Bouchaouene
بوشاون
Rural commune in the cercle of Talsint, province of Figuig, Oriental.
- Population, 2024
- 15,242
- Since 2014
- +16.7%from 13,057 in 2014
- Density
- 4people per km², 3,851.8 km²
- Households
- 3,554
- Rank
- 434434th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 13 in its province
Next door in Bni Tadjite, 75.4% of households have running water. Here, it’s 16.2%.
Since 2014, households with electricity went from 14.5% to 62.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Imindounit. Darija: 35.4% here, 43.7% there; read French: 24.3% here, 24.3% there; aged 65 and over: 6.3% here, 7.2% there.
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 Bouchaouene.
Bouchaouene +16.7%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 73.2%aged 10 and over85.7% in 201478.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 25.0%12.4% in 201426.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 33.7%aged 15 and over46.5% in 20142.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 54.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.66children per woman3.71 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.4%of people5.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.3people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 16.2%of settled households11.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1% | 75 and over | 2.0% | ||
| 1.7% | 70–74 | 1.8% | ||
| 2.6% | 65–69 | 2.4% | ||
| 3.4% | 60–64 | 2.9% | ||
| 2.9% | 55–59 | 3.1% | ||
| 3.4% | 50–54 | 3.9% | ||
| 3.7% | 45–49 | 4.3% | ||
| 4.2% | 40–44 | 4.7% | ||
| 4.3% | 35–39 | 4.8% | ||
| 6.0% | 30–34 | 6.5% | ||
| 7.4% | 25–29 | 7.8% | ||
| 8.6% | 20–24 | 8.5% | ||
| 11.6% | 15–19 | 11.9% | ||
| 13.3% | 10–14 | 12.7% | ||
| 12.8% | 5–9 | 11.5% | ||
| 11.9% | 0–4 | 11.1% | ||
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
- 85.7%aged 10 and over73.2% in 202490.4% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 12.4%25.0% in 202460.5% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 46.5%aged 15 and over33.7% in 20246.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 26.8%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 3.71children per woman2.66 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.7%of people4.4% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.9people on average4.3 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 11.0%of settled households16.2% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0% | 75 and over | 1.8% | ||
| 1.7% | 70–74 | 1.6% | ||
| 1.8% | 65–69 | 1.6% | ||
| 2.5% | 60–64 | 2.2% | ||
| 3.5% | 55–59 | 2.9% | ||
| 3.9% | 50–54 | 3.7% | ||
| 3.9% | 45–49 | 4.0% | ||
| 4.0% | 40–44 | 4.6% | ||
| 4.8% | 35–39 | 5.8% | ||
| 5.4% | 30–34 | 6.3% | ||
| 5.6% | 25–29 | 6.1% | ||
| 8.5% | 20–24 | 8.6% | ||
| 10.4% | 15–19 | 9.8% | ||
| 12.1% | 10–14 | 11.6% | ||
| 15.0% | 5–9 | 14.7% | ||
| 14.9% | 0–4 | 14.9% | ||
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
- 1338.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 3224.1% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 461.4 per business
- Public services
- 88
- Associations
- 13in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 5counted outside the total
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.
Figures that stand out
The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.
The average distance to a paved road is 25.6 km, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.
Across the 6 communes it borders, the median is 6.6 km. Bni Tadjite is furthest from it, at 2.0 km.
Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.
School enrolment at ages 6 to 11 is 54.4%, among the lowest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.
Across the 6 communes it borders, the median is 91.1%. Bouanane is furthest from it, at 94.7%.
The share of households with a toilet is 18.4%, among the lowest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.
Across the 6 communes it borders, the median is 76.0%. Bni Tadjite is furthest from it, at 84.6%.
Douars
Bouchaouene’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 23 douars in 6 fractions, with 15,211 people. 31 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| انوالAnoual2 douars · 3,415 people | ||||||
| انوالAnoual | In parts | 706 | 2,799 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| ايت بوبكرAit Boubker | Dispersed | 132 | 616 | 3.7 | 7.2 | 33.5 |
| ايت العباسAit El Abas2 douars · 2,271 people | ||||||
| لكصيراتLaksirat | In parts | 402 | 1,711 | 50.8 | 4.5 | 12.1 |
| حاسي لحديدHassi Lahdid | In parts | 142 | 560 | 45.1 | 6.5 | 58.5 |
| أيت حماموشAit Hmamouch3 douars · 4,570 people | ||||||
| أيت علي أوحدوAit Ali Aouhdou | Dispersed | 244 | 1,070 | 24.5 | 8.5 | 68.9 |
| ايت حماموشAit Hmamouch | In parts | 597 | 2,633 | 39.0 | 8.3 | 86.6 |
| أيت ركيكAit Rkik | Dispersed | 215 | 867 | 46.5 | 6.8 | 64.8 |
| أيت حمو بوشاونAit Hammou Bouchaouene4 douars · 1,489 people | ||||||
| أيت علي أوعلي (تيزغايين)Ait Ali Ali (Tizghayine) | Dispersed | 70 | 293 | 68.8 | 7.9 | 104.3 |
| أيت بوزيان أوحمو (كلب الدياب)Ait Bouziane Aouhmou (Kleb Ed Diab) | Dispersed | 62 | 246 | 46.0 | 15.8 | 30.0 |
| ايت علي واعمر (تاغيت)Ait Ali Ouamr (Taghit) | Dispersed | 77 | 335 | 67.3 | 8.6 | 13.3 |
| أيت محمد أوعلي (تامرجيت)Ait Mohamed Ali (Tamerjit) | Dispersed | 126 | 615 | 17.5 | 12.6 | 53.4 |
| أيت علي بوشاونAit Ali Bouchaouene8 douars · 2,420 people | ||||||
| تيزريبينTizribine | Dispersed | 65 | 234 | 10.1 | 1.9 | 18.1 |
| واد أضراسOued Aderras | Dispersed | 37 | 196 | 7.9 | 4.5 | 31.5 |
| سيدي أحمد بلقاسمSidi Ahmed Belkacem | Dispersed | 157 | 663 | 25.1 | 7.5 | 37.0 |
| تينجامينTinjamine | Dispersed | 31 | 143 | 8.0 | 2.2 | 32.5 |
| موملالMoumlal | Dispersed | 49 | 217 | 8.7 | 1.6 | 9.5 |
| لمريرLamrir | Dispersed | 99 | 425 | 4.4 | 9.5 | 19.8 |
| الصليانEssalyane | Dispersed | 25 | 114 | — | — | — |
| دوار لحمامDouar Lahmam | Dispersed | 98 | 428 | 12.6 | 5.3 | 30.3 |
| أيت مهارشAit Mharch4 douars · 1,046 people | ||||||
| الصفصاف (أيت يكو)Safsaf (Ait Ykou) | In parts | 27 | 119 | — | — | — |
| غيلانGhilane | Dispersed | 101 | 510 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 21.2 |
| أم السبعOum Sebaâ | Dispersed | 70 | 349 | 11.4 | 5.5 | 20.7 |
| تالموتTalmout | Grouped | 15 | 68 | — | — | — |
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
02.251.07.07- As digits
022510707- Slug
bouchaouene- Census figures
/api/communes/02.251.07.07/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/02.251.07.07/economy.json- Figures that stand out
/api/communes/02.251.07.07/insights.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/02.251.07.07/neighbours.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2527826
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("bouchaouene");