Bouarouss

بوعروس

Rural commune in the cercle of Tissa, province of Taounate, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
16,329
Since 2014
−10.0%from 18,147 in 2014
Density
122people per km², 133.5 km²
Households
3,596
Rank
399399th most populous of 1,503 communes8th of 49 in its province

Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 79.8% to 92.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Dar Chaffai. Running water: 5.1% here, 5.5% there; can’t read or write: 48.7% here, 46.7% there; unemployment: 13.6% here, 10.5% there.

Compare it with Dar Chaffai

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 Bouarouss.

Bouarouss −10.0%

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
48.7%aged 10 and over58.8% in 201462.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
13.6%10.3% in 201436.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.8%aged 15 and over46.0% in 20142.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
93.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.59children per woman2.72 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.0%of people4.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
5.1%of settled households2.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bouarouss: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.4%75 and over3.5%
1.9%70–742.4%
3.3%65–693.3%
3.9%60–644.7%
3.7%55–594.1%
4.3%50–544.4%
5.5%45–494.9%
6.6%40–446.2%
6.7%35–396.9%
6.3%30–345.8%
5.6%25–295.4%
7.2%20–246.7%
10.1%15–199.9%
10.8%10–1411.4%
11.0%5–910.3%
9.7%0–410.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.9%
  • Tamazight0.2%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French33.0%
  • English5.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot42.5%
  • Animal36.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.2%
  • Informal transport5.7%
  • Taxi2.4%
  • Employer’s transport2.2%
  • Bus1.6%
  • Private car1.3%
  • Another way0.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.5%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
25215.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
8834.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1201.4 per business
Public services
164
Associations
0in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce51.1%
  • Services35.2%
  • Industry13.6%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person73.9%
  • 2 to 323.9%
  • 4 to 92.3%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later9.1%
  • 2011–201947.7%
  • 2001–201027.3%
  • 1991–200014.8%
  • 1981–19901.1%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The share of workers who ride an animal to work is 36.7%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Estimate from a sample

Across the 6 communes it borders, the median is 18.0%. Oulad Daoud is furthest from it, at 4.1%.

Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.

How these are picked

Douars

Bouarouss’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 46 douars in 4 fractions, with 16,329 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
اولاد محمدOulad Mohamed8 douars · 3,026 people
تازكةTazakkaIn parts14458210.03.418.4
اولاد الحاجOulad El HajIn parts1255109.42.315.4
دار بنعمرDar Ben AmerIn parts622644.84.114.1
دشار بلعافيةDchar BelaafiaIn parts1978———
تريفةTrifaIn parts2301,0325.14.214.9
سيدي سعيدSidi SaidIn parts914065.02.730.1
الخربةLkherbaGrouped23103———
الفرارشLafraracheGrouped1351———
اولاد جموحOulad Jmouh9 douars · 3,113 people
جياهنةJyahnaIn parts914326.93.76.9
اولاد الفقير امحمدOulad Lfaqir MhamedIn parts8341410.82.29.9
اولاد الحيانيOulad LhayaniIn parts1296308.92.18.6
اولاد قدورOulad KadourIn parts883832.02.49.7
الزاويةZaouiaIn parts572544.04.14.4
العزيبLaazibGrouped341380.43.33.3
اولاد عطيةOulad AtiyaIn parts1205351.12.96.2
الخيادرةEl KhyadraIn parts27112———
الكرابعLakrabaaIn parts492151.02.19.0
الجعافرة السفليةJaafra Seflia11 douars · 5,033 people
باب الغريبيBab LaghribiIn parts602963.92.812.1
اولاد جابرOulad JaberIn parts542474.23.214.6
حجرة الخيارHajra El KhyarIn parts10248512.93.922.8
زناكةZnagaGrouped301287.34.330.0
باب الحجرBab LahjarIn parts1716682.64.217.2
القريةEl KariaDispersed712874.13.711.3
عين مرشوشAin MarchouchIn parts1638173.81.89.3
زكريطةZekritaIn parts643281.63.55.3
العولاتLaaoulatIn parts914131.93.16.0
دقونDeqqouneIn parts1427222.94.78.5
اولاد التوميOulad ToumiDispersed1206423.11.610.4
اولاد سلطانOulad Soltane18 douars · 5,157 people
حدولةHadoulaIn parts1055213.91.94.1
القديةEl KoudiaGrouped1892———
اولاد مسعودOulad MassoudIn parts422026.74.26.9
اولاد العربيOulad El ArbiIn parts391794.81.34.8
اولاد الحاجOulad HadjIn parts823705.31.55.1
فراوةFraouaDispersed1062———
الخيايطةLakhyaytaGrouped25148———
الحورشEl HorechGrouped29112———
الجياهنة عين فلاحJiahna Ain FellahIn parts391613.91.64.3
اولاد حسينOulad HsaineIn parts753033.53.14.2
عين بوعروسAin Bou AroussIn parts672972.22.92.9
اولاد بنسلمونOulad Ben SelmouneGrouped25113———
بوركباتBourakbateIn parts1586510.70.80.8
عين زواغةAin ZouaghaDispersed552260.41.51.5
اولاد العزريOulad el AzriDispersed421921.72.72.7
اولاد بوعيشةOulad Bou AichaIn parts1696851.63.83.6
اولاد عبد السلامOulad AbdessalamIn parts955194.82.45.4
الميايحةMyayhaIn parts683244.93.45.3

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
03.531.09.07
As digits
035310907
Slug
bouarouss
OpenStreetMap
2755031
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bouarouss");

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