Bouanane

بوعنان

Rural commune in the cercle of Bni Tadjite, province of Figuig, Oriental.

Population, 2024
11,181
Since 2014
+11.4%from 10,035 in 2014
Density
3.9people per km², 2,907.9 km²
Households
2,243
Foreign residents
1
Rank
656656th most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 13 in its province

Next door in Maatarka, 0.1% of households have running water. Here, it’s 48.0%.

Since 2014, households that own their home went from 83.6% to 57.0%. Across Morocco, the fall was 2 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Taoughilt. Aged 65 and over: 7.7% here, 7.4% there; Darija: 99.5% here, 98.4% there; read French: 53.9% here, 49.6% there.

Compare it with Taoughilt

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 Bouanane.

Bouanane +11.4%

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
36.8%aged 10 and over48.5% in 201443.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
20.9%28.9% in 201433.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
34.2%aged 15 and over40.7% in 20149.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.79children per woman2.19 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.8%of people5.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.8people on average5.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
48.0%of settled households43.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bouanane: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.2%75 and over3.2%
1.7%70–742.4%
2.6%65–692.4%
3.6%60–643.7%
4.4%55–594.0%
4.1%50–544.5%
4.9%45–495.6%
5.4%40–446.8%
5.4%35–396.4%
7.2%30–347.0%
6.8%25–297.5%
6.8%20–247.3%
10.1%15–199.1%
11.5%10–1411.0%
11.8%5–910.6%
10.7%0–48.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.5%
  • Tachelhit4.9%
  • Tamazight0.7%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French53.9%
  • English17.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot49.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle18.4%
  • Employer’s transport12.0%
  • Informal transport7.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.4%
  • Private car4.3%
  • Bus2.1%
  • Another way0.7%
  • Taxi0.5%
  • Animal0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Bouanane’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
1,426
Standing empty
32.0%13.7% vacant18.2% a second home
Precarious
10.3%0.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
91.4%92.8% on the water mains90.7% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
15.4%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house78.8%
  • Traditional house10.0%
  • Rural-type10.0%
  • Apartment0.6%
  • Villa0.3%
  • Other0.3%
  • Slum or basic house0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years56.6%
  • 20 to 49 years43.2%
  • 50 years or more0.2%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
24622.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
16667.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3061.8 per business
Public services
77
Associations
3in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce55.4%
  • Services30.7%
  • Industry10.2%
  • Construction3.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person85.5%
  • 2 to 310.2%
  • 4 to 93.0%
  • 10 to 490.6%
  • 50 and over0.6%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later38.6%
  • 2011–201938.6%
  • 2001–201012.0%
  • 1991–20005.4%
  • 1981–19901.8%
  • 1956–19803.6%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Bouanane4,521

Douars

Bouanane’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 24 douars in 6 fractions, with 6,635 people. Another 4,521 live in Bouanane, its urban centre, which has no douars. 25 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
القصور المجاورة لواد بوعنانEl Ksour El Majaourat Louad Bouanane4 douars · 1,268 people
زاوية الحجويZaouyat El HajouiGrouped411500.00.98.9
قصر تكوميتKsar TkoumiteGrouped744160.10.57.8
اولاد العباسOulad El AbasGrouped311670.10.44.9
قصر بوعنانKsar BouananeGrouped1165350.00.15.1
واد بوعنانOued Bouanane3 douars · 347 people
قصر بني يطيKsar Bni YattiGrouped36———
قصر اوريرKsar AourirGrouped2193———
قصر الحيرشKsar El HiracheGrouped632480.01.027.0
أولاد علي لكراريOulad Ali Lakrari4 douars · 1,376 people
قصر بوجرادKsar BoujradGrouped28144———
أولاد علي لكراري أنباجOulad Ali Lakrari AnbajDispersed10762025.13.824.3
بني يابانBni YabaneGrouped831———
لكراري باطن جداريLakrari Batni JdariDispersed11458116.64.129.4
أولاد الصغيرOulad Sghir5 douars · 1,022 people
أولاد فني قصر عمرOulad Fni Ksar OmarDispersed321490.60.410.2
أولاد النواليOulad NoualiDispersed1243———
أولاد مسعود (باطن جداري)Oulad Massaoud (Batni Jdari)Dispersed27165———
أولاد بن عزوزOulad Ben AzzouzDispersed311961.62.544.5
اولاد حميدةOulad HmidaGrouped7946915.94.117.2
اولاد الشيخOulad Chikh4 douars · 1,515 people
أولاد عمرOulad OmarDispersed955110.92.025.7
اولاد الشيخOulad ChikhDispersed1507975.24.027.5
اولاد العباسOulad El AbbesDispersed2097———
اولاد عدي (دوار زلمو)Oulad Addi (Douar Zalmou)Dispersed18110———
اولاد الطالبOulad Taleb4 douars · 1,107 people
اولاد قدورOulad KaddourDispersed9558249.61.97.0
اولاد لمرينيOulad LamriniDispersed21121———
اولاد المحجوبOulad El MahjoubDispersed28151———
اولاد محند باطن جداريOulad Mhand Batni JdariDispersed4525339.64.818.9

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
02.251.03.05
As digits
022510305
Slug
bouanane
OpenStreetMap
2527830
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bouanane");

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