Daoura

الدورة

Rural commune in the cercle of Daoura-El Hagounia, province of Tarfaya, Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra.

Population, 2024
902
Since 2014
−18.6%from 1,108 in 2014
Density
0.4people per km², 2,113.6 km²
Households
402
Rank
1,4851,485th most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 5 in its province

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

70072

How it changed

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

Daoura −18.6%

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
39.1%aged 10 and over39.1% in 201448.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
5.8%35.8% in 201422.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
20.0%aged 15 and over52.2% in 20142.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
85.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
0.93children per woman0.19 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
2.7%of people9.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
2.2people on average3.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
36.1%of settled households50.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Daoura: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
8.9%75 and over9.1%
4.6%70–744.4%
5.5%65–696.5%
5.3%60–646.8%
7.0%55–596.8%
9.3%50–547.0%
8.6%45–499.1%
9.5%40–447.9%
7.0%35–395.4%
7.4%30–347.0%
7.2%25–296.3%
4.6%20–245.1%
3.2%15–193.0%
4.2%10–145.6%
5.7%5–94.0%
2.1%0–45.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Hassania93.8%
  • Darija92.8%
  • Tachelhit1.9%
  • Tamazight0.7%
  • Tarifit0.1%

The two censuses don’t line up here: Darija 11.8% in 2014, 92.8% in 2024. How these are spotted

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French18.0%
  • English4.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Private car46.3%
  • On foot36.1%
  • Doesn’t travel to work7.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle4.8%
  • Taxi2.0%
  • Bus1.4%
  • Employer’s transport1.4%
  • Another way0.7%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Informal transport0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
2123.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
942.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
232.6 per business
Public services
11
Associations
1in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce44.4%
  • Services33.3%
  • Industry22.2%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person66.7%
  • 2 to 322.2%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 4911.1%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later44.4%
  • 2011–201933.3%
  • 2001–201022.2%
  • 1991–20000.0%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Daoura’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 1 douar in 1 fraction, with 902 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
الداورةEddaoura1 douar · 902 people
الداورةEddaouraGrouped4029022.59.49.6

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
11.537.03.03
As digits
115370303
Slug
daoura
OpenStreetMap
3409842
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("daoura");

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