Bouabout

بوابوض

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

Population, 2024
9,825
Since 2014
−14.5%from 11,494 in 2014
Density
58.1people per km², 169 km²
Households
2,510
Rank
752752nd most populous of 1,503 communes12th of 35 in its province

Since 2014, households with running water went from 30.3% to 82.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: El Faid. In the labour force: 29.4% here, 30.4% there; household size: 3.9 here, 4.0 there; higher education: 2.3% here, 3.7% there.

Compare it with El Faid

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 Bouabout.

Bouabout −14.5%

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
53.1%aged 10 and over61.1% in 201462.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
16.2%5.0% in 201427.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
29.4%aged 15 and over43.4% in 20140.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
89.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.52children per woman3.09 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.1%of people4.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
82.8%of settled households30.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bouabout: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
5.0%75 and over5.2%
4.0%70–743.9%
4.3%65–694.0%
4.9%60–645.4%
4.5%55–595.1%
5.1%50–546.1%
6.1%45–495.3%
5.5%40–446.3%
6.1%35–396.8%
5.7%30–344.8%
3.9%25–294.4%
4.8%20–244.4%
6.8%15–198.8%
12.8%10–1411.5%
11.7%5–910.6%
8.6%0–47.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit88.4%
  • Darija61.9%
  • Tamazight12.6%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.2%
  • French41.1%
  • English6.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh6.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot40.5%
  • Informal transport30.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work13.2%
  • Bus4.0%
  • Taxi3.7%
  • Private car2.9%
  • Another way2.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.8%
  • Animal0.6%
  • Employer’s transport0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
33434.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
19357.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2371.2 per business
Public services
136
Associations
5in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce62.7%
  • Industry19.7%
  • Services17.6%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person90.7%
  • 2 to 38.3%
  • 4 to 90.5%
  • 10 to 490.5%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later17.6%
  • 2011–201930.1%
  • 2001–201026.9%
  • 1991–200020.7%
  • 1981–19904.1%
  • 1956–19800.5%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Bouabout’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 28 douars in 5 fractions, with 9,823 people. 2 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
إدا أوتليتIda Aoutlit12 douars · 2,610 people
تيكيضةTikidaGrouped572140.31.56.2
شعبة الغارChaabat el RharIn parts1173933.11.13.9
اكاديرAgadirGrouped361200.90.94.5
تمالوكتTamalouktIn parts923320.30.39.2
المرسEl MersGrouped401450.80.66.1
النادر البيضNadar LabbidGrouped2182———
ايت جعيضAit JaadIn parts853100.61.18.0
بير الشيخBir ChikheIn parts622240.00.78.3
تجكنيت(تيجي كنيت)Tajknit (Tiji Knit)In parts29117———
ايت العريفAit LarifIn parts391400.70.48.7
أغبالوAghbalouIn parts1254230.20.38.2
تمرزكتTamerzktGrouped321101.01.15.1
ألاسنAlasen6 douars · 3,018 people
تاكموتTagmouteIn parts1395031.21.34.3
ماتيلMatilIn parts1455725.40.618.9
اساكاAssakaIn parts934311.20.530.0
أنزيكAnzigIn parts1355155.00.120.2
تنيلفتTinilftIn parts1617251.02.423.8
ثابيا اݣرامنTabya IgourramenIn parts592720.43.621.6
مركز بوابوضCentre Bouaboud4 douars · 962 people
بوابوضBouaboutIn parts1194451.41.63.5
أنامرAnamrGrouped491841.01.11.1
تيمزوركةTimzourgaGrouped513———
أسدرامIssedramGrouped913200.82.72.7
أدارAddar5 douars · 1,796 people
ظهرانDahraneIn parts2483———
أدارAddarIn parts1184100.81.36.8
الدفايليةDffayliaIn parts1004241.02.611.1
شعبة السدرةChaabat SadraDispersed502181.52.212.0
أولاد مهديOulad MehdiIn parts1606611.11.617.0
أفتاسAfettas1 douar · 1,437 people
أفتاسAfettasIn parts3271,4370.91.113.9

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
07.161.09.01
As digits
071610901
Slug
bouabout
OpenStreetMap
2820955
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bouabout");

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