Bouarg
بوعرك
Rural commune in the cercle of Guelaia, province of Nador, Oriental.
- Population, 2024
- 44,626
- Since 2014
- +18.3%from 37,737 in 2014
- Density
- 577people per km², 77.3 km²
- Households
- 10,534
- Foreign residents
- 5
- Rank
- 115115th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 23 in its province
Next door in Nador, 95.2% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 11.6%.
Since 2014, households with running water went from 46.1% to 68.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Zaida. Aged 65 and over: 6.9% here, 7.5% there; apartments: 0.2% here, 0.8% there; read French: 44.6% here, 48.6% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
Postcode
62023
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Bouarg.
Bouarg +18.3%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 29.3%aged 10 and over35.8% in 201436.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 23.0%12.2% in 201438.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 38.4%aged 15 and over44.6% in 201410.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 96.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.82children per woman2.36 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.9%of people5.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.2people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 68.2%of settled households46.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7% | 75 and over | 2.2% | ||
| 2.0% | 70–74 | 1.8% | ||
| 3.2% | 65–69 | 3.1% | ||
| 4.4% | 60–64 | 4.8% | ||
| 4.3% | 55–59 | 4.2% | ||
| 5.2% | 50–54 | 5.5% | ||
| 6.1% | 45–49 | 5.8% | ||
| 7.3% | 40–44 | 7.3% | ||
| 6.9% | 35–39 | 7.1% | ||
| 6.8% | 30–34 | 7.7% | ||
| 6.3% | 25–29 | 7.5% | ||
| 7.2% | 20–24 | 7.4% | ||
| 8.1% | 15–19 | 7.8% | ||
| 11.1% | 10–14 | 10.2% | ||
| 10.9% | 5–9 | 10.4% | ||
| 8.4% | 0–4 | 7.3% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 35.8%aged 10 and over29.3% in 202446.1% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 12.2%23.0% in 202434.5% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 44.6%aged 15 and over38.4% in 20248.3% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 95.5%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.36children per woman1.82 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.7%of people5.9% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.8people on average4.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 46.1%of settled households68.2% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8% | 75 and over | 2.2% | ||
| 1.1% | 70–74 | 1.1% | ||
| 1.0% | 65–69 | 1.2% | ||
| 2.6% | 60–64 | 2.5% | ||
| 3.9% | 55–59 | 3.5% | ||
| 5.3% | 50–54 | 5.5% | ||
| 5.1% | 45–49 | 5.3% | ||
| 6.0% | 40–44 | 6.4% | ||
| 6.9% | 35–39 | 7.2% | ||
| 8.4% | 30–34 | 8.0% | ||
| 9.2% | 25–29 | 8.9% | ||
| 9.9% | 20–24 | 9.8% | ||
| 9.3% | 15–19 | 9.6% | ||
| 9.5% | 10–14 | 9.1% | ||
| 8.6% | 5–9 | 8.8% | ||
| 11.4% | 0–4 | 10.9% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 60613.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 50282.8% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 1,1022.2 per business
- Public services
- 101
- Associations
- 3in premises of their own
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Douars
Bouarg’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 27 douars in 3 fractions, with 44,625 people. One more isn’t in any douar: a nomad, or someone HCP counts apart, such as a soldier in barracks. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| بوعرك 1Bouarg 112 douars · 22,673 people | ||||||
| جزيرة المهندسJazira El Mehndes | Grouped | 156 | 597 | 11.0 | 1.6 | 13.7 |
| تاوريرت أوشنTaourirt Ouchene | Grouped | 149 | 651 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 4.0 |
| الرجاء في اللهRjafllah | Grouped | 350 | 1,552 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
| إمزريينImazrine | Grouped | 145 | 580 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 4.8 |
| سكتور مسعودSktour Massaoud | Dispersed | 1,884 | 7,815 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 5.2 |
| سكتور ناظور 1Sktour Nadour 1 | Grouped | 1,384 | 5,698 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.2 |
| سكتور حسانSktour Hassane | Dispersed | 738 | 3,067 | 0.3 | 3.6 | 4.7 |
| سكتور زعاجSktour Zaaje | Dispersed | 70 | 285 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 6.5 |
| سيدي عليSidi Ali | Grouped | 119 | 468 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| حي مرجانHay Marjane | Grouped | 65 | 303 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| دوار عمرDouar Omar | Grouped | 140 | 587 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| دوار كبدانةDouar Kebdana | Grouped | 246 | 1,070 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 3.5 |
| بوعرك 2Bouarg 21 douar · 55 people | ||||||
| سكتور الناظور عريضSktour Nador Arid | Dispersed | 16 | 55 | — | — | — |
| بوعرك 3Bouarg 314 douars · 21,897 people | ||||||
| الحرشة 1El Harchat 1 | Grouped | 1,295 | 5,693 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 5.5 |
| بوهراوةBouhrawa | Dispersed | 372 | 1,657 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 3.7 |
| بوعنجايBounjay | Grouped | 462 | 2,022 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
| إلكماش1Ilkmach | Grouped | 279 | 1,161 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 3.4 |
| إيشخيينIychkhiine | Dispersed | 265 | 1,122 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 |
| لغريبةLaghriba | Grouped | 599 | 2,590 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 6.0 |
| اغميرAghmir | Dispersed | 98 | 393 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 7.5 |
| بدورةBdoura | Grouped | 25 | 105 | — | — | — |
| بوسخانBouskhane | Grouped | 114 | 494 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 5.7 |
| الحرشة 2El Harchat 2 | Grouped | 663 | 2,847 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| احزاويينAhzaouyine | Grouped | 135 | 641 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 5.1 |
| احمريAhmri | Grouped | 156 | 709 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 8.3 |
| دوار الليلDouar Ellil | Grouped | 198 | 720 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| الكماش 2El Kmach 2 | Grouped | 411 | 1,743 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 2.5 |
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
02.381.05.09- As digits
023810509- Slug
bouarg- Census figures
/api/communes/02.381.05.09/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/02.381.05.09/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/02.381.05.09/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/02.381.05.09/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2443017
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("bouarg");