Chouihia
الشويحية
Rural commune in the cercle of Aklim, province of Berkane, Oriental.
- Population, 2024
- 11,249
- Since 2014
- −8.1%from 12,245 in 2014
- Density
- 44.5people per km², 253 km²
- Households
- 2,893
- Foreign residents
- 1
- Rank
- 652652nd most populous of 1,503 communes9th of 16 in its province
Next door in Hassi-Berkane, 23.0% of households have running water. Here, it’s 94.5%.
Since 2014, households with running water went from 69.6% to 94.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Guettaya. Aged 65 and over: 12.6% here, 12.8% there; aged 0 to 14: 24.5% here, 25.7% there; unemployment: 31.4% here, 31.0% 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 Chouihia.
Chouihia −8.1%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 43.1%aged 10 and over49.0% in 201453.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 31.4%22.6% in 201426.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 35.9%aged 15 and over45.8% in 20142.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 97.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.93children per woman1.59 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 9.0%of people6.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.9people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 94.5%of settled households69.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0% | 75 and over | 5.4% | ||
| 3.4% | 70–74 | 3.5% | ||
| 4.3% | 65–69 | 4.8% | ||
| 5.5% | 60–64 | 5.9% | ||
| 5.1% | 55–59 | 6.2% | ||
| 6.0% | 50–54 | 6.6% | ||
| 6.5% | 45–49 | 6.7% | ||
| 7.4% | 40–44 | 7.7% | ||
| 5.9% | 35–39 | 6.8% | ||
| 6.2% | 30–34 | 5.9% | ||
| 5.5% | 25–29 | 5.5% | ||
| 6.5% | 20–24 | 5.3% | ||
| 8.3% | 15–19 | 6.4% | ||
| 9.5% | 10–14 | 9.1% | ||
| 8.9% | 5–9 | 8.4% | ||
| 7.2% | 0–4 | 6.0% | ||
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
- 49.0%aged 10 and over43.1% in 202461.3% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 22.6%31.4% in 202484.6% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 45.8%aged 15 and over35.9% in 202412.9% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 90.2%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.59children per woman1.93 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.8%of people9.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.9people on average3.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 69.6%of settled households94.5% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2% | 75 and over | 4.0% | ||
| 1.5% | 70–74 | 1.9% | ||
| 2.0% | 65–69 | 1.9% | ||
| 3.3% | 60–64 | 3.4% | ||
| 4.6% | 55–59 | 4.8% | ||
| 5.6% | 50–54 | 6.0% | ||
| 5.3% | 45–49 | 7.0% | ||
| 6.5% | 40–44 | 6.7% | ||
| 7.3% | 35–39 | 7.5% | ||
| 8.4% | 30–34 | 8.6% | ||
| 9.0% | 25–29 | 7.6% | ||
| 8.3% | 20–24 | 7.2% | ||
| 9.0% | 15–19 | 8.2% | ||
| 7.6% | 10–14 | 7.6% | ||
| 8.6% | 5–9 | 7.9% | ||
| 9.6% | 0–4 | 9.6% | ||
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
- 18916.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 10957.7% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 1111.0 per business
- Public services
- 74
- Associations
- 6in 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
Chouihia’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 20 douars in 4 fractions, with 11,249 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| اولاد علي شبابOulad Ali Chbab5 douars · 4,364 people | ||||||
| أويزغت تريفةAwizeght Trifa | Dispersed | 221 | 888 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 3.9 |
| اولاد يخلف تريفةOulad Yakhlef Trifa | Dispersed | 336 | 1,242 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 2.3 |
| أولاد بن يخلفOulad Ben Yakhlef | Dispersed | 264 | 1,047 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| تلزارتTalezart | In parts | 52 | 213 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 14.3 |
| اولاد يعقوبOuled Yaakoub | In parts | 242 | 974 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 8.0 |
| اولاد عبوOulad Abbou3 douars · 1,637 people | ||||||
| محجوبة تريفةMohjoubat Trifa | Dispersed | 317 | 1,269 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 6.1 |
| محجوبة الجبلMohjouba Jbel | Dispersed | 42 | 152 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 16.4 |
| اولاد الغازيOulad El Ghazi | Grouped | 50 | 216 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 7.2 |
| اولاد بوعبيد السيدOulad Bouabid As Siyyid8 douars · 4,668 people | ||||||
| اولاد عمروOulad Amar | Dispersed | 148 | 537 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 9.6 |
| شويحية المركزChouyhia Centre | Grouped | 311 | 1,185 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.4 |
| سيدي عبد اللهSidi Abdallah | Grouped | 89 | 381 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| اوكوAoukou | Grouped | 182 | 736 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| بومية السفلىBoumia Essoufla | Dispersed | 332 | 1,258 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 5.1 |
| الحفرةEl Hofra | Dispersed | 73 | 293 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 11.2 |
| بومية العلياBoumia El Oulia | Dispersed | 80 | 273 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 10.3 |
| بومية الجبلBoumia-Jblel | Grouped | 2 | 5 | — | — | — |
| اولاد علي النسابةOulad Ali Nsaba4 douars · 580 people | ||||||
| اولاد المهديOulad El Mehdi | Dispersed | 47 | 200 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 7.8 |
| بني والBni-Oual | Dispersed | 22 | 90 | — | — | — |
| اولاد علي النسابةOulad Ali Nsaba | In parts | 69 | 240 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 14.0 |
| اولاد يحيى بن يوسفOulad Yahya Ben Youssef | Dispersed | 14 | 50 | — | — | — |
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
02.113.05.05- As digits
021130505- Slug
chouihia- Census figures
/api/communes/02.113.05.05/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/02.113.05.05/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/02.113.05.05/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/02.113.05.05/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2502043
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("chouihia");