Boujdour

بوجدور

Urban commune in the province of Boujdour, Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra.

Population, 2024
57,360
Since 2014
+34.5%from 42,651 in 2014
Density
203people per km², 282.5 km²
Households
13,815
Foreign residents
31
Rank
9090th most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 4 in its province

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

Gueltat ZemmourJraifiaLamssid

Bordering communes

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Boujdour.

Boujdour +34.5%

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
21.4%aged 10 and over28.2% in 201427.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
20.1%19.1% in 201444.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
46.3%aged 15 and over49.5% in 201413.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.95children per woman2.58 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
2.9%of people2.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
97.7%of settled households75.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Boujdour: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
1.0%75 and over1.1%
1.5%70–741.0%
1.9%65–691.5%
3.3%60–642.5%
3.7%55–593.1%
5.3%50–544.5%
6.1%45–495.7%
6.9%40–447.0%
6.9%35–397.6%
8.3%30–348.7%
8.2%25–299.3%
8.4%20–249.3%
8.6%15–198.4%
9.7%10–1410.1%
10.5%5–910.7%
9.7%0–49.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija92.2%
  • Hassania19.6%
  • Tachelhit13.1%
  • Tamazight3.4%
  • Tarifit0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French51.2%
  • English17.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot52.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle12.3%
  • Taxi10.9%
  • Private car10.2%
  • Employer’s transport4.2%
  • Bus0.7%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
16,464
Standing empty
17.2%11.7% vacant5.6% a second home
Precarious
0.8%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
98.3%95.7% on the water mains97.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
1.0%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house95.5%
  • Apartment2.8%
  • Other0.7%
  • Traditional house0.5%
  • Villa0.4%
  • Slum or basic house0.1%
  • Rural-type0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years87.6%
  • 20 to 49 years12.4%
  • 50 years or more0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
2,02335.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1,85691.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3,9132.1 per business
Public services
145
Associations
22in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce62.5%
  • Services24.2%
  • Industry9.1%
  • Construction4.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person62.4%
  • 2 to 330.9%
  • 4 to 95.8%
  • 10 to 490.7%
  • 50 and over0.2%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later37.6%
  • 2011–201940.8%
  • 2001–201015.0%
  • 1991–20005.5%
  • 1981–19900.5%
  • 1956–19800.6%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
11.121.01.01
As digits
111210101
Slug
boujdour
Record
/api/communes/11.121.01.01.json
Boundary
/api/communes/11.121.01.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/11.121.01.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/11.121.01.01/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/11.121.01.01/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/11.121.01.01/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
3552424
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("boujdour");

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