Debdou

دبدو

Urban commune in the province of Taourirt, Oriental.

Population, 2024
4,447
Since 2014
−10.3%from 4,960 in 2014
Density
1,511people per km², 2.9 km²
Households
1,128
Foreign residents
1
Rank
1,2561,256th most populous of 1,503 communes11th of 14 in its province

Where it is

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

TaourirtEl Aioun Sidi MelloukMestegmerAin LehjerMechraa HammadiTancherfiSidi Ali Bel QuassemGteterEl AtefOuled M'hamedSidi LahsenMelg El OuidaneAhl Oued Za

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Debdou −10.3%

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
25.7%aged 10 and over32.1% in 201436.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
37.1%21.4% in 201441.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
36.4%aged 15 and over39.8% in 201412.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.76children per woman1.95 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.1%of people5.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.9people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.8%of settled households95.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Debdou: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
5.0%75 and over5.4%
2.5%70–742.7%
4.2%65–694.0%
4.6%60–645.8%
4.9%55–595.0%
6.3%50–545.7%
5.9%45–496.8%
6.1%40–446.3%
5.1%35–396.4%
5.8%30–347.0%
6.2%25–297.5%
6.8%20–245.9%
8.7%15–196.9%
10.4%10–148.9%
9.9%5–98.7%
7.6%0–47.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.6%
  • Tachelhit1.4%
  • Tamazight0.5%
  • Tarifit0.5%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French61.4%
  • English24.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot58.4%
  • Employer’s transport12.9%
  • Private car8.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle4.7%
  • Taxi1.9%
  • Bus0.5%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
1,581
Standing empty
30.3%20.9% vacant9.4% a second home
Precarious
6.0%0.5% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
93.5%95.1% on the water mains93.8% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
9.0%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house76.5%
  • Traditional house15.8%
  • Rural-type4.4%
  • Apartment1.2%
  • Other1.1%
  • Slum or basic house0.5%
  • Villa0.4%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years40.5%
  • 20 to 49 years44.7%
  • 50 years or more14.8%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
21849.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
17379.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2221.3 per business
Public services
41
Associations
4in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce54.3%
  • Services33.5%
  • Industry10.4%
  • Construction1.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person80.9%
  • 2 to 317.3%
  • 4 to 91.7%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later34.7%
  • 2011–201932.4%
  • 2001–201016.8%
  • 1991–20009.8%
  • 1981–19901.2%
  • 1956–19804.6%
  • Before 19560.6%

In the data

Code
02.533.01.13
As digits
025330113
Slug
debdou
Record
/api/communes/02.533.01.13.json
Boundary
/api/communes/02.533.01.13/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/02.533.01.13/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/02.533.01.13/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/02.533.01.13/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/02.533.01.13/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2791816
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("debdou");

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