El Argoub
العركوب
Rural commune in the cercle of El Argoub, province of Oued Ed-Dahab, Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab.
- Population, 2024
- 12,182
- Since 2014
- +111.5%from 5,759 in 2014
- Density
- 1.3people per km², 9,768.1 km²
- Households
- 4,177
- Foreign residents
- 274
- Rank
- 584584th most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 7 in its province
Next door in Dakhla, 98.4% of households have running water. Here, it’s 8.6%.
Since 2014, households with electricity went from 13.2% to 94.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.
Compare it with other communes
One of 50 communes where at least 0.5% of residents are foreign.
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 El Argoub.
El Argoub +111.5%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 15.8%aged 10 and over27.3% in 201435.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 0.4%0.5% in 20144.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 96.7%aged 15 and over96.8% in 201447.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 100.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 0.61children per woman3.49 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 0.9%of people0.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 2.5people on average2.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 8.6%of settled households10.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.2% | 75 and over | 2.7% | ||
| 0.2% | 70–74 | 3.3% | ||
| 0.4% | 65–69 | 2.5% | ||
| 1.3% | 60–64 | 1.3% | ||
| 3.0% | 55–59 | 4.4% | ||
| 6.1% | 50–54 | 4.6% | ||
| 9.6% | 45–49 | 7.3% | ||
| 11.0% | 40–44 | 8.3% | ||
| 10.5% | 35–39 | 11.3% | ||
| 12.5% | 30–34 | 10.2% | ||
| 17.2% | 25–29 | 11.5% | ||
| 19.9% | 20–24 | 9.4% | ||
| 6.9% | 15–19 | 5.6% | ||
| 0.4% | 10–14 | 4.2% | ||
| 0.3% | 5–9 | 7.1% | ||
| 0.5% | 0–4 | 6.3% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 27.3%aged 10 and over15.8% in 202439.6% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 0.5%0.4% in 202411.3% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 96.8%aged 15 and over96.7% in 202450.5% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 94.7%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 3.49children per woman0.61 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 0.9%of people0.9% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 2.8people on average2.5 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 10.4%of settled households8.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.2% | 75 and over | 0.2% | ||
| 0.1% | 70–74 | 0.2% | ||
| 0.1% | 65–69 | 0.5% | ||
| 0.6% | 60–64 | 1.8% | ||
| 1.4% | 55–59 | 1.4% | ||
| 4.0% | 50–54 | 0.7% | ||
| 5.8% | 45–49 | 3.9% | ||
| 11.4% | 40–44 | 6.0% | ||
| 14.7% | 35–39 | 9.7% | ||
| 17.1% | 30–34 | 17.7% | ||
| 18.4% | 25–29 | 17.7% | ||
| 18.9% | 20–24 | 8.8% | ||
| 4.8% | 15–19 | 4.4% | ||
| 0.6% | 10–14 | 6.9% | ||
| 0.9% | 5–9 | 8.3% | ||
| 1.2% | 0–4 | 11.8% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 19215.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 14977.6% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 1,3739.2 per business
- Public services
- 42
- Associations
- 1in premises of their own
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Figures that stand out
The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.
The share of households cooking with electricity is 27.2%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.
Across the 5 communes it borders, the median is 0.3%. Aousserd is furthest from it, at 0.0%.
Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.
Douars
El Argoub’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 19 douars in 3 fractions, with 10,555 people. 1,627 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| تاورطةTaourta6 douars · 915 people | ||||||
| تاورطةTaourta | Grouped | 152 | 405 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| الضيعة الفلاحية التازيFerme Tazi | Grouped | 78 | 168 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| بوطلحةBoutlha | Grouped | 40 | 60 | 1.5 | 8.6 | 8.6 |
| النقطة الكيلومترية 40Ennkta El Kiloumtriat 40 | Grouped | 41 | 79 | 0.7 | 44.7 | 44.7 |
| ضيعة نكجير ازوراFerme Nkjir Azoura | Grouped | 2 | 3 | — | — | — |
| المنتجعات السياحية 25El Mantjaat Essyahiat 25 | In parts | 144 | 200 | 2.0 | 26.2 | 26.2 |
| انترفتAnterft5 douars · 3,270 people | ||||||
| انترفت افتاس دكالةAnterft Aftas Doukkala | Grouped | 735 | 1,855 | 1.0 | 70.0 | 70.0 |
| انترفت افتاس الشلوحAnterft Aftas Chlouh | Grouped | 349 | 839 | 0.9 | 69.8 | 69.3 |
| ميناء الداخلة الاطلسيPort Dakhla El Atlsi | Grouped | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| الضيعة الفلاحية ديروكFerme Dirouk | Grouped | 101 | 227 | 7.7 | 45.9 | 46.2 |
| ضيعة فيما نبيلFerme Fima Nbil | Grouped | 120 | 345 | 3.6 | 77.0 | 77.0 |
| العركوب القديمEl Argoub Kdim8 douars · 6,370 people | ||||||
| العركوب القديمEl Argoub Kdim | Grouped | 905 | 1,678 | 2.6 | 53.5 | 53.1 |
| العركوب الجديدEl Argoub El Jadid | Grouped | 383 | 922 | 0.8 | 43.4 | 20.5 |
| الضيعة الفلاحية تنكيرFerme Tankir | Grouped | 96 | 193 | 1.5 | 62.5 | 71.9 |
| تشكتنتTachktent | Grouped | 11 | 28 | — | — | — |
| الضيعة الفلاحية بقالة الصحراءFerme Bekkala Essahra | Grouped | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| الضيعة الفلاحية أزورا 2Ferme Azoura 2 | Grouped | 992 | 3,501 | 3.5 | 42.3 | 38.6 |
| الغريد و زاوية مربيه ربهEl Ghrid Ou Zaouia Marbih Rbh | Dispersed | 6 | 17 | — | — | — |
| ضيعة تازياستFerme Tazyast | Grouped | 15 | 30 | — | — | — |
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
12.391.09.01- As digits
123910901- Slug
el-argoub- Census figures
/api/communes/12.391.09.01/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/12.391.09.01/economy.json- Figures that stand out
/api/communes/12.391.09.01/insights.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/12.391.09.01/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/12.391.09.01/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 3594852
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("el-argoub");