Chtouka

شتوكة

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

Population, 2024: 38,025
Since 2014: +14.6%from 33,170 in 2014
Density: 174people per km², 218.7 km²
Households: 7,746
Foreign residents: 4
Rank: 137137th most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 27 in its province

Next door in Lamharza Essahel, 90.3% of households have running water. Here, it’s 33.6%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 5.0% to 33.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Souk Tlet El Gharb. Household size: 4.9 here, 5.0 there; running water: 33.6% here, 35.2% there; higher education: 2.6% here, 2.2% there.

Compare it with Souk Tlet El Gharb

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 Chtouka.

Chtouka +14.6%

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: 42.6%aged 10 and over54.6% in 201451.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 17.7%8.9% in 201424.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 39.0%aged 15 and over47.3% in 20143.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 91.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.51children per woman3.00 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.7%of people4.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.9people on average5.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 33.6%of settled households5.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Chtouka: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.1%	75 and over	3.1%
2.4%	70–74	2.3%
3.0%	65–69	2.9%
3.8%	60–64	4.0%
3.7%	55–59	3.9%
4.7%	50–54	4.7%
5.7%	45–49	5.8%
6.4%	40–44	6.0%
6.7%	35–39	6.9%
7.3%	30–34	6.1%
7.2%	25–29	6.7%
7.9%	20–24	7.7%
9.2%	15–19	9.5%
10.6%	10–14	10.8%
10.4%	5–9	10.2%
9.0%	0–4	9.3%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.5%
Tachelhit0.6%
Tamazight0.1%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.7%
French36.8%
English7.8%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot49.2%
Taxi17.7%
Doesn’t travel to work8.0%
Bike or motorcycle6.0%
Private car5.6%
Informal transport5.4%
Employer’s transport5.2%
Another way1.2%
Bus0.9%
Animal0.7%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 54.6%aged 10 and over42.6% in 202465.5% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 8.9%17.7% in 202432.2% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 47.3%aged 15 and over39.0% in 20247.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 85.1%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 3.00children per woman2.51 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.4%of people4.7% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.8people on average4.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 5.0%of settled households33.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Chtouka: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.0%	75 and over	2.4%
1.4%	70–74	2.0%
1.4%	65–69	1.3%
3.2%	60–64	3.0%
3.5%	55–59	3.0%
4.8%	50–54	4.6%
4.2%	45–49	4.1%
5.7%	40–44	5.7%
6.7%	35–39	6.6%
7.4%	30–34	7.2%
8.3%	25–29	8.0%
9.2%	20–24	8.8%
9.4%	15–19	9.8%
10.7%	10–14	10.8%
10.5%	5–9	11.0%
11.4%	0–4	11.7%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.9%
Tachelhit0.6%
Tarifit0.1%
Tamazight0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic only49.9%
Arabic and French43.4%
Arabic, French and English6.1%
Other combinations0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot64.7%
Taxi18.7%
Private car4.5%
Another way4.3%
Bike or motorcycle2.5%
Not stated2.3%
Works at home1.5%
Bus1.1%
Employer’s transport0.4%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood66.1%
No fixed place15.3%
Another in the commune5.8%
Another province5.1%
Another commune3.7%
Not stated2.3%
At home1.5%
Somewhere else0.2%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour38.3%
Farming and fishing23.0%
Crafts and skilled trades11.1%
Trade and broking9.4%
Labouring and small trades7.6%
Clerical work5.2%
Machine operating3.7%
Managers and senior professionals0.7%
Not classified0.6%
Technicians0.4%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma78.2%
Primary16.2%
Lower secondary4.0%
Upper secondary1.2%
DEUG or Licence0.3%
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: 58215.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 43674.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 8171.9 per business
Public services: 144
Associations: 2in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce54.1%
Services31.2%
Industry12.4%
Construction2.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person60.3%
2 to 331.4%
4 to 96.7%
10 to 491.6%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later20.6%
2011–201924.1%
2001–201032.6%
1991–200012.6%
1981–19909.2%
1956–19800.7%
Before 19560.2%

Douars

Chtouka’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 44 douars in 7 fractions, with 38,024 people. One more isn’t in any douar: a nomad, or someone HCP counts apart, such as a soldier in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
ايت ابرايم 1Ait Abraym 19 douars · 5,479 people
النصيراتNserat	Dispersed	115	490	1.3	2.0	4.6
العويساتLaaouissat	Dispersed	140	680	1.0	1.5	4.3
النعيماتNaimat	Dispersed	33	184	1.0	1.8	5.7
الشلوحChlouh	Dispersed	130	704	1.6	2.6	4.3
الرياينةRyayna	Dispersed	196	923	0.9	2.6	6.3
الداوداتDaoudate	Dispersed	96	481	1.7	2.5	7.4
البلالاتLablalate	Dispersed	99	497	1.0	1.9	7.7
ايت حام المعيدناتAit Ham El Maidnat	Dispersed	156	786	1.0	1.6	9.0
ايت حام زرزامنAit Ham Zarzamen	Dispersed	142	734	1.4	3.4	7.7
اولاد اعمرOulad Amer6 douars · 3,622 people
الكعامسةEl Kaamsa	Dispersed	54	294	0.9	2.6	4.5
اجمارة درقاوةAjmarat Derkaoua	Dispersed	134	697	1.4	2.0	4.6
المحارزةLamharza	Dispersed	97	470	2.0	3.2	5.3
العسيراتLaassirate	Dispersed	189	948	1.7	1.5	7.4
اولاد حموOulad Hammou	Grouped	40	215	5.0	5.0	20.0
المهاديLmhadi	Dispersed	199	998	1.5	3.2	12.7
الصوالحSoualah8 douars · 10,758 people
المعاشاتLamaachate	Dispersed	380	1,771	0.8	1.7	10.3
اولاد موسى الساحلOld Moussa Sahel	Dispersed	191	941	1.0	3.6	6.1
اولاد داود الحرشOld Daoud Lahrach	Dispersed	75	375	1.4	3.6	9.7
اولاد داود الساحلOld Daoud Sahel	Dispersed	367	1,771	1.1	1.6	10.2
النجومNjoume	Dispersed	605	2,735	0.5	1.8	11.7
سدراوةSadraoua	Grouped	92	427	0.1	1.8	11.5
الفقرة الكرماتEl Foqra El Krmat	Grouped	68	313	0.5	1.2	12.0
سيدي بونعايمSidi Bounaim	Grouped	536	2,425	1.1	1.5	14.6
ايت ابرايم 2Ait Abraym 29 douars · 7,250 people
بوطرحةBoutarha	Dispersed	196	976	0.5	2.5	2.6
ايت الرخىAit Rkha	Dispersed	252	1,194	1.2	2.8	2.3
المصالحةEl Msalha	Dispersed	167	873	1.2	2.6	3.2
اولاد الحاجOulad El Haj	Dispersed	149	717	1.2	2.1	6.1
اولاد الشيخOld Chikh	Dispersed	45	236	1.9	3.1	5.9
اولاد بلحسنOld Bellahcen	Dispersed	74	405	1.3	2.1	6.1
اولاد العيساويOulad Elissawi	Dispersed	103	495	1.2	1.5	10.7
العرارمةEl Ararma	Grouped	125	619	1.2	2.5	8.6
مركز اثنين شتوكةCentre Tnine Chtouka	Grouped	404	1,735	0.1	0.2	0.0
حارثHart6 douars · 7,668 people
حيانHayyane	Dispersed	207	1,048	1.1	1.7	4.2
حارثHart	Dispersed	328	1,686	0.8	1.9	4.2
الزوازيZouazi	Dispersed	200	1,177	1.8	2.6	7.0
السلامنةSlamna	Dispersed	252	1,319	1.0	2.0	7.8
المخاطرة الدارEl Mkhatra Dar	Dispersed	333	1,790	1.6	2.0	9.0
المهارزة الساحلLamharza Sahel	Dispersed	129	648	0.8	1.7	9.1
الشرفةChorfa5 douars · 2,617 people
اجمارة الوادJmara El-Ouad	Dispersed	68	380	2.7	3.1	17.3
أولاد الحاكمOulad Al Hakm	Dispersed	146	768	1.5	1.4	11.5
الركاكشةRkakcha	Grouped	96	472	2.6	2.7	14.3
الشرفة الحروشةChorfa Lahroucha	Dispersed	89	412	2.3	3.6	13.1
البرابرة الشرفةBraber Chorfa	Dispersed	129	585	4.4	2.3	19.3
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 630 people
الشكاكرةChekakra	Grouped	120	630	0.5	0.7	11.3

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code

Code: 06.181.03.01
As digits: 061810301
Slug: chtouka
Record: /api/communes/06.181.03.01.json
Boundary: /api/communes/06.181.03.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/06.181.03.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/06.181.03.01/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/06.181.03.01/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/06.181.03.01/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2806140

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("chtouka");

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