Amellagou

املاكو

Rural commune in the cercle of Goulmima, province of Errachidia, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024: 4,711
Since 2014: −5.3%from 4,975 in 2014
Density: 7.9people per km², 596.3 km²
Households: 1,060
Foreign residents: 2
Rank: 1,2331,233rd most populous of 1,503 communes26th of 29 in its province

Next door in Aghbalou-N'kerdous, 39.4% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 72.4%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 36.5% to 80.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Compare it with other communes

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 Amellagou.

Amellagou −5.3%

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: 37.6%aged 10 and over43.1% in 201450.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 35.7%10.3% in 201433.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 31.9%aged 15 and over40.4% in 20146.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 98.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.70children per woman2.95 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 7.0%of people7.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.4people on average5.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 80.2%of settled households36.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Amellagou: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
5.0%	75 and over	5.5%
2.8%	70–74	3.0%
2.8%	65–69	3.7%
4.1%	60–64	4.0%
4.5%	55–59	4.8%
6.1%	50–54	4.4%
5.1%	45–49	5.9%
5.7%	40–44	5.7%
5.2%	35–39	6.6%
4.9%	30–34	6.0%
5.0%	25–29	5.0%
6.4%	20–24	6.4%
10.1%	15–19	9.1%
13.2%	10–14	11.6%
10.0%	5–9	10.4%
9.0%	0–4	8.0%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight97.4%
Darija31.6%
Tachelhit2.0%
Tarifit0.2%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.2%
French72.4%
English24.0%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot73.5%
Bike or motorcycle9.8%
Employer’s transport6.0%
Private car4.1%
Doesn’t travel to work2.0%
Taxi1.8%
Animal1.4%
Bus0.6%
Informal transport0.5%
Another way0.3%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 43.1%aged 10 and over37.6% in 202459.2% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 10.3%35.7% in 20244.8% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 40.4%aged 15 and over31.9% in 202418.3% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 97.2%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.95children per woman2.70 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 7.2%of people7.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.6people on average4.4 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 36.5%of settled households80.2% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Amellagou: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
4.5%	75 and over	3.6%
2.4%	70–74	2.4%
2.8%	65–69	3.6%
2.9%	60–64	3.3%
2.5%	55–59	4.3%
3.6%	50–54	4.3%
5.1%	45–49	4.0%
5.5%	40–44	5.8%
6.3%	35–39	6.6%
6.3%	30–34	6.6%
6.0%	25–29	6.2%
8.5%	20–24	9.3%
10.7%	15–19	8.4%
10.1%	10–14	9.6%
10.4%	5–9	10.1%
12.4%	0–4	11.8%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight99.2%
Darija35.2%
Tachelhit0.5%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French36.7%
Other combinations28.3%
Arabic only26.8%
Arabic, French and English8.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot60.4%
Bus22.8%
Another way7.2%
Bike or motorcycle3.4%
Not stated2.2%
Taxi1.3%
Employer’s transport1.2%
Private car0.8%
Works at home0.6%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood59.9%
Another province19.6%
No fixed place11.3%
Another in the commune3.8%
Another commune2.3%
Not stated2.3%
At home0.6%
Somewhere else0.2%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour27.5%
Farming and fishing24.2%
Labouring and small trades24.2%
Clerical work7.0%
Crafts and skilled trades5.9%
Machine operating4.4%
Managers and senior professionals2.9%
Technicians2.0%
Trade and broking1.4%
Not classified0.6%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma63.5%
Primary20.6%
Lower secondary11.4%
Upper secondary2.7%
DEUG or Licence1.7%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 13328.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 5642.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 571.0 per business
Public services: 64
Associations: 13in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce67.9%
Services23.2%
Industry8.9%
Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person98.2%
2 to 31.8%
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 later21.4%
2011–201939.3%
2001–201016.1%
1991–200017.9%
1981–19901.8%
1956–19801.8%
Before 19561.8%

Douars

Amellagou’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 20 douars in 4 fractions, with 4,672 people. 39 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
آيت واحيAit Ouahi7 douars · 2,020 people
قصر لحرونQsar Lahroun	Grouped	96	549	0.0	0.1	10.8
اميضرImider	Grouped	93	384	0.1	0.1	6.9
قصر اوداديKsar Idid	Grouped	20	106	—	—	—
آيت سعيد أوعليAït Saïd Ou Ali	Grouped	106	442	0.0	0.0	0.0
املوانImelouane	Grouped	93	399	0.0	0.0	1.9
اغرم امقرانIrhrem Amokrane	Grouped	26	95	—	—	—
قصر تودديتKsar Touddit	Grouped	11	45	—	—	—
آيت امحمدAit M'hamed3 douars · 798 people
قصر أملاكوKsar Amellago	Grouped	104	528	0.0	0.7	2.1
تاملوتTamalout	Grouped	36	122	0.0	0.1	4.0
املاكو المركزAmellagou Centre	Grouped	54	148	0.0	0.0	0.0
آيت سليمانAit Slimane3 douars · 956 people
قصر آيت سليمانKsar Ait Slimane	Grouped	74	314	0.2	0.5	3.9
آيت بويزمAit Bouyezm	Grouped	107	516	0.7	2.7	4.0
آيت ايوبAit Youb	Grouped	34	126	0.0	0.1	3.0
إغف أمانIghf Amane7 douars · 898 people
أكديمAgoudim	Grouped	86	361	0.1	0.2	20.3
أخالقAkhalk	Grouped	3	21	—	—	—
عوجAouj	Grouped	27	130	—	—	—
آيت مخونAit Moukhoune	Grouped	23	112	—	—	—
تاسكنتيتTaskountiyt	Grouped	4	18	—	—	—
إدمومةIdmouma	Grouped	38	172	0.0	0.1	21.5
أتالامينOu Talamine	Grouped	16	84	—	—	—

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: 08.201.13.02
As digits: 082011302
Slug: amellagou
Record: /api/communes/08.201.13.02.json
Boundary: /api/communes/08.201.13.02/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/08.201.13.02/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/08.201.13.02/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/08.201.13.02/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/08.201.13.02/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2827164

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