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

Where it is

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

Mechraa Bel KsiriSefsafHad KourtLamrabihAin DfaliJorf El MelhaDar GueddariSidi Ameur Al HadiSidi Ahmed BenaissaMoulay AbdelkaderBni OualDar LaasloujiRmilatSidi Al KamelSelfatZaggotaSidi KacemZiraraChbanateBir TalebBab TioukaTeknaTaoughiltKhnichetSidi M'hamed ChelhOulad NouelSidi AzzouzNouirate

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
MenAgeWomen
2.3%75 and over3.1%
2.3%70–742.6%
3.1%65–693.2%
4.7%60–644.6%
3.9%55–594.3%
5.4%50–545.3%
6.2%45–495.3%
7.3%40–447.2%
6.5%35–397.3%
5.8%30–346.2%
5.5%25–296.0%
7.2%20–247.1%
8.5%15–198.3%
11.1%10–1410.1%
10.9%5–910.5%
9.4%0–48.9%

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%

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%
  • Taxi7.3%
  • Employer’s transport5.0%
  • Private car3.2%
  • Bus3.2%

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

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%

In the data

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
OpenStreetMap
2808866
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("al-haouafate");

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