Aquermoud

أقرمود

Rural commune in the cercle of Essaouira, province of Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
15,981
Since 2014
+2.0%from 15,662 in 2014
Density
103people per km², 155.7 km²
Households
3,994
Foreign residents
12
Rank
409409th most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 57 in its province

Next door in Sidi Ali El Korati, 14.8% of households have running water. Here, it’s 72.3%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 21.4% to 72.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tatoft. Can’t read or write: 46.7% here, 46.1% there; aged 65 and over: 11.5% here, 11.7% there; higher education: 2.9% here, 2.0% there.

Compare it with Tatoft

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 Aquermoud.

Aquermoud +2.0%

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
46.7%aged 10 and over55.1% in 201456.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
22.0%6.1% in 201459.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
41.9%aged 15 and over48.7% in 20149.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.41children per woman2.93 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.9%of people6.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
72.3%of settled households21.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Aquermoud: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.4%75 and over4.9%
3.2%70–743.1%
3.6%65–693.6%
4.6%60–644.9%
4.8%55–594.4%
5.1%50–545.0%
6.5%45–496.0%
6.2%40–446.2%
6.5%35–396.2%
6.0%30–345.6%
6.0%25–295.1%
7.3%20–246.6%
9.5%15–199.8%
10.3%10–1411.0%
8.6%5–910.1%
7.3%0–47.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.4%
  • Tachelhit0.4%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French29.0%
  • English8.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot55.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle9.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work9.6%
  • Bus8.6%
  • Taxi8.1%
  • Informal transport3.0%
  • Private car2.7%
  • Animal1.2%
  • Employer’s transport0.9%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
48830.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
29159.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3981.4 per business
Public services
191
Associations
6in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce54.6%
  • Services32.0%
  • Industry12.7%
  • Construction0.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person77.3%
  • 2 to 320.6%
  • 4 to 91.7%
  • 10 to 490.3%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later39.5%
  • 2011–201934.4%
  • 2001–201016.5%
  • 1991–20005.5%
  • 1981–19901.7%
  • 1956–19802.4%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Aquermoud’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 23 douars in 7 fractions, with 15,981 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أولاد عليOulad Ali2 douars · 1,230 people
السعاداتSaadatIn parts2239171.92.49.3
السبگSabagIn parts863133.63.26.8
أقرمودAquermoud4 douars · 2,921 people
أيت امحمدAit M'hamedIn parts1726981.21.42.6
جغاليلJghalilIn parts1165021.22.19.7
تمالوكتTamalouktIn parts1305341.92.65.9
الباطن اولاد بن الفقيهEl Baten Oulad Ben FquihIn parts2971,1872.12.55.3
تاوريرتTaourirt7 douars · 3,512 people
أيت حميدةAit HmidaIn parts1596333.52.54.2
أيت عمرAit OmarIn parts1626513.43.07.9
أولاد الفقيهOulad FquihIn parts1525945.41.711.1
أولاد سي محمدOulad Si MohamedIn parts2157527.52.28.6
أهل العزيبAhl LaazibIn parts753065.02.88.4
أهل بلنملAhl BelenemelIn parts943723.52.95.6
البطن تاوريرتEl Bten TaourirtIn parts622042.54.813.9
الساحلSahel3 douars · 2,714 people
الحمامدةLahmamdaIn parts2459352.22.54.9
سيدي صالحSidi SalahIn parts2791,0644.21.77.6
ايت باعمرانAit BamraneIn parts1697151.82.39.8
مركز أقرمودCentre Aquermoud3 douars · 1,778 people
الموادنينEl MouadnineIn parts2871,0220.61.21.2
الرملRmelIn parts1576310.81.92.0
أݣماض (الشلايح)Agoumad (Ecchlayh)Grouped28125———
الحلايسEl Halays2 douars · 1,749 people
الكوحلEl KouhalIn parts2429893.72.44.6
الحلايسEl HalaysIn parts1827602.82.75.7
المݣادمةEl Mguedma2 douars · 2,077 people
المكادمةEl MguedmaIn parts2891,3281.62.25.8
اولاد عمرOulad OmarIn parts1737491.21.24.2

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
07.211.03.03
As digits
072110303
Slug
aquermoud
OpenStreetMap
2821062
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("aquermoud");

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