Amskroud

امسكروض

Rural commune in the cercle of Agadir Banlieue, préfecture of Agadir-Ida-Ou-Tanane, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
9,648
Since 2014
+3.2%from 9,351 in 2014
Density
46.7people per km², 206.6 km²
Households
2,395
Rank
762762nd most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 13 in its préfecture

Next door in Drargua, 71.2% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.8%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 77.0% to 93.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Touama. Darija: 49.9% here, 57.1% there; aged 65 and over: 12.2% here, 11.7% there; running water: 93.1% here, 99.5% there.

Compare it with Touama

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

80302

How it changed

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

Amskroud +3.2%

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
37.7%aged 10 and over45.6% in 201450.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
20.9%14.8% in 201422.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
36.8%aged 15 and over37.4% in 20146.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.77children per woman2.02 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.9%of people7.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
93.1%of settled households77.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Amskroud: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.9%75 and over5.2%
3.7%70–743.2%
4.0%65–693.4%
4.6%60–644.9%
5.1%55–595.0%
5.9%50–546.1%
6.3%45–496.8%
7.1%40–447.5%
7.6%35–398.1%
7.6%30–346.7%
5.8%25–296.4%
5.6%20–246.1%
7.0%15–196.8%
9.0%10–148.4%
8.7%5–98.8%
7.2%0–46.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit98.2%
  • Darija49.9%
  • Tamazight0.5%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.0%
  • French52.2%
  • English9.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Informal transport21.5%
  • On foot18.2%
  • Employer’s transport17.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle16.0%
  • Private car8.0%
  • Bus7.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work7.5%
  • Taxi3.8%
  • Another way0.6%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
28429.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
17561.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4762.7 per business
Public services
84
Associations
25in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce65.1%
  • Services18.9%
  • Industry15.4%
  • Construction0.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person64.6%
  • 2 to 322.3%
  • 4 to 96.9%
  • 10 to 495.7%
  • 50 and over0.6%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later36.6%
  • 2011–201939.4%
  • 2001–201014.9%
  • 1991–20005.1%
  • 1981–19901.7%
  • 1956–19802.3%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Amskroud’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 16 douars in 7 fractions, with 9,520 people. 128 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
تيورارTiourar3 douars · 1,509 people
تيورارTiourarIn parts2129010.30.53.3
بو ايحياBou YahyaIn parts1415930.40.83.0
تاكضوينTakadouineGrouped615———
سيدي بوسحابSidi Boushab5 douars · 3,631 people
توزونينTouzounneIn parts1339———
سيدي بوسحابSidi BoushabIn parts4371,7020.50.80.8
بوالبرجBou LborjGrouped722620.03.03.0
بوزكارBouzgareGrouped973311.04.03.7
أكفايAgafayeIn parts3211,2970.42.38.8
أمسكرودAmskroud1 douar · 1,771 people
أمسكرودAmskroudIn parts4501,7710.81.21.2
تنفول تحبوستTanfoul Tahboust2 douars · 445 people
تينفولTinfoulIn parts973830.80.72.4
تاحبوستTahboustIn parts1762———
تماعيت أوفلاTamait Oufella2 douars · 1,172 people
تماعيت أوفلاTamait OufellaIn parts2351,0520.10.40.4
تانفيستTanfistGrouped27120———
تكوشت تلعينتTakoucht Talaïnt2 douars · 238 people
تكوشتTakouchteIn parts2181———
تلعينتTalaïntIn parts441570.30.816.7
ويكرانOuikarane1 douar · 754 people
ويكرانOuikaraneIn parts1887540.11.710.3

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
09.001.05.01
As digits
090010501
Slug
amskroud
OpenStreetMap
2758267
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("amskroud");

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