Bouguedra

بوكدرة

Rural commune in the cercle of Abda, province of Safi, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
15,707
Since 2014
−1.9%from 16,014 in 2014
Density
65.4people per km², 240.3 km²
Households
3,592
Rank
418418th most populous of 1,503 communes14th of 25 in its province

Next door in Sebt Gzoula, 82.0% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 4.2%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 8.2% to 25.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Bir Taleb. Running water: 11.7% here, 22.6% there; read French: 33.7% here, 32.0% there; higher education: 3.3% here, 2.4% there.

Compare it with Bir Taleb

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 Bouguedra.

Bouguedra −1.9%

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
38.1%aged 10 and over46.2% in 201448.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
25.2%8.2% in 201433.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.5%aged 15 and over47.2% in 20144.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.47children per woman2.60 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.4%of people5.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.4people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
11.7%of settled households10.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bouguedra: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.0%75 and over4.5%
3.3%70–743.1%
3.3%65–693.0%
4.2%60–644.8%
3.8%55–594.3%
4.6%50–545.0%
5.5%45–495.3%
6.2%40–445.7%
6.5%35–396.4%
6.9%30–346.2%
6.7%25–296.5%
7.5%20–247.7%
8.4%15–199.0%
10.3%10–1410.7%
10.7%5–99.8%
8.1%0–48.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.1%
  • Tachelhit0.8%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French33.7%
  • English8.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot23.8%
  • Taxi22.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work18.1%
  • Bus13.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle8.0%
  • Private car5.5%
  • Another way2.3%
  • Informal transport2.2%
  • Employer’s transport1.7%
  • Animal1.7%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
689
Standing empty
26.1%17.1% vacant9.0% a second home
Precarious
0.9%0.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
14.7%67.5% on the water mains88.1% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
9.5%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house91.3%
  • Apartment6.7%
  • Traditional house1.0%
  • Other0.7%
  • Villa0.1%
  • Rural-type0.1%
  • Slum or basic house0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years57.0%
  • 20 to 49 years31.3%
  • 50 years or more11.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
55835.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
27950.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4401.6 per business
Public services
276
Associations
3in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce60.9%
  • Services23.7%
  • Industry13.6%
  • Construction1.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person63.4%
  • 2 to 333.3%
  • 4 to 92.5%
  • 10 to 490.7%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later20.1%
  • 2011–201941.2%
  • 2001–201019.7%
  • 1991–200010.4%
  • 1981–19903.9%
  • 1956–19804.7%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Bouguedra2,218

Douars

Bouguedra’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 49 douars in 7 fractions, with 13,489 people. Another 2,218 live in Bouguedra, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
لبحيراتLabhirat6 douars · 1,642 people
أولاد سعادةOulad-SaadaIn parts341511.01.511.1
السلاهمةSlahmaIn parts1796991.01.49.6
أولاد رحوOulad RahouIn parts371330.14.010.0
الرواحلRouahelIn parts612772.33.19.4
لهرامشةLehramchaIn parts491903.32.511.2
أولاد احميدةOulad HmidaIn parts431921.62.110.7
لكواسمLagouacem13 douars · 2,376 people
لعربLarbGrouped19107———
أولاد احمدOulad AhmedIn parts421773.02.611.0
أولاد كرومOulad KaroumGrouped512530.94.17.8
أولاد موسىOulad MoussaIn parts1003882.22.56.9
الكساكسةKsaksaGrouped351880.11.05.1
الشليحاتChlihatGrouped25130———
الجلاجلةJlajlaIn parts371602.00.19.0
اللياينةEllyaynaIn parts512451.11.59.2
الديارDiarGrouped28113———
أولاد الصويليOulad-SouiliIn parts341861.01.36.0
الركاركةRegragaIn parts602361.01.15.9
أولاد هديOulad HaddiGrouped21116———
الصوالاتSoualateGrouped2177———
لمهاديLamhadi9 douars · 3,014 people
أولاد بوغابة الشنيتاتOulad Boughaba EcchnitatGrouped2286———
أولاد لهبيلOulad LahbilIn parts29111———
لمهاديLamhadiGrouped804060.41.16.9
أولاد عليOulad AliIn parts492122.83.57.8
أولاد لعروسيOulad LaaroussiGrouped26119———
الجراداتJradateIn parts743280.32.27.0
الكراوطةEl KraoutaGrouped1468070.41.35.2
أولاد يعقوبOulad YakoubIn parts1014900.40.43.7
لكريشاتLakrichatGrouped934550.90.74.1
المركزCentre8 douars · 1,816 people
لبرياتLebriyatIn parts1165052.02.32.3
أولاد سعيدOulad SaidGrouped653281.90.34.1
هل سوسHal-SoussIn parts321325.32.76.4
النعيماتNaimateGrouped28115———
لحرشLhrachIn parts763611.21.23.2
اكمورةLagmouraGrouped371601.13.73.9
أولاد غانمOulad GhanemGrouped1561———
أولاد احميدةOulad HmidaGrouped29154———
الجرامنةJramna6 douars · 2,548 people
أولاد الحاجOulad El HajIn parts1265031.61.610.8
العبيضلاتAbidlatGrouped417———
المعاطلةLamaatlaGrouped582801.52.211.0
الصهيباتShibatIn parts753341.02.08.0
أولاد امحمدOulad M'HamedIn parts1597224.93.37.7
أولاد ناصرOulad NacerIn parts1506921.52.94.7
الحنيشاتEl Hanichete6 douars · 1,976 people
الحدادةHaddadaGrouped351251.01.35.1
أولاد الحاج الشاويOulad-Hadj-ChaouiIn parts1563———
الفراتحةLafrathaIn parts662901.03.09.4
الحنيشاتEl HanicheteIn parts1366311.71.011.5
الحبابشةLehbabchaIn parts923701.11.111.9
الزبوناتEzzabounatIn parts1284971.61.612.9
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 117 people
الكراكرةKrakraGrouped321171.01.35.0

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
07.431.03.01
As digits
074310301
Slug
bouguedra
OpenStreetMap
2827839
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bouguedra");

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