaDispersed1875———
بوزيداتBou ZidatDispersed411776.03.58.2
الرشاشيينRchachiyineDispersed1967———
تعاونية البيبانCoopérative El BibaneDispersed1676———
الشراطEcharratGrouped1034201.21.610.6
اولاد بوسعدنOulad Bou SaadeneIn parts452251.21.58.4
هوارةHouara10 douars · 3,665 people
المجابرةel MjabraDispersed1726502.02.22.2
العزابةAzabaDispersed642014.24.74.7
الكدةEl KdaIn parts1435130.91.11.2
بوجدارBoujeddarIn parts1245471.81.94.6
الدلالوةEddlalouaIn parts472075.91.59.2
مغارةMgharaIn parts341314.93.47.2
الرياينةRyaynaIn parts1224721.71.14.9
المزاندةMzandaIn parts532211.42.55.2
اولاد بن حماموOulad Ben HmamouIn parts1324601.22.13.0
اللقطةEllaktaGrouped742637.12.27.2
المحارينEl Mharine7 douars · 2,277 people
عين معطوفAin MaatoufGrouped863690.91.17.7
الخروبةKharoubaIn parts1144171.11.87.5
الهداهدةHedahdaIn parts2481———
المشتةLmachtaIn parts863191.03.09.0
الداخلةEddakhlaIn parts973661.11.27.9
عين نحاسAin NhasseIn parts903091.01.17.8
الرفدةErrafdaIn parts1314161.01.77.9

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
03.531.09.05
As digits
035310905
Slug
ain-maatouf
OpenStreetMap
2755009
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ain-maatouf");

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