Al Haouafate

الحوافات

Rural commune in the cercle of Gharb Bni Malek, province of Sidi Kacem, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024: 18,528
Since 2014: +3.8%from 17,842 in 2014
Density: 130people per km², 142.8 km²
Households: 3,961
Foreign residents: 1
Rank: 342342nd most populous of 1,503 communes12th of 29 in its province

Next door in Rmilat, 86.5% of households have running water. Here, it’s 39.4%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 6.4% to 44.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ain Aicha. Read French: 25.4% here, 25.8% there; running water: 39.4% here, 30.5% there; unemployment: 16.1% here, 17.0% there.

Compare it with Ain Aicha

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Al Haouafate +3.8%

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: 36.3%aged 10 and over43.5% in 201446.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 16.1%10.1% in 201437.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 35.0%aged 15 and over43.4% in 20143.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.62children per woman2.41 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 7.4%of people5.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.7people on average5.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 39.4%of settled households34.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Al Haouafate: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.3%	75 and over	3.1%
2.3%	70–74	2.6%
3.1%	65–69	3.2%
4.7%	60–64	4.6%
3.9%	55–59	4.3%
5.4%	50–54	5.3%
6.2%	45–49	5.3%
7.3%	40–44	7.2%
6.5%	35–39	7.3%
5.8%	30–34	6.2%
5.5%	25–29	6.0%
7.2%	20–24	7.1%
8.5%	15–19	8.3%
11.1%	10–14	10.1%
10.9%	5–9	10.5%
9.4%	0–4	8.9%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.6%
Tachelhit0.2%
Hassania0.1%
Tamazight0.0%
Tarifit0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.9%
French25.4%
English3.5%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot41.9%
Bike or motorcycle22.3%
Doesn’t travel to work10.7%
Taxi7.3%
Employer’s transport5.0%
Informal transport3.4%
Private car3.2%
Bus3.2%
Animal1.8%
Another way1.1%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 43.5%aged 10 and over36.3% in 202455.1% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 10.1%16.1% in 202447.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 43.4%aged 15 and over35.0% in 20246.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 95.9%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.41children per woman2.62 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.7%of people7.4% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.7people on average4.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 34.6%of settled households39.4% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Al Haouafate: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
1.8%	75 and over	2.2%
1.7%	70–74	2.0%
1.5%	65–69	1.7%
2.8%	60–64	3.1%
3.7%	55–59	3.5%
5.3%	50–54	4.9%
4.6%	45–49	4.8%
6.0%	40–44	6.0%
6.8%	35–39	6.2%
8.8%	30–34	8.1%
8.9%	25–29	9.1%
8.7%	20–24	8.8%
8.7%	15–19	9.4%
10.5%	10–14	9.9%
9.0%	5–9	9.2%
11.2%	0–4	11.0%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.8%
Tachelhit0.2%
Tarifit0.1%
Tamazight0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic only48.9%
Arabic and French44.1%
Arabic, French and English6.3%
Other combinations0.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot58.4%
Bike or motorcycle10.2%
Taxi7.9%
Another way7.3%
Works at home6.2%
Private car2.5%
Bus2.5%
Train2.4%
Not stated2.1%
Employer’s transport0.5%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood61.6%
No fixed place8.9%
Another in the commune8.5%
Another province8.3%
At home6.2%
Another commune2.5%
Not stated2.1%
Somewhere else1.8%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farm and fishing labour39.1%
Farming and fishing18.0%
Labouring and small trades14.5%
Crafts and skilled trades12.8%
Trade and broking6.6%
Clerical work4.4%
Machine operating2.5%
Not classified1.1%
Managers and senior professionals0.7%
Technicians0.4%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma71.8%
Primary19.5%
Lower secondary6.5%
Upper secondary1.4%
DEUG or Licence0.6%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 30316.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 21972.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 2861.3 per business
Public services: 82
Associations: 2in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce64.4%
Services24.2%
Industry9.6%
Construction1.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person77.6%
2 to 319.6%
4 to 92.7%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later34.2%
2011–201944.7%
2001–201013.7%
1991–20006.4%
1981–19900.5%
1956–19800.5%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Al Haouafate’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 33 douars in 9 fractions, with 18,496 people. 32 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
سبو الخرطSbou El Khrt7 douars · 2,451 people
أولاد عمرانOulad Amran	Grouped	67	366	0.0	0.2	10.0
الخرط الجزارEl Khrt El Jazar	Grouped	17	72	—	—	—
لمحاريكLemharig	Grouped	277	1,339	1.1	1.1	4.1
أولاد اخطيبOulad Akhtib	Grouped	39	202	0.2	2.7	11.2
أولاد يوسف شريناتOulad Youssef Chrinat	Grouped	17	73	—	—	—
أولاد حليمةOulad Hlima	Grouped	39	157	0.0	2.8	4.0
القرية المرضيةEl Karia El Mardia	Grouped	46	242	1.0	1.0	6.9
أولاد بوسعيدOulad Bou Saïd7 douars · 3,468 people
الدريديينDridiyine	Grouped	99	499	0.0	0.0	6.4
التعاونية الدغوغيةCoopérative Eddghoughia	Grouped	67	366	0.0	2.2	6.1
التعاونية العروسيةCoopérative El Aroussia	Grouped	85	494	0.0	1.0	4.0
التعاونية الغانيةCoopérative El Ghania	Grouped	84	466	0.0	1.0	4.0
أولاد بوزكريOulad Bouzekri	Grouped	53	271	0.2	2.0	7.0
أولاد بوسعيدOulad Bou Saïd	Grouped	247	1,133	0.1	0.9	3.9
القصيبيةKceibya	Grouped	50	239	0.0	1.9	5.8
المركزCentre3 douars · 2,635 people
الحميديين أولاد بوزيانHmidiyine Ouladd Bouziane	Grouped	120	482	0.0	0.1	2.5
اعزيب الحاج هديAazib Elhaj Haddi	In parts	264	1,023	0.2	1.1	5.1
البلغيتيينBelrhatiine	In parts	248	1,130	0.0	0.1	0.2
أولاد جابرOulad Jaber4 douars · 2,515 people
أولاد جابرOulad Jaber	Grouped	268	1,361	0.0	0.5	9.9
شرقاوةCherkaoua	In parts	26	102	—	—	—
احجاوةHejaoua	In parts	95	457	0.6	1.1	6.9
أولاد يوسف بونوايلOulad Youssef Bounouayl	Grouped	122	595	0.7	0.0	3.1
القرية الرتبية 1El Karia Errtbiat 11 douar · 1,803 people
القرية الرتبية 1El Karia Errtbiat 1	Grouped	387	1,803	0.0	0.1	16.5
القرية الرتبية 2El Karia Errtbiat 22 douars · 1,320 people
القرية الرتبية 2El Karia Errtbiat 2	Grouped	276	1,249	0.3	0.2	18.4
الرتابةErtaba	Grouped	11	71	—	—	—
الحميديين الدرارسةLamidine Eddrarsa4 douars · 1,725 people
الحميديينLamidine	In parts	222	811	0.4	1.0	3.1
أولاد الشلحOulad Chelh	Grouped	78	348	1.0	1.0	3.0
تعاونية الكرمCoopérative Al Karam	Grouped	40	161	1.1	1.2	3.4
تعاونية سيدي موسىCoopérative Sidi Moussa	Grouped	108	405	2.9	3.6	7.9
أولاد عدوOulad Addou3 douars · 700 people
الجبابرةJbabra	Grouped	28	111	—	—	—
أولاد عدوOulad Addou	Grouped	77	366	0.6	0.2	19.8
بوعيادBouyad	Grouped	49	223	0.0	2.0	20.0
درقاوةDerkaoua2 douars · 1,879 people
درقاوة العروسيينDerkawa Laaroussiyine	In parts	289	1,552	0.4	0.4	10.6
الصبانةEl Sebbana	In parts	59	327	0.6	2.6	8.1

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: 04.481.05.01
As digits: 044810501
Slug: al-haouafate
Record: /api/communes/04.481.05.01.json
Boundary: /api/communes/04.481.05.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/04.481.05.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/04.481.05.01/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/04.481.05.01/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/04.481.05.01/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2808866

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