Aquouass Briech

اقواس برييش

Rural commune in the cercle of Assilah, préfecture of Tanger-Assilah, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024
4,981
Since 2014
−0.2%from 4,993 in 2014
Density
74.4people per km², 66.9 km²
Households
1,190
Foreign residents
15
Rank
1,2001,200th most populous of 1,503 communes10th of 12 in its préfecture

Next door in Gueznaia, 97.4% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 25.4%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 11.0% to 60.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Compare it with other communes

Where it is

Its préfecture, 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 Aquouass Briech.

Aquouass Briech −0.2%

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
30.7%aged 10 and over38.3% in 201440.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
22.3%10.0% in 201425.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
41.0%aged 15 and over45.5% in 201411.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
90.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.43children per woman1.86 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.4%of people9.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
60.6%of settled households11.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Aquouass Briech: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.9%75 and over5.7%
3.4%70–743.2%
3.3%65–693.6%
4.3%60–644.6%
4.8%55–593.6%
6.0%50–546.6%
7.4%45–495.7%
8.3%40–447.2%
8.0%35–397.9%
6.3%30–346.5%
5.2%25–296.4%
6.7%20–246.5%
7.1%15–196.3%
8.7%10–149.6%
8.7%5–99.1%
7.9%0–47.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.3%
  • Tarifit1.7%
  • Tachelhit0.8%
  • Tamazight0.2%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.2%
  • French60.6%
  • English13.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot31.0%
  • Bus16.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work15.7%
  • Taxi11.3%
  • Employer’s transport8.6%
  • Private car8.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle6.3%
  • Informal transport1.3%
  • Animal0.6%
  • Another way0.5%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
11923.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
8369.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1682.0 per business
Public services
33
Associations
3in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce44.6%
  • Services39.8%
  • Industry15.7%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person75.9%
  • 2 to 315.7%
  • 4 to 96.0%
  • 10 to 492.4%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later24.1%
  • 2011–201930.1%
  • 2001–201020.5%
  • 1991–20007.2%
  • 1981–199012.0%
  • 1956–19804.8%
  • Before 19561.2%

Douars

Aquouass Briech’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 11 douars in 2 fractions, with 4,627 people. 354 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
أولاد خلوفOulad Khallouf8 douars · 3,620 people
القطيبيينLaqtibiyyineDispersed1023951.11.88.3
أولاد المهديOulad el MehdiGrouped803150.91.16.9
أولاد مسعودOulad MassaoudGrouped592461.01.04.3
أولاد اعمرOulad AmerGrouped1115171.11.19.8
أولاد العلجOulad El AljGrouped431771.12.110.0
أولاد يسفOulad YoussefGrouped602231.12.29.2
ابريش السفلىAbrich EssouflaIn parts2498901.02.84.2
ابريش العلياAbrich El OuliaDispersed2248571.01.81.4
أولاد خلوف بريشOulad Khallouf Berriche3 douars · 1,007 people
لكحاوشةKahaouchaGrouped893321.01.08.9
عين ابن عمرAin Ben AmarGrouped1083971.01.08.9
عين اجديويAin JdiouiGrouped652781.11.010.3

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code
Code
01.511.03.03
As digits
015110303
Slug
aquouass-briech
OpenStreetMap
2752817
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