Ait Boudaoud

آيت بوداود

Rural commune in the cercle of Lamaidar, province of Zagora, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
4,757
Since 2014
−12.5%from 5,439 in 2014
Density
8.6people per km², 554.2 km²
Households
779
Rank
1,2271,227th most populous of 1,503 communes23rd of 25 in its province

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

47054

How it changed

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

Ait Boudaoud −12.5%

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
42.2%aged 10 and over40.8% in 201452.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
20.2%16.9% in 20148.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
20.4%aged 15 and over28.3% in 20140.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.93children per woman4.24 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.5%of people5.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
6.1people on average7.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.1%of settled households97.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ait Boudaoud: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
5.0%75 and over4.2%
3.6%70–743.3%
3.3%65–693.5%
2.9%60–644.0%
2.3%55–594.1%
2.4%50–543.8%
3.0%45–494.6%
4.7%40–445.6%
4.6%35–395.2%
4.7%30–346.2%
6.2%25–296.6%
5.7%20–245.8%
9.4%15–199.2%
17.0%10–1411.9%
14.3%5–911.9%
10.8%0–410.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit53.0%
  • Tamazight46.1%
  • Darija32.3%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%

The two censuses don’t line up here: Tachelhit 0.1% in 2014, 53.0% in 2024; Tamazight 98.8% in 2014, 46.1% in 2024. How these are spotted

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic94.2%
  • French32.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh25.2%
  • English1.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot68.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle11.2%
  • Bus7.0%
  • Private car6.4%
  • Employer’s transport2.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work2.3%
  • Taxi1.0%
  • Another way1.0%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Informal transport0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
6213.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
23.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
31.5 per business
Public services
46
Associations
14in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce50.0%
  • Services50.0%
  • Industry0.0%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person50.0%
  • 2 to 350.0%
  • 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 later0.0%
  • 2011–201950.0%
  • 2001–201050.0%
  • 1991–20000.0%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ait Boudaoud’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 10 douars in 3 fractions, with 4,757 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أيت بوداود الشرقيةAit Boudaoud Charqia7 douars · 1,942 people
أيت أولحيانAit OulhianeGrouped823761.81.47.2
تيمكانينTimganineGrouped442231.01.09.0
أيت عثمانAït AthmaneGrouped1368710.90.95.4
تاكلكولتTaklkoultGrouped969———
سردرارSrrdrarGrouped850———
البراجEl BarageGrouped542———
ساقية أيت إزوSakia Ait IzouGrouped553110.00.06.9
أيت علي أوحسوAit Ali Ouhassou1 douar · 1,600 people
أيت علي أوحسوAit Ali OuhassouGrouped2291,6000.71.99.0
أمرادAmrad2 douars · 1,215 people
أمرادAmradGrouped2091,2021.11.52.7
أحدجميAhdjmiGrouped213———

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
08.587.11.05
As digits
085871105
Slug
ait-boudaoud
OpenStreetMap
2884911
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ait-boudaoud");

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