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

Where it is

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

BoudnibOued NaamAmellagouAghbalou-N'kerdousTadighoustLkhengErrachidiaChorfa M'daghraSidi AliEt-TaousEs-SfalatBni M'hamed-SijelmassaEs-SifaEr-RtebAarab Sebbah ZizArfoudAarab Sebbah GherisJorfFeznaGheris Es-SoufliGoulmimaGheris El OulouiMelaabTinejdadFerkla El OuliaFerkla Es-SouflaEr-RissaniMoulay Ali Cherif

How it changed

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

Aoufous −14.7%

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
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.

Aoufous: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.6%75 and over6.7%
3.2%70–744.2%
4.1%65–694.3%
4.3%60–644.8%
4.7%55–594.2%
5.3%50–545.4%
7.0%45–496.6%
6.0%40–446.7%
5.2%35–396.8%
5.1%30–345.8%
4.4%25–295.1%
5.4%20–246.0%
9.1%15–197.8%
11.8%10–149.4%
11.4%5–99.4%
8.4%0–46.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija96.6%
  • Tamazight28.7%
  • Tachelhit11.0%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.4%
  • French52.7%
  • English10.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot36.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle11.8%
  • Employer’s transport5.4%
  • Private car5.2%
  • Taxi3.9%
  • Bus0.7%

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

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house76.2%
  • Rural-type21.7%
  • Traditional house1.5%
  • Other0.6%
  • Villa0.0%
  • Apartment0.0%
  • Slum or basic house0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years62.3%
  • 20 to 49 years37.0%
  • 50 years or more0.6%

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

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce50.3%
  • Services32.9%
  • Industry11.0%
  • Construction5.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person77.5%
  • 2 to 317.3%
  • 4 to 94.0%
  • 10 to 491.2%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later17.3%
  • 2011–201948.6%
  • 2001–201012.7%
  • 1991–200016.2%
  • 1981–19901.7%
  • 1956–19803.5%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Aoufous1,081

In the data

Code
08.201.07.01
As digits
082010701
Slug
aoufous
Record
/api/communes/08.201.07.01.json
Boundary
/api/communes/08.201.07.01/boundary.geojson
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
OpenStreetMap
2827232
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("aoufous");

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