Boulaouane

بولعوان

Rural commune in the cercle of Sidi Smail, province of El Jadida, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
14,740
Since 2014
+1.8%from 14,485 in 2014
Density
93.4people per km², 157.9 km²
Households
3,256
Rank
453453rd most populous of 1,503 communes19th of 27 in its province

Next door in Gdana, 85.1% of households have running water. Here, it’s 5.1%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 0.8% to 18.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Lagnadiz. Running water: 5.1% here, 5.5% there; unemployment: 10.7% here, 10.2% there; higher education: 2.8% here, 1.6% there.

Compare it with Lagnadiz

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 Boulaouane.

Boulaouane +1.8%

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
44.6%aged 10 and over50.4% in 201456.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
10.7%3.6% in 201414.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.8%aged 15 and over51.0% in 20142.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
93.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.31children per woman2.77 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.4%of people5.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
5.1%of settled households3.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Boulaouane: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.4%75 and over5.0%
2.7%70–743.7%
3.7%65–693.1%
4.5%60–645.3%
4.1%55–593.7%
5.6%50–545.6%
6.6%45–496.4%
7.7%40–446.8%
6.1%35–395.7%
6.2%30–346.3%
5.9%25–295.6%
7.1%20–246.7%
8.0%15–199.0%
10.7%10–1410.1%
9.4%5–99.2%
8.1%0–48.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.6%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Tamazight0.2%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French42.3%
  • English8.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot57.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle20.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.1%
  • Animal5.0%
  • Private car4.7%
  • Taxi3.2%
  • Employer’s transport1.6%
  • Bus0.9%
  • Another way0.3%
  • Informal transport0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
27418.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
18667.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2451.3 per business
Public services
78
Associations
10in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce61.3%
  • Services24.7%
  • Industry13.4%
  • Construction0.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person80.1%
  • 2 to 317.2%
  • 4 to 92.7%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later30.1%
  • 2011–201937.6%
  • 2001–201010.2%
  • 1991–200012.9%
  • 1981–19901.1%
  • 1956–19807.5%
  • Before 19560.5%

Douars

Boulaouane’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 31 douars in 2 fractions, with 14,740 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
اولاد عليOulad Ali20 douars · 9,248 people
اولاد سي اعمارةOulad Si AmaraGrouped2409451.01.61.6
اولاد حمدانOulad HamdaneDispersed1034840.01.69.0
اولاد بو احمارةOulad BouhmaraGrouped733542.22.22.2
لعيشاتAl IchatGrouped421790.71.83.5
قلوشKallouchGrouped522361.72.84.0
طلوحTlouhGrouped1717731.62.82.9
اولاد براهيمOulad BrahimGrouped713351.33.63.6
الفرانةFrannaGrouped1425890.94.15.7
العناترةLaanatraDispersed1597930.41.16.9
الحويلاتHouilatGrouped1486670.81.85.5
الخيايطةLakhyaytaGrouped1687700.81.44.2
مولاي احمدMoulay AhmedGrouped24135———
المودنينAl-MoudnineDispersed2108831.42.04.7
اولاد السي عيسىOulad Si AissaDispersed682881.11.17.8
الكسيمةKsimaDispersed532601.11.04.5
العبارقةLaabarkaDispersed883711.92.34.2
الخريطاتLekhraïtatGrouped1586951.43.27.4
حمريEl HamriGrouped2590———
الشواريينChouariyineGrouped511860.43.210.2
اولاد السي احسين مرس السلطانOulad Si Hcine Merss SaltaneDispersed522150.02.610.5
بولعوانBoulaouane11 douars · 5,492 people
اولاد الحاج قاسمOulad El Haj KassemGrouped743310.92.83.3
شركة بولعوانCharikat BoulaaouaneGrouped6173,0580.30.50.6
القصبةKasbaGrouped452052.02.814.6
الغريفةLaghrifaGrouped492021.01.015.0
الشعبةChaabaGrouped2497———
بوحايدBouhaïdGrouped1245081.71.914.0
شراقمةCherakmaGrouped451690.82.212.3
الحيرشEl HirchGrouped22102———
السانيةSanyaGrouped1326840.33.72.9
كنيطKnitGrouped1578———
الشرفةChorfaGrouped1158———

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
06.181.09.01
As digits
061810901
Slug
boulaouane
OpenStreetMap
2823000
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("boulaouane");

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