Bin El Ouidane

بين الويدان

Rural commune in the cercle of Ouaouizaght, province of Azilal, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024
4,605
Since 2014
−15.1%from 5,421 in 2014
Density
33.7people per km², 136.8 km²
Households
1,098
Foreign residents
8
Rank
1,2481,248th most populous of 1,503 communes37th of 44 in its province

Next door in Ouaouizeght, 57.6% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 6.8%.

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 76.8% to 94.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Compare it with other communes

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 Bin El Ouidane.

Bin El Ouidane −15.1%

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
42.0%aged 10 and over47.3% in 201453.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
29.5%14.4% in 201453.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
32.4%aged 15 and over41.1% in 20144.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.13children per woman2.79 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.5%of people7.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
93.0%of settled households76.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bin El Ouidane: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
5.2%75 and over5.5%
3.6%70–743.8%
3.7%65–693.9%
5.0%60–645.6%
4.5%55–594.3%
6.5%50–545.6%
6.7%45–496.5%
5.4%40–446.3%
5.8%35–396.1%
5.3%30–345.8%
4.7%25–295.8%
5.7%20–246.5%
8.9%15–198.5%
11.6%10–1410.1%
9.5%5–98.4%
7.8%0–47.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight98.6%
  • Darija41.8%
  • Tarifit0.3%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.4%
  • French38.5%
  • English11.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot34.3%
  • Informal transport24.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work19.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle11.9%
  • Private car4.6%
  • Employer’s transport2.0%
  • Taxi1.7%
  • Bus0.7%
  • Animal0.3%
  • Another way0.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
13830.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
5439.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2975.5 per business
Public services
72
Associations
12in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce55.6%
  • Services42.6%
  • Industry1.9%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person77.8%
  • 2 to 37.4%
  • 4 to 99.3%
  • 10 to 491.9%
  • 50 and over3.7%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later7.4%
  • 2011–201931.5%
  • 2001–201014.8%
  • 1991–200020.4%
  • 1981–199020.4%
  • 1956–19803.7%
  • Before 19561.9%

Douars

Bin El Ouidane’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 13 douars in 4 fractions, with 4,605 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
ايت حمزةAit Hamza3 douars · 1,467 people
إرزانIrizaneDispersed943772.62.18.5
أيت وانركيAyt WanerguiIn parts1084411.13.24.0
إنكيرتInguirteIn parts1346490.93.04.2
أيت أومكدول الموضعAit Aoumkdoul Limouda3 douars · 1,228 people
أيت حلوان الموضعAit Halouane LimoudaIn parts1335420.71.57.9
أيت علي أومحند الموضعAit Ali Mhand LimoudaIn parts642240.60.86.7
أيت عموAit AmmouIn parts1304620.71.81.0
أيت أومكدول إغيلAit Aoumkdoul Ighil4 douars · 797 people
أيت حلوان إغيلAit Halouane IghilDispersed20105———
إنونشوInounchouIn parts542255.01.76.2
أيت علي أومحند إغيلAit Ali Mhand IghilIn parts522328.53.89.3
تلزاطTilzatDispersed532355.02.25.1
ايت علويAit Alouy3 douars · 1,113 people
ايت الباكورAït Al BakourDispersed753290.42.49.4
ايت يعزةAït IzzaIn parts652420.74.67.7
ايت علاAït AllaIn parts1165420.72.97.4

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
05.081.09.11
As digits
050810911
Slug
bin-el-ouidane
OpenStreetMap
2887174
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bin-el-ouidane");

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