Bouya Omar

بوي عمر

Rural commune in the cercle of Laattaouia, province of El Kelâa Des-Sraghna, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024: 14,701
Since 2014: +3.9%from 14,154 in 2014
Density: 368people per km², 40 km²
Households: 3,344
Foreign residents: 1
Rank: 457457th most populous of 1,503 communes8th of 43 in its province

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Bouya Omar +3.9%

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: 37.0%aged 10 and over45.1% in 201447.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 25.4%7.5% in 201433.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 34.1%aged 15 and over44.7% in 20142.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 93.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.57children per woman2.34 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 6.7%of people7.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.4people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 97.9%of settled households85.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bouya Omar: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.8%	75 and over	3.1%
2.5%	70–74	2.8%
3.6%	65–69	3.0%
4.0%	60–64	4.2%
3.9%	55–59	3.7%
4.9%	50–54	4.6%
6.8%	45–49	5.9%
6.8%	40–44	6.3%
6.5%	35–39	6.2%
7.0%	30–34	6.9%
6.1%	25–29	6.9%
6.1%	20–24	7.3%
7.5%	15–19	8.2%
10.9%	10–14	10.1%
11.3%	5–9	11.1%
9.4%	0–4	9.5%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.8%
Tachelhit3.1%
Tamazight0.8%
Hassania0.1%
Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.7%
French40.0%
English8.9%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Taxi32.4%
On foot24.3%
Bike or motorcycle20.2%
Private car7.4%
Employer’s transport2.4%
Bus1.1%

Can’t read or write: 45.1%aged 10 and over37.0% in 202457.8% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 7.5%25.4% in 202433.8% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 44.7%aged 15 and over34.1% in 20248.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 94.2%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.34children per woman2.57 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 7.9%of people6.7% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.5people on average4.4 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 85.5%of settled households97.9% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Bouya Omar: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age	Women
2.4%	75 and over	2.3%
1.8%	70–74	1.8%
1.9%	65–69	1.4%
3.3%	60–64	3.3%
3.8%	55–59	3.4%
4.4%	50–54	4.8%
4.6%	45–49	4.8%
6.0%	40–44	6.0%
7.6%	35–39	6.9%
8.1%	30–34	8.3%
7.8%	25–29	7.4%
10.9%	20–24	9.5%
10.0%	15–19	10.4%
9.0%	10–14	9.4%
8.1%	5–9	9.0%
10.4%	0–4	11.2%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.8%
Tachelhit3.0%
Tamazight0.6%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic and French53.4%
Arabic only32.7%
Arabic, French and English13.4%
Other combinations0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot44.8%
Taxi18.7%
Bus10.5%
Bike or motorcycle8.3%
Private car4.9%
Employer’s transport0.4%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood44.9%
No fixed place27.2%
Another province13.2%
At home4.2%
Another commune3.8%
Another in the commune1.8%
Somewhere else1.8%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farming and fishing24.6%
Crafts and skilled trades18.4%
Farm and fishing labour16.6%
Trade and broking14.8%
Labouring and small trades14.2%
Clerical work6.8%
Machine operating2.4%
Managers and senior professionals0.8%
Technicians0.8%
Not classified0.6%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma72.1%
Primary18.0%
Lower secondary6.4%
Upper secondary2.5%
DEUG or Licence0.9%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 34323.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 27680.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 3931.4 per business
Public services: 49
Associations: 18in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce56.9%
Industry25.4%
Services15.2%
Construction2.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person67.8%
2 to 330.1%
4 to 91.8%
10 to 490.4%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later25.0%
2011–201950.4%
2001–201011.2%
1991–20004.0%
1981–19908.7%
1956–19800.7%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 07.191.05.03
As digits: 071910503
Slug: bouya-omar
Record: /api/communes/07.191.05.03.json
Boundary: /api/communes/07.191.05.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/07.191.05.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/07.191.05.03/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/07.191.05.03/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 2881885

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bouya-omar");

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