Dar Oum Soltane

دار أم السلطان

Rural commune in the cercle of Ain Orma, préfecture of Meknès, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
11,609
Since 2014
+31.3%from 8,840 in 2014
Density
177people per km², 65.5 km²
Households
1,496
Foreign residents
18
Rank
629629th most populous of 1,503 communes14th of 21 in its préfecture

Next door in Meknès, 99.1% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 43.4%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 51.1% to 78.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Borja. Darija: 99.1% here, 95.3% there; aged 0 to 14: 27.2% here, 27.3% there; household size: 4.1 here, 4.2 there.

Compare it with Sidi Borja

Where it is

Its préfecture, 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 Dar Oum Soltane.

Dar Oum Soltane +31.3%

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
35.3%aged 10 and over43.4% in 201444.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
22.7%6.3% in 201434.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
46.1%aged 15 and over49.0% in 201414.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.48children per woman2.28 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.8%of people5.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
78.1%of settled households51.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Dar Oum Soltane: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.8%75 and over3.9%
2.8%70–742.8%
3.0%65–693.2%
4.6%60–644.8%
4.4%55–594.8%
6.5%50–545.3%
7.1%45–496.6%
7.7%40–447.3%
6.4%35–397.6%
6.2%30–347.2%
6.5%25–296.2%
6.4%20–246.2%
8.0%15–197.0%
9.9%10–148.7%
10.4%5–99.6%
7.2%0–48.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.1%
  • Tamazight21.7%
  • Tachelhit3.9%
  • Tarifit1.2%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.3%
  • French47.8%
  • English10.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot39.3%
  • Taxi27.3%
  • Doesn’t travel to work9.1%
  • Private car7.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle7.5%
  • Employer’s transport6.5%
  • Bus1.1%
  • Animal0.6%
  • Another way0.4%
  • Train0.2%
  • Informal transport0.2%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
917.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
4448.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
551.3 per business
Public services
47
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce56.8%
  • Services43.2%
  • Industry0.0%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person79.5%
  • 2 to 318.2%
  • 4 to 92.3%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later18.2%
  • 2011–201950.0%
  • 2001–201018.2%
  • 1991–20006.8%
  • 1981–19906.8%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Dar Oum Soltane’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 11 douars in 2 fractions, with 6,184 people. 5,425 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
آيت عبةAit Abba4 douars · 3,670 people
آيت عبةAit AbbaIn parts3181,2920.11.76.7
قصبة حرطانQasbat HartaneGrouped2751,1740.00.28.5
تعاونية قفصCoopérative KfsGrouped672643.14.912.3
الكعدةLgaadaDispersed2379400.33.06.3
دار أم السلطانDar Oum Soltane7 douars · 2,514 people
إخبازنIkhabazeineDispersed1165121.01.95.7
الدوار الجديدDouar JdidGrouped1064260.00.50.3
مولاي عليMoulay AliDispersed883850.01.010.2
تجزئة مبروكةLotissement MabroukaGrouped582370.00.00.0
دوار الدومDouar Ad DoumGrouped1264950.11.10.3
تعاونية واد الذهبCoopérative Oued Ed DahabGrouped612890.01.01.0
دوار ريافةDouar RyafaDispersed441700.00.40.7

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
03.061.03.09
As digits
030610309
Slug
dar-oum-soltane
OpenStreetMap
2561241
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