Aoufous
أوفوس
Rural commune in the cercle of Errachidia, province of Errachidia, Drâa-Tafilalet.
- Population, 2024
- 8,888
- Since 2014
- −14.7%from 10,424 in 2014
- Density
- 8.7people per km², 1,016.7 km²
- Households
- 1,938
- Foreign residents
- 1
- Rank
- 820820th most populous of 1,503 communes19th of 29 in its province
Next door in Fezna, 84.2% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 1.6%.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ouled Yaich. In the labour force: 30.3% here, 31.6% there; running water: 94.3% here, 86.6% there; Darija: 96.6% here, 99.3% 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 Aoufous.
Aoufous −14.7%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 25.8%aged 10 and over31.9% in 201437.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 20.2%13.4% in 201430.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 30.3%aged 15 and over34.3% in 20144.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 99.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.28children per woman2.43 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.8%of people6.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.6people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 94.3%of settled households91.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6% | 75 and over | 6.7% | ||
| 3.2% | 70–74 | 4.2% | ||
| 4.1% | 65–69 | 4.3% | ||
| 4.3% | 60–64 | 4.8% | ||
| 4.7% | 55–59 | 4.2% | ||
| 5.3% | 50–54 | 5.4% | ||
| 7.0% | 45–49 | 6.6% | ||
| 6.0% | 40–44 | 6.7% | ||
| 5.2% | 35–39 | 6.8% | ||
| 5.1% | 30–34 | 5.8% | ||
| 4.4% | 25–29 | 5.1% | ||
| 5.4% | 20–24 | 6.0% | ||
| 9.1% | 15–19 | 7.8% | ||
| 11.8% | 10–14 | 9.4% | ||
| 11.4% | 5–9 | 9.4% | ||
| 8.4% | 0–4 | 6.9% | ||
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
- 31.9%aged 10 and over25.8% in 202445.3% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 13.4%20.2% in 202418.2% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 34.3%aged 15 and over30.3% in 20248.8% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 97.9%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.43children per woman2.28 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.8%of people5.8% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.3people on average4.6 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 91.2%of settled households94.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.9% | 75 and over | 4.4% | ||
| 2.4% | 70–74 | 3.0% | ||
| 1.9% | 65–69 | 2.7% | ||
| 3.9% | 60–64 | 4.6% | ||
| 3.5% | 55–59 | 4.7% | ||
| 4.5% | 50–54 | 4.5% | ||
| 4.5% | 45–49 | 4.5% | ||
| 5.4% | 40–44 | 5.7% | ||
| 7.2% | 35–39 | 7.3% | ||
| 6.4% | 30–34 | 8.0% | ||
| 6.9% | 25–29 | 9.1% | ||
| 8.9% | 20–24 | 8.5% | ||
| 8.8% | 15–19 | 7.3% | ||
| 9.2% | 10–14 | 7.8% | ||
| 9.4% | 5–9 | 8.1% | ||
| 12.1% | 0–4 | 10.0% | ||
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.
Urban dwellings
The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Aoufous’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary
- Dwellings
- 332
- Standing empty
- 20.2%9.3% vacant10.8% a second home
- Precarious
- 22.3%0.0% a slum or basic house
- On the sewer
- 1.2%99.7% on the water mains99.4% on the electricity grid
More dwelling figures
What kind they are
Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.
How old they are
When the dwelling was built.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 28231.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 17361.3% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 2581.5 per business
- Public services
- 99
- Associations
- 10in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
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.
Urban centres
Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.
| Aoufous | 1,081 |
Douars
Aoufous’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 11 douars in 3 fractions, with 7,713 people. Another 1,081 live in Aoufous, its urban centre, which has no douars. 94 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| الفوقانيةFouqania6 douars · 4,309 people | ||||||
| زاوية املكيسZaouit Amelkiss | In parts | 219 | 1,009 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 18.7 |
| جرامنةJramna | In parts | 120 | 532 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 16.2 |
| زويويةZououia | Grouped | 41 | 183 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| زوالةZouala | Grouped | 80 | 366 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 16.0 |
| أولاد عيسىOuled Aissa | Grouped | 286 | 1,433 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 14.5 |
| أولاد شاكرOuled Chaker | In parts | 193 | 786 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 11.5 |
| الوسطانيةLouastaniya2 douars · 1,032 people | ||||||
| أولاد عميرةOulad Amira | In parts | 124 | 515 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| زاوية اوفوسZaouia Aoufous | In parts | 94 | 517 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 7.9 |
| الݣارةAl Gara3 douars · 2,372 people | ||||||
| القصر الجديدKsar Jdid | In parts | 286 | 1,532 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 5.0 |
| الݣارةAl Gara | Grouped | 77 | 272 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.1 |
| تخيامتTakhyamt | Grouped | 135 | 568 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.4 |
Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names
In the data
Files and code
- Code
08.201.07.01- As digits
082010701- Slug
aoufous- Census figures
/api/communes/08.201.07.01/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/08.201.07.01/economy.json- Urban dwellings
/api/communes/08.201.07.01/housing.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/08.201.07.01/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/08.201.07.01/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2827232
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("aoufous");