Dzouz

ادزوز

Rural commune in the cercle of Laattaouia, province of El Kelâa Des-Sraghna, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
11,527
Since 2014
+0.2%from 11,501 in 2014
Density
249people per km², 46.4 km²
Households
2,530
Foreign residents
1
Rank
635635th most populous of 1,503 communes12th of 43 in its province

Next door in Laattaouia, 92.6% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.8%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 5.4% to 32.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi M'hamed Chelh. Read French: 31.5% here, 35.1% there; in the labour force: 33.3% here, 31.4% there; higher education: 2.1% here, 2.9% there.

Compare it with Sidi M'hamed Chelh

Where it is

Its province, 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 Dzouz.

Dzouz +0.2%

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
36.3%aged 10 and over45.8% in 201445.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
32.3%5.4% in 201437.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
33.3%aged 15 and over46.7% in 20141.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.60children per woman3.06 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.6%of people3.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.6people on average6.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
81.1%of settled households83.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Dzouz: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.9%75 and over3.0%
2.9%70–742.2%
3.2%65–693.6%
3.3%60–644.7%
3.2%55–592.9%
5.0%50–544.9%
6.2%45–496.6%
6.1%40–446.2%
6.1%35–395.9%
6.2%30–347.0%
6.2%25–296.1%
6.6%20–246.2%
9.1%15–199.2%
12.7%10–1412.6%
11.5%5–910.6%
8.9%0–48.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.4%
  • Tachelhit2.7%
  • Tamazight2.5%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French31.5%
  • English5.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle25.1%
  • On foot24.6%
  • Taxi12.1%
  • Doesn’t travel to work11.5%
  • Informal transport8.7%
  • Employer’s transport6.1%
  • Private car5.4%
  • Bus3.1%
  • Animal1.7%
  • Another way1.7%
  • Train0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
20117.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
12763.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3322.6 per business
Public services
43
Associations
31in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce59.1%
  • Industry34.6%
  • Services5.5%
  • Construction0.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person62.2%
  • 2 to 319.7%
  • 4 to 912.6%
  • 10 to 494.7%
  • 50 and over0.8%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later19.7%
  • 2011–201962.2%
  • 2001–201014.2%
  • 1991–20003.1%
  • 1981–19900.8%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The share of businesses with 50 people or more is 0.8%, against 0.1% across its province.

Across 5 of the 6 communes it borders, the median is 0.0%. Laattaouia is furthest from it, at 0.0%.

How these are picked

Douars

Dzouz’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 22 douars in 3 fractions, with 11,526 people. One more isn’t in any douar: a nomad, or someone HCP counts apart, such as a soldier in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
الدزوزEddzouz14 douars · 7,155 people
التعاونية الكونانيةCoopérative El KounaniaGrouped1848170.21.11.1
السمونEssmouneGrouped2079480.72.22.2
التعاونية شمشيطةCoopérative ChmchitaDispersed794021.01.04.4
أولاد ابراهيم الدزوزOd Brahim DzouzGrouped1436200.60.55.0
التعاونية البوعميريةCoopérative El BoumiriaDispersed823632.42.74.3
احديدوHdidouGrouped1776———
التعاونية القايديةCoopérative El KaydiaGrouped1175941.01.19.4
تعاونية الفنCoopérative El FnDispersed653501.21.98.6
عزيب بن الفاسيZib Ben FassiGrouped1768———
الهبرةEl HbraIn parts1145240.60.79.8
التعاونية الأيوبيةCoopérative El AyoubiaDispersed904250.72.03.0
أولاد سيدي ابراهيم بن الكانونOulad Sidi Brahim Ben El KanouGrouped3431,5141.01.21.8
سيدي مسلمSidi MsallemIn parts683460.21.17.9
بعاجةBaajaGrouped25108———
القضيةKodia5 douars · 3,393 people
مسناوة الفوقانيين أيت سي العربيMesnaoua El Foukaniine Ait Si LarbiGrouped1185101.01.13.0
قرية مسناوةKariat MesnaouaGrouped663321.01.02.5
القضية أيت عادلKodia Ait AadelGrouped4021,6591.01.45.5
القضيةKodiaIn parts1184951.01.09.9
مسناوة التحتانيين أيت سي امحمدMesnaoua Et Tahtaniine Ait Si M'hamedGrouped733970.20.24.1
أولاد ناصرOulad Naçer3 douars · 978 people
أولاد سي عمر سيد لغليميOd Si Omar Sd LaghlimiGrouped381761.01.02.0
أولاد ناصرOulad NaçerGrouped1145641.01.06.0
المعيصرةLamaisraGrouped502381.01.46.0

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
07.191.05.07
As digits
071910507
Slug
dzouz
OpenStreetMap
2881936
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("dzouz");

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