Chouafaa
الشوافع
Rural commune in the cercle of Lalla Mimouna, province of Kénitra, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.
- Population, 2024
- 21,374
- Since 2014
- +15.9%from 18,436 in 2014
- Density
- 129people per km², 166.2 km²
- Households
- 3,872
- Foreign residents
- 1
- Rank
- 284284th most populous of 1,503 communes21st of 23 in its province
Next door in Lalla Mimouna, 47.4% of households have running water. Here, it’s 3.6%.
Since 2014, the share of people aged 10 and over who can’t read or write went from 59.0% to 45.9%. Across Morocco, the fall was 7 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Bni Mansour. Household size: 5.5 here, 5.3 there; running water: 3.6% here, 0.7% there; read French: 25.4% here, 22.8% there.
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 Chouafaa.
Chouafaa +15.9%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 45.9%aged 10 and over59.0% in 201456.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 10.4%7.6% in 201412.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 41.9%aged 15 and over48.2% in 201410.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 94.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.75children per woman2.16 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.0%of people4.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.5people on average6.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 3.6%of settled households0.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8% | 75 and over | 2.3% | ||
| 2.1% | 70–74 | 1.7% | ||
| 2.5% | 65–69 | 2.4% | ||
| 3.6% | 60–64 | 3.8% | ||
| 3.1% | 55–59 | 4.1% | ||
| 3.6% | 50–54 | 4.3% | ||
| 4.4% | 45–49 | 4.5% | ||
| 6.9% | 40–44 | 6.6% | ||
| 8.8% | 35–39 | 8.1% | ||
| 7.8% | 30–34 | 9.1% | ||
| 7.0% | 25–29 | 7.0% | ||
| 6.8% | 20–24 | 6.7% | ||
| 7.8% | 15–19 | 7.6% | ||
| 10.9% | 10–14 | 10.3% | ||
| 12.1% | 5–9 | 12.1% | ||
| 10.8% | 0–4 | 9.4% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 59.0%aged 10 and over45.9% in 202470.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 7.6%10.4% in 202421.0% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 48.2%aged 15 and over41.9% in 202414.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 87.1%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.16children per woman2.75 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.0%of people4.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 6.0people on average5.5 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 0.2%of settled households3.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.3% | 75 and over | 1.6% | ||
| 1.2% | 70–74 | 1.1% | ||
| 1.6% | 65–69 | 1.6% | ||
| 3.1% | 60–64 | 2.7% | ||
| 3.4% | 55–59 | 3.2% | ||
| 4.1% | 50–54 | 4.3% | ||
| 4.1% | 45–49 | 4.9% | ||
| 4.2% | 40–44 | 5.2% | ||
| 5.5% | 35–39 | 5.7% | ||
| 8.7% | 30–34 | 7.6% | ||
| 11.5% | 25–29 | 10.6% | ||
| 12.2% | 20–24 | 12.2% | ||
| 9.7% | 15–19 | 10.2% | ||
| 9.0% | 10–14 | 8.4% | ||
| 8.8% | 5–9 | 9.1% | ||
| 11.7% | 0–4 | 11.7% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 29013.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 22376.9% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 3211.4 per business
- Public services
- 66
- Associations
- 1in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Douars
Chouafaa’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 26 douars in 5 fractions, with 21,374 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| اݣلا الشماليةAgla Chamalia6 douars · 4,720 people | ||||||
| اولاد ناصرOulad Nasser | Grouped | 309 | 1,773 | 7.3 | 9.7 | 32.5 |
| المجادبةLamjadba | Grouped | 82 | 457 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 6.5 |
| صوالح سربوثSouwaleh Serbout | Dispersed | 217 | 1,222 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 9.2 |
| اولاد احمدOulad Ahmed | Grouped | 114 | 625 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 9.4 |
| الدحامنةDhamna | Grouped | 33 | 202 | 2.1 | 4.5 | 20.4 |
| تعاونية وادي الدهبCoopérative Oued Eddhab | Grouped | 71 | 441 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 8.0 |
| اݣلا الجنوبيةAgla Janoubia6 douars · 5,748 people | ||||||
| تدانةTadana | Grouped | 361 | 1,982 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 11.7 |
| الدياسرةDiasra | Dispersed | 50 | 238 | 5.5 | 3.2 | 20.0 |
| امحاميد بويبMhamid Bouib | In parts | 308 | 1,602 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 20.9 |
| عزيب برغةAzib Bargha | Dispersed | 104 | 526 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 33.3 |
| ݣلاGla | Grouped | 105 | 456 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 24.9 |
| امحاميد ݣلاM'Hamid Gla | Grouped | 210 | 944 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 29.4 |
| فرقة الشوافعFerka Chouafaa9 douars · 5,639 people | ||||||
| اولاد بسامOuled Bessam | Grouped | 144 | 668 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 4.2 |
| بداوة الربايعBdaoua Rbayah | In parts | 142 | 753 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| الشوافع اولاد امساهلChouafea Oulad Mssahel | Dispersed | 214 | 1,081 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 15.1 |
| الشوافع اولاد عيادChouafaa Oulad Ayad | Dispersed | 98 | 497 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 20.5 |
| تعاونية الشوافعCoopérative Chouafaa | Grouped | 246 | 1,299 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 13.7 |
| غشاشةGhchacha | Dispersed | 134 | 709 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| الحارث كواندةEl Hart Kouanda | Grouped | 25 | 140 | — | — | — |
| بداوة السعاديBdaoua Asaadi | Grouped | 33 | 207 | 0.8 | 4.8 | 17.9 |
| عزيب الحمريAzib El Hamri | In parts | 48 | 285 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 10.6 |
| فرقة اولاد العسريFerkat Oulad Lasri2 douars · 3,036 people | ||||||
| اولاد بوعزةOulad Bouazza | In parts | 191 | 1,229 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| اولاد العسريOulad Laasri | Grouped | 314 | 1,807 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.6 |
| اݣلا الجنوبيةAgla Janoubia3 douars · 2,231 people | ||||||
| اعزيب الحراقAzib Lharraq | Grouped | 42 | 293 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 5.3 |
| اولاد مصباحOulad Masbah | In parts | 225 | 1,565 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 7.5 |
| اعزيب الرميقيAzib Errmiki | Grouped | 52 | 373 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 32.6 |
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
04.281.11.03- As digits
042811103- Slug
chouafaa- Census figures
/api/communes/04.281.11.03/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/04.281.11.03/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/04.281.11.03/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/04.281.11.03/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2753065
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("chouafaa");