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

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

El Argoub +111.5%

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: 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.

El Argoub: men and women by age, as a share of each
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%.

Darija94.3%
Tachelhit21.1%
Tamazight17.1%
Hassania2.7%
Tarifit0.6%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic97.8%
French34.3%
English12.1%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh4.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot69.6%
Employer’s transport2.5%
Bus2.3%
Private car1.8%
Bike or motorcycle0.4%
Taxi0.1%

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.

El Argoub: men and women by age, as a share of each
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%.

Darija97.2%
Tachelhit22.2%
Tamazight13.8%
Hassania5.1%
Tarifit0.5%

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic only57.7%
Arabic and French34.6%
Arabic, French and English4.9%
Other combinations2.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot83.6%
Bike or motorcycle5.5%
Taxi2.7%
Private car1.9%
Bus0.7%
Employer’s transport0.3%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood92.1%
Another commune3.1%
At home1.6%
Another in the commune1.0%
Another province0.1%
No fixed place0.1%
Somewhere else0.1%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farm and fishing labour81.0%
Farming and fishing8.1%
Clerical work3.2%
Labouring and small trades3.1%
Crafts and skilled trades1.6%
Trade and broking1.2%
Machine operating0.7%
Technicians0.5%
Managers and senior professionals0.3%
Not classified0.2%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma65.5%
Primary23.7%
Lower secondary8.3%
Upper secondary2.1%
DEUG or Licence0.5%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

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

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Services43.0%
Commerce38.3%
Industry16.8%
Construction2.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person34.2%
2 to 332.2%
4 to 915.4%
10 to 4913.4%
50 and over4.7%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later24.2%
2011–201934.2%
2001–201030.2%
1991–200010.1%
1981–19900.7%
1956–19800.7%
Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code: 12.391.09.01
As digits: 123910901
Slug: el-argoub
Record: /api/communes/12.391.09.01.json
Boundary: /api/communes/12.391.09.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/12.391.09.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/12.391.09.01/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/12.391.09.01/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap: 3594852

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("el-argoub");

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