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

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

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	Women
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%

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%
Employer’s transport3.7%
Bus2.6%
Private car1.5%
Bike or motorcycle1.4%
Taxi0.9%

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	Women
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%

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%
Private car1.5%
Employer’s transport1.1%
Bike or motorcycle0.8%
Taxi0.3%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood70.4%
No fixed place13.7%
Another province9.6%
Another commune2.3%
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

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%

In the data

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
OpenStreetMap: 2827183

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bou-azmou");

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