Al Oued
الواد
Rural commune in the cercle of Tétouan, province of Tétouan, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.
- Population, 2024
- 10,875
- Since 2014
- −3.7%from 11,288 in 2014
- Density
- 73.1people per km², 148.8 km²
- Households
- 2,238
- Foreign residents
- 2
- Rank
- 677677th most populous of 1,503 communes7th of 22 in its province
Next door in Tassift, 14.1% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 64.3%.
Since 2014, unemployment went from 21.5% to 5.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Braksa. Running water: 0.2% here, 2.3% there; read French: 64.3% here, 59.9% there; higher education: 2.3% here, 2.6% there.
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 Al Oued.
Al Oued −3.7%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 38.1%aged 10 and over53.2% in 201450.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 5.4%21.5% in 20142.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 55.6%aged 15 and over47.7% in 201429.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 97.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.67children per woman2.29 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.7%of people4.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.9people on average5.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 0.2%of settled households0.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6% | 75 and over | 4.3% | ||
| 2.3% | 70–74 | 2.0% | ||
| 2.8% | 65–69 | 2.9% | ||
| 3.8% | 60–64 | 4.1% | ||
| 3.2% | 55–59 | 3.6% | ||
| 4.2% | 50–54 | 4.7% | ||
| 4.9% | 45–49 | 4.8% | ||
| 5.9% | 40–44 | 6.6% | ||
| 7.4% | 35–39 | 7.0% | ||
| 8.3% | 30–34 | 6.7% | ||
| 8.1% | 25–29 | 7.3% | ||
| 8.2% | 20–24 | 7.9% | ||
| 9.3% | 15–19 | 9.2% | ||
| 9.2% | 10–14 | 9.8% | ||
| 9.8% | 5–9 | 10.0% | ||
| 8.9% | 0–4 | 9.1% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 53.2%aged 10 and over38.1% in 202463.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 21.5%5.4% in 202472.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 47.7%aged 15 and over55.6% in 20248.8% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 86.3%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.29children per woman2.67 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.8%of people5.7% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.9people on average4.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 0.4%of settled households0.2% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2% | 75 and over | 2.7% | ||
| 2.1% | 70–74 | 2.1% | ||
| 1.9% | 65–69 | 2.1% | ||
| 2.8% | 60–64 | 2.6% | ||
| 2.8% | 55–59 | 3.1% | ||
| 3.9% | 50–54 | 4.5% | ||
| 3.7% | 45–49 | 3.7% | ||
| 4.8% | 40–44 | 4.8% | ||
| 5.0% | 35–39 | 5.1% | ||
| 7.3% | 30–34 | 7.0% | ||
| 9.5% | 25–29 | 8.8% | ||
| 11.0% | 20–24 | 10.5% | ||
| 10.9% | 15–19 | 11.9% | ||
| 11.4% | 10–14 | 11.9% | ||
| 9.6% | 5–9 | 9.6% | ||
| 10.0% | 0–4 | 9.6% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 20318.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 5929.1% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 1292.2 per business
- Public services
- 128
- Associations
- 16in premises of their own
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
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 are unpaid family workers is 37.9%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.
Across the 8 communes it borders, the median is 23.1%. Bab Taza is furthest from it, at 12.4%.
Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.
Douars
Al Oued’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 28 douars in 5 fractions, with 10,875 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| بني مهارونBni Mharoune6 douars · 2,449 people | ||||||
| إدمامنIdmamen | In parts | 129 | 610 | 12.9 | 1.3 | 13.4 |
| بوباينBouaanne | Grouped | 100 | 483 | 5.0 | 0.8 | 36.9 |
| شروطةCherouta | Dispersed | 107 | 471 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 10.8 |
| كباشKebhach | In parts | 95 | 438 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 10.0 |
| إخشافنIkhachafen | Grouped | 66 | 300 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 7.8 |
| الزاويةZaouia | Dispersed | 42 | 147 | 1.0 | 4.9 | 9.9 |
| تغزوتTaghzoute4 douars · 1,738 people | ||||||
| تغزوتTaghzoute | In parts | 114 | 509 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 7.3 |
| إخجةIkhoujja | In parts | 39 | 190 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| إمزلافنImzlafen | Grouped | 143 | 665 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 3.6 |
| تلنفروخTalanfroukh | Grouped | 64 | 374 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
| إهلالIhlal6 douars · 2,773 people | ||||||
| مجبارMejbar | In parts | 124 | 574 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 6.6 |
| تلانكرامتTalankramt | Grouped | 38 | 168 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| تصرتTassart | Dispersed | 68 | 307 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 3.9 |
| دار أملالDaar Amalal | Grouped | 91 | 389 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| خزان لاوKhazane Lou | Grouped | 76 | 378 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| إهلالIhlal | In parts | 173 | 957 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 3.4 |
| تغبالوتTaghebaloute7 douars · 2,968 people | ||||||
| أديوغAdayough | Grouped | 103 | 568 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 34.0 |
| الرملةEr Remla | Grouped | 40 | 214 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 34.0 |
| إغزاونIghzaouene | Grouped | 77 | 389 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 11.0 |
| إرديفنArdifene | Grouped | 81 | 434 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 10.9 |
| عبادةAbada | Grouped | 38 | 216 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 11.1 |
| إحمدانIhmdane | Dispersed | 32 | 182 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| تغبالوتTaghebaloute | In parts | 205 | 965 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 11.8 |
| إمزلافنImzlafen5 douars · 947 people | ||||||
| تمطيلتTamtilet | Grouped | 33 | 153 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 12.3 |
| إمليلAmellil | Grouped | 4 | 20 | — | — | — |
| إفحصةIfahsa | Dispersed | 27 | 96 | — | — | — |
| إبوهرنIbouharene | Grouped | 28 | 144 | — | — | — |
| إسلانIslane | In parts | 101 | 534 | 8.3 | 0.3 | 9.3 |
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
01.571.05.05- As digits
015710505- Slug
al-oued- Census figures
/api/communes/01.571.05.05/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/01.571.05.05/economy.json- Figures that stand out
/api/communes/01.571.05.05/insights.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/01.571.05.05/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/01.571.05.05/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2533866
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("al-oued");