Bouguargouh
بوكركوح
Rural commune in the cercle of Ben Ahmed Chamalia, province of Settat, Casablanca-Settat.
- Population, 2024
- 9,718
- Since 2014
- +1.9%from 9,539 in 2014
- Density
- 100people per km², 96.9 km²
- Households
- 2,017
- Foreign residents
- 1
- Rank
- 757757th most populous of 1,503 communes22nd of 46 in its province
Next door in Oued Naanaa, 69.9% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 34.0%.
Since 2014, the share of people aged 10 and over who can’t read or write went from 46.1% to 34.1%. Across Morocco, the fall was 7 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Lamrija. Running water: 11.5% here, 16.8% there; household size: 4.8 here, 4.8 there; read French: 34.0% here, 35.0% there.
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 Bouguargouh.
Bouguargouh +1.9%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 34.1%aged 10 and over46.1% in 201447.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 22.2%11.9% in 201432.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 35.4%aged 15 and over45.1% in 20142.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 96.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.49children per woman2.84 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.1%of people4.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.8people on average6.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 11.5%of settled households0.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1% | 75 and over | 4.4% | ||
| 2.5% | 70–74 | 2.4% | ||
| 2.9% | 65–69 | 3.1% | ||
| 4.2% | 60–64 | 4.1% | ||
| 3.5% | 55–59 | 3.7% | ||
| 5.1% | 50–54 | 5.1% | ||
| 5.4% | 45–49 | 5.5% | ||
| 5.8% | 40–44 | 6.2% | ||
| 6.7% | 35–39 | 5.8% | ||
| 6.7% | 30–34 | 6.2% | ||
| 7.0% | 25–29 | 6.3% | ||
| 8.8% | 20–24 | 7.1% | ||
| 8.3% | 15–19 | 9.1% | ||
| 10.8% | 10–14 | 11.1% | ||
| 11.1% | 5–9 | 10.9% | ||
| 8.2% | 0–4 | 8.8% | ||
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
- 46.1%aged 10 and over34.1% in 202461.4% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 11.9%22.2% in 202418.0% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 45.1%aged 15 and over35.4% in 20247.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 91.8%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.84children per woman2.49 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.4%of people6.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 6.2people on average4.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 0.4%of settled households11.5% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0% | 75 and over | 3.6% | ||
| 1.7% | 70–74 | 2.5% | ||
| 1.6% | 65–69 | 2.0% | ||
| 3.0% | 60–64 | 3.1% | ||
| 3.1% | 55–59 | 3.5% | ||
| 4.6% | 50–54 | 4.2% | ||
| 4.1% | 45–49 | 4.2% | ||
| 5.8% | 40–44 | 5.7% | ||
| 6.4% | 35–39 | 6.7% | ||
| 6.8% | 30–34 | 6.4% | ||
| 8.2% | 25–29 | 6.7% | ||
| 9.3% | 20–24 | 8.0% | ||
| 9.5% | 15–19 | 9.6% | ||
| 11.1% | 10–14 | 11.1% | ||
| 9.7% | 5–9 | 10.5% | ||
| 12.1% | 0–4 | 12.1% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
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
- 10811.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 2321.3% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 331.4 per business
- Public services
- 70
- Associations
- 15in 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
Bouguargouh’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 25 douars in 5 fractions, with 9,718 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| أولاد زهرة 1Oulad Zahra 13 douars · 2,802 people | ||||||
| أولاد الحاج بوعزةOulad El Haj Bouazza | Grouped | 152 | 648 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 6.1 |
| لعبادليةLaabadliya | In parts | 230 | 1,097 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 6.0 |
| لعزايزيةLaazayziya | In parts | 218 | 1,057 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 5.4 |
| بني ريتون 1Bni Ritoune 17 douars · 2,109 people | ||||||
| المعاريفEl Maarif | Dispersed | 170 | 724 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 6.6 |
| أولاد حميدةOulad Hmida | In parts | 59 | 272 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 6.9 |
| أولاد سليمان بوݣرݣوحOulad Slimane Bougargouh | Grouped | 50 | 241 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| أولاد سي البطاح القساريةOulad Si El Betah El Ksaria | Grouped | 23 | 122 | — | — | — |
| البݣارةBaggara | Grouped | 13 | 84 | — | — | — |
| أولاد حمو الزاويةOulad Hammou Ezzaouia | Grouped | 47 | 261 | 0.2 | 4.3 | 6.1 |
| أولاد سي البطاح الزاويةOulad Si El Battah Zawya | Grouped | 94 | 405 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 5.4 |
| أولاد زهرة 2Oulad Zahra 24 douars · 1,999 people | ||||||
| الدحامنيةDhamniya | In parts | 141 | 707 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 5.3 |
| لعرايبيةLaaraybia | In parts | 109 | 521 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 4.1 |
| العزايزية الكيدارLaazayziya El Kiader | Grouped | 81 | 478 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 3.7 |
| العزايزية الطالعLaazayziya Ettalae | Grouped | 59 | 293 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 5.4 |
| بني ريتون 2Bni Ritoune 210 douars · 2,788 people | ||||||
| أولاد سليمان الݣعدةOulad Slimane El Gaada | In parts | 172 | 879 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.4 |
| العداويEl Adaouy | Grouped | 25 | 107 | — | — | — |
| أولاد سي بوزيانOulad Si Bouziyane | Grouped | 74 | 335 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 4.0 |
| أولاد حمو الشعبةOulad Hammou Chaaba | Grouped | 53 | 243 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 5.0 |
| لخشافLekhchaf | In parts | 76 | 375 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 2.6 |
| أولاد عبد القادرOulad Abdelkaderi | In parts | 81 | 416 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 4.0 |
| جوالةJoualla | Grouped | 38 | 192 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| المعاريف إسلانLamaarif Islane | Dispersed | 10 | 47 | — | — | — |
| أولاد حميدة لميلسOulad Hmida Mils | Grouped | 17 | 88 | — | — | — |
| البعارةEl Baara | Grouped | 23 | 106 | — | — | — |
| مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 20 people | ||||||
| الهراهرةEl Hrahra | Grouped | 2 | 20 | — | — | — |
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
06.461.11.03- As digits
064611103- Slug
bouguargouh- Census figures
/api/communes/06.461.11.03/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/06.461.11.03/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/06.461.11.03/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/06.461.11.03/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2822772
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("bouguargouh");