Dayat-Aoua

ضاية عوا

Urban commune in the province of Ifrane, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
12,050
Since 2014
+22.3%from 9,854 in 2014
Density
47.6people per km², 253.2 km²
Households
2,818
Rank
597597th most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 10 in its province

Next door in Laanoussar, 58.6% of households have running water. Here, it’s 0.9%.

Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 45.8% to 67.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Bni Ammart. Unemployment: 5.9% here, 7.9% there; read French: 61.7% here, 58.5% there; Darija: 65.9% here, 74.0% there.

Compare it with Bni Ammart

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

53023

Villages and hamlets

Lahrahir Dayat Aoua

How it changed

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

Dayat-Aoua +22.3%

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
39.8%aged 10 and over52.3% in 201450.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
5.9%3.1% in 20144.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
45.5%aged 15 and over48.1% in 201411.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
3.00children per woman2.36 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.1%of people3.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.3people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
0.9%of settled households0.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Dayat-Aoua: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.5%75 and over2.1%
1.8%70–741.8%
2.3%65–692.2%
3.1%60–643.9%
3.3%55–594.4%
4.5%50–543.9%
5.8%45–495.1%
7.0%40–446.5%
7.9%35–397.6%
7.6%30–347.7%
6.7%25–296.4%
7.3%20–247.9%
8.3%15–199.3%
10.3%10–1410.5%
11.4%5–911.2%
10.2%0–49.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight95.8%
  • Darija65.9%
  • Tachelhit11.8%
  • Tarifit0.3%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.1%
  • French61.7%
  • English9.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh4.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot77.3%
  • Employer’s transport10.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work3.7%
  • Private car2.4%
  • Taxi2.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle2.0%
  • Informal transport1.1%
  • Another way0.3%
  • Animal0.1%
  • Bus0.0%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
12810.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
6046.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1202.0 per business
Public services
67
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce68.3%
  • Services23.3%
  • Construction6.7%
  • Industry1.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person83.3%
  • 2 to 313.3%
  • 4 to 91.7%
  • 10 to 491.7%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later56.7%
  • 2011–201925.0%
  • 2001–201010.0%
  • 1991–20008.3%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

The villages and hamlets of Dayat-Aoua’s rural part, as the 2024 census counted them: 14 douars in 3 fractions, with 12,048 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
الحجاجEl Hajjaj5 douars · 3,464 people
ايت رحوAit-RahouIn parts2119371.34.323.1
ايت يوسفAit YoussefIn parts1978292.53.213.0
ايت امحمدAit M'HamedIn parts1667371.84.222.4
ايت حدوAit HaddouIn parts1717461.53.820.5
ايت حموAit HammouIn parts422155.11.415.4
ايت ايديرAit Ider5 douars · 7,279 people
ايت سعيد او عبد الرحمانAit Said Ou AbderrahmaneIn parts2891,2651.22.49.1
ايت احساينAit HsaineIn parts5572,4501.52.34.5
ايت بلقاسم اوعبد الرحمانAit Belkacem Ou AbderrahmanIn parts4641,8290.82.84.3
ايت سعيد اويديرAit Said Ou IdirIn parts2158061.01.01.1
ايت عرفةAit ArfaIn parts2279291.21.92.8
أيت داود اوموسىAit Daoud Moussa4 douars · 1,305 people
ضايت إفراحDayt IfrahDispersed1105010.812.521.9
ركادةRkadaDispersed1488———
تاغيلاستTaghilastDispersed1105461.13.717.3
ايت مزيانAit MazianeDispersed451701.01.116.2

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
03.271.01.05
As digits
032710105
Slug
dayat-aoua
OpenStreetMap
2819543
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("dayat-aoua");

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