Boumaiz

بومعيز

Rural commune in the cercle of Sidi Slimane, province of Sidi Slimane, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
22,693
Since 2014
+15.3%from 19,684 in 2014
Density
236people per km², 96.3 km²
Households
5,153
Foreign residents
1
Rank
262262nd most populous of 1,503 communes7th of 11 in its province

Next door in M'saada, 2.4% of households have running water. Here, it’s 87.2%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 47.2% to 87.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Znada. Higher education: 2.7% here, 3.8% there; Darija: 97.9% here, 99.6% there; running water: 87.2% here, 74.0% there.

Compare it with Znada

One of 39 communes where at least 1% of workers commute by train.

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 Boumaiz.

Boumaiz +15.3%

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
30.8%aged 10 and over41.5% in 201441.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
32.1%22.9% in 201442.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.0%aged 15 and over45.9% in 201412.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
3.02children per woman2.48 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.3%of people5.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.4people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
87.2%of settled households47.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Boumaiz: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.0%75 and over3.0%
2.2%70–742.4%
3.1%65–692.8%
4.9%60–644.9%
4.3%55–594.6%
5.5%50–545.4%
6.1%45–496.4%
7.2%40–447.3%
6.2%35–396.6%
6.7%30–346.7%
5.6%25–296.2%
7.3%20–247.1%
8.9%15–198.2%
11.2%10–1410.0%
10.4%5–99.7%
8.5%0–48.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija97.9%
  • Tachelhit0.6%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French41.6%
  • English4.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle31.5%
  • On foot28.1%
  • Employer’s transport12.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work7.6%
  • Bus5.0%
  • Taxi4.5%
  • Private car4.4%
  • Informal transport2.4%
  • Train2.0%
  • Animal1.0%
  • Another way0.9%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
35515.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
28580.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4091.4 per business
Public services
69
Associations
1in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce56.8%
  • Services29.1%
  • Industry12.6%
  • Construction1.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person71.9%
  • 2 to 326.7%
  • 4 to 90.7%
  • 10 to 490.7%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later30.9%
  • 2011–201956.8%
  • 2001–20107.7%
  • 1991–20002.5%
  • 1981–19901.4%
  • 1956–19800.7%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Boumaiz’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 24 douars in 4 fractions, with 22,693 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
أولاد حميدOulad Hamid5 douars · 5,638 people
أولاد سيدي عبد الغياتيOuled Sidi AbdelrhiatiGrouped2339531.01.11.2
أولاد الحيرشOulad El HirechGrouped2298661.01.13.2
الرزازقةRzazqaGrouped2771,2090.91.11.2
الطويرفةTouirfaGrouped2471,1620.31.02.7
الكريناتel AgrinatIn parts3061,4480.03.03.1
الخناشفة الوادEl Khenachfa El Oued9 douars · 9,116 people
العوابدLaawabedDispersed4812,0980.71.22.8
المغيليينMghilyenneGrouped3701,6190.21.83.3
أولاد بنايلOulad BenayelGrouped702950.52.93.4
النبيكاتNebikatGrouped1967730.52.43.6
أولاد بروص الوادOulad Berrosse ElouedGrouped1848161.42.84.3
أولاد الغازيOulad El GhaziDispersed23101———
قرية مزوك الرملKaria Mazoug RmelGrouped2561,2361.61.713.9
الدويميةDouimyaDispersed1567532.41.96.9
أولاد موسى بن احسين الوادOulad Moussa Ben Hsine ElouedIn parts3231,4251.01.11.1
أولاد زيد الغربيةOulad Zid El Gharbia2 douars · 1,820 people
أولاد زيد الغربيةOulad Zid El GharbiaIn parts3071,3691.11.63.3
أولاد امعمر أزغارOulad Mamer AzgharIn parts964511.03.14.2
الزياينةZyayna8 douars · 6,119 people
أولاد الغازيOulad El GhaziGrouped944540.22.03.8
الزياينةZyaynaDispersed2561,1600.83.84.6
أولاد بروصOulad BerroussDispersed3811,6601.02.13.5
لعراربة المغيليينLaararba LamghilyenneIn parts1274930.73.94.6
أولاد بلحسنOulad BelahsenGrouped2671,1171.04.05.0
لعوابد الرموشةLaawabid RmouchaGrouped29———
الجوالةJouallaGrouped1667621.01.93.8
سيدي حكوشSidi HagouchGrouped1064641.04.26.9

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
04.491.05.03
As digits
044910503
Slug
boumaiz
OpenStreetMap
2819619
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("boumaiz");

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