Dar Chaoui

دار الشاوي

Rural commune in the cercle of Tanger, préfecture of Tanger-Assilah, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024
4,471
Since 2014
+3.9%from 4,303 in 2014
Density
46.5people per km², 96.1 km²
Households
1,078
Foreign residents
2
Rank
1,2541,254th most populous of 1,503 communes11th of 12 in its préfecture

Next door in Jbel Lahbib, 76.1% of those who can read also read French. Here, it’s 37.7%.

Since 2014, households that own their home went from 92.3% to 74.6%. Across Morocco, the fall was 2 points.

Compare it with other communes

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

90052

How it changed

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

Dar Chaoui +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
30.0%aged 10 and over44.5% in 201440.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
20.1%12.0% in 20149.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.5%aged 15 and over48.0% in 201410.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.25children per woman1.16 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.8%of people5.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average4.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
37.8%of settled households29.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Dar Chaoui: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.9%75 and over3.9%
2.4%70–742.2%
3.6%65–693.1%
5.1%60–645.0%
4.6%55–594.3%
4.0%50–545.8%
6.2%45–496.0%
5.9%40–446.4%
6.9%35–397.1%
6.8%30–346.9%
7.8%25–296.6%
8.5%20–247.6%
9.2%15–199.6%
10.2%10–1410.1%
8.7%5–98.2%
7.3%0–47.4%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.9%
  • Tarifit0.9%
  • Tachelhit0.8%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French37.7%
  • English8.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot35.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work22.8%
  • Bus13.2%
  • Informal transport12.7%
  • Employer’s transport7.7%
  • Private car3.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle2.1%
  • Taxi1.5%
  • Animal0.4%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Dar Chaoui’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
554
Standing empty
28.7%8.7% vacant20.0% a second home
Precarious
22.2%0.5% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
54.2%91.7% on the water mains96.0% on the electricity grid
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house75.5%
  • Rural-type21.1%
  • Villa2.0%
  • Slum or basic house0.5%
  • Other0.5%
  • Traditional house0.4%
  • Apartment0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years54.3%
  • 20 to 49 years27.1%
  • 50 years or more18.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
12528.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
7156.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2954.2 per business
Public services
53
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce53.5%
  • Services31.0%
  • Industry15.5%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person78.9%
  • 2 to 316.9%
  • 4 to 92.8%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over1.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later36.6%
  • 2011–201935.2%
  • 2001–201011.3%
  • 1991–20007.0%
  • 1981–19907.0%
  • 1956–19801.4%
  • Before 19561.4%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Dar Chaoui1,494

Douars

Dar Chaoui’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 10 douars in 2 fractions, with 2,975 people. Another 1,494 live in Dar Chaoui, its urban centre, which has no douars. 2 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
دار الشاوي المركزDar Chaoui Centre1 douar · 409 people
دار الشاويDar ChaouiIn parts924090.31.23.8
الرملةEr Remla9 douars · 2,566 people
شراكةCheragaIn parts1264920.91.28.2
تمسيلةTemsilaGrouped321180.31.17.6
الرملةEr RemlaIn parts1687160.50.915.3
بني منكودBni MankoudIn parts1085490.40.721.0
خندق السنانKhendek ès SenaneIn parts311200.00.27.0
القلعةEl KalaaGrouped937———
دار الصافDar es SafGrouped518———
بني حكيمBni HkimIn parts2289———
عيون قصبAioun el KsabIn parts844270.40.829.8

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
01.511.05.07
As digits
015110507
Slug
dar-chaoui
OpenStreetMap
2752820
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("dar-chaoui");

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