Boulanouare

بولنوار

Rural commune in the cercle of Khouribga, province of Khouribga, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024
15,043
Since 2014
−6.2%from 16,041 in 2014
Density
316people per km², 47.6 km²
Households
3,799
Foreign residents
2
Rank
443443rd most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 31 in its province

Where it is

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

El FoqraKhouribgaOulad BoughadiOulad AbdouneOulad FtataLagnadizBni YkhlefM'fassisBir MezouiHattaneLagfafBoujnibaAit AmmarKasbat TrochOulad FennaneMaadnaOulad AzzouzBni SmirOued ZemAin KaicherTachraftOulad GouaouchBejaadBni ZrantelBoukhrisseBni BataouRouachedChougraneBraksaOulad Aissa

How it changed

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

Boulanouare −6.2%

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
22.6%aged 10 and over28.0% in 201433.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
37.7%41.4% in 201451.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.1%aged 15 and over43.6% in 201413.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.75children per woman2.44 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.9%of people4.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
56.4%of settled households54.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Boulanouare: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.2%75 and over3.8%
4.1%70–743.4%
4.1%65–694.8%
5.0%60–645.7%
4.2%55–595.1%
5.4%50–545.6%
6.2%45–496.1%
6.8%40–446.9%
6.6%35–396.9%
6.7%30–346.6%
6.3%25–296.4%
7.3%20–247.1%
8.3%15–197.5%
10.0%10–149.2%
9.1%5–98.7%
7.5%0–46.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.9%
  • Tachelhit3.3%
  • Tamazight2.2%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French61.3%
  • English17.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle28.1%
  • On foot23.5%
  • Employer’s transport11.7%
  • Bus9.8%
  • Private car9.2%
  • Taxi8.2%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
3,202
Standing empty
12.9%4.8% vacant8.1% a second home
Precarious
35.0%32.5% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
70.6%69.8% on the water mains89.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
63.6%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house64.6%
  • Slum or basic house32.5%
  • Other2.0%
  • Rural-type0.5%
  • Traditional house0.2%
  • Villa0.1%
  • Apartment0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years41.5%
  • 20 to 49 years30.6%
  • 50 years or more27.8%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
31320.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
24076.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3781.6 per business
Public services
67
Associations
6in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce52.5%
  • Services27.9%
  • Industry15.8%
  • Construction3.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person72.5%
  • 2 to 324.2%
  • 4 to 92.5%
  • 10 to 490.8%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later30.8%
  • 2011–201929.6%
  • 2001–201015.4%
  • 1991–200018.8%
  • 1981–19902.5%
  • 1956–19802.5%
  • Before 19560.4%

Urban centres

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

Boulanouare11,232

In the data

Code
05.311.05.05
As digits
053110505
Slug
boulanouare
Record
/api/communes/05.311.05.05.json
Boundary
/api/communes/05.311.05.05/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/05.311.05.05/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/05.311.05.05/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/05.311.05.05/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/05.311.05.05/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2879635
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("boulanouare");

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