Bou-Azmou

بوازمو

Rural commune in the cercle of Imilchil, province of Midelt, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024: 10,100
Since 2014: +5.4%from 9,583 in 2014
Density: 15.1people per km², 669.6 km²
Households: 2,026
Rank: 736736th most populous of 1,503 communes12th of 29 in its province

Next door in Imilchil, 64.2% of households have running water. Here, it’s 96.6%.

Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 61.8% to 83.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ouaoula. Darija: 21.6% here, 30.9% there; aged 0 to 14: 31.9% here, 32.6% there; can’t read or write: 46.1% here, 46.7% there.

Compare it with Ouaoula

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

52433

How it changed

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

Bou-Azmou +5.4%

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: 46.1%aged 10 and over55.7% in 201455.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 16.9%12.1% in 201413.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 45.8%aged 15 and over55.5% in 201418.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.70children per woman4.61 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.0%of people5.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 5.0people on average5.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 96.6%of settled households91.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bou-Azmou: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.9%	75 and over	3.2%
2.6%	70–74	2.4%
3.0%	65–69	2.8%
4.0%	60–64	3.4%
3.8%	55–59	3.2%
3.9%	50–54	4.6%
4.5%	45–49	5.3%
4.7%	40–44	5.6%
5.3%	35–39	4.9%
6.8%	30–34	5.9%
8.4%	25–29	6.7%
9.1%	20–24	7.9%
9.6%	15–19	11.6%
10.6%	10–14	11.7%
11.0%	5–9	10.8%
10.0%	0–4	9.9%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight99.1%
Darija21.6%
Tachelhit0.2%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic93.4%
French42.7%
English9.3%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh9.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot78.7%
Doesn’t travel to work5.3%
Animal3.9%
Employer’s transport3.7%
Bus2.6%
Private car1.5%
Bike or motorcycle1.4%
Informal transport1.4%
Taxi0.9%
Another way0.5%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 55.7%aged 10 and over46.1% in 202469.0% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 12.1%16.9% in 202418.7% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 55.5%aged 15 and over45.8% in 202429.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 95.8%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 4.61children per woman3.70 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.5%of people5.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.9people on average5.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 91.1%of settled households96.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Bou-Azmou: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.5%	75 and over	2.1%
1.6%	70–74	2.2%
2.2%	65–69	2.4%
2.9%	60–64	3.1%
3.4%	55–59	2.9%
4.2%	50–54	3.7%
4.7%	45–49	4.3%
4.6%	40–44	5.0%
5.6%	35–39	5.9%
6.4%	30–34	5.9%
7.4%	25–29	6.5%
9.4%	20–24	7.8%
11.1%	15–19	10.9%
11.8%	10–14	11.3%
10.4%	5–9	13.0%
11.8%	0–4	12.9%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight99.5%
Darija26.5%
Tachelhit0.9%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Other combinations42.6%
Arabic only33.1%
Arabic and French19.9%
Arabic, French and English4.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot84.6%
Bus8.4%
Not stated1.8%
Private car1.5%
Another way1.4%
Employer’s transport1.1%
Bike or motorcycle0.8%
Taxi0.3%
Works at home0.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood70.4%
No fixed place13.7%
Another province9.6%
Another commune2.3%
Not stated1.8%
Somewhere else1.6%
Another in the commune0.5%
At home0.1%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farm and fishing labour33.9%
Farming and fishing28.5%
Labouring and small trades16.6%
Crafts and skilled trades6.2%
Machine operating5.4%
Trade and broking4.0%
Clerical work2.6%
Managers and senior professionals2.1%
Technicians0.3%
Not classified0.3%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma79.7%
Primary15.0%
Lower secondary3.2%
Upper secondary1.0%
DEUG or Licence0.9%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 18818.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 13672.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1631.2 per business
Public services: 52
Associations: 0in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce65.4%
Services23.5%
Construction5.9%
Industry5.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person93.4%
2 to 34.4%
4 to 91.5%
10 to 490.7%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later26.5%
2011–201930.1%
2001–201021.3%
1991–200014.7%
1981–19902.9%
1956–19803.7%
Before 19560.7%

Douars

Bou-Azmou’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 13 douars in 4 fractions, with 9,884 people. 216 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
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
السونتاتSountat4 douars · 2,152 people
إحوظيݣنIhoudign	Dispersed	54	369	0.5	0.5	7.7
السونتاتSountat	Grouped	168	819	0.0	0.1	6.1
ايت علي ويكوAït Ali Ou Ikkou	Grouped	128	626	0.5	1.4	10.0
تباشتينتTabachatinte	Grouped	62	338	0.2	2.2	10.0
بوزموBou Zemou3 douars · 2,317 people
تيسيلاTissila	Dispersed	172	1,013	0.8	0.9	4.1
توربضيتTourabdite	Grouped	78	364	4.0	0.7	4.0
بوزموBou Zemou	Dispersed	193	940	0.7	1.6	1.3
أكدالAgdale3 douars · 3,811 people
أقديمAkdim	Grouped	187	998	0.6	1.2	7.1
تيماريينTimarine	Grouped	185	883	0.7	1.1	8.3
أكدالAgdale	Grouped	410	1,930	0.5	0.9	7.0
ألمغوAlemghou3 douars · 1,604 people
تامستيرتTamastirte	Grouped	88	377	1.4	1.1	4.0
ألمغوAlemghou	Grouped	159	670	0.0	0.6	3.0
أيت آعمرAit Amar	Dispersed	121	557	0.0	1.0	5.2

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

In the data

Files and code

Code: 08.363.15.05
As digits: 083631505
Slug: bou-azmou
Record: /api/communes/08.363.15.05.json
Boundary: /api/communes/08.363.15.05/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/08.363.15.05/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/08.363.15.05/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/08.363.15.05/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/08.363.15.05/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/08.363.15.05/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2827183

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bou-azmou");

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