El Gantour

الكنتور

Rural commune in the cercle of El Gantour, province of Youssoufia, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
17,270
Since 2014
−6.9%from 18,544 in 2014
Density
70.2people per km², 246 km²
Households
4,192
Foreign residents
2
Rank
369369th most populous of 1,503 communes8th of 11 in its province

Where it is

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

IghoudSidi ChikerJnane BouihJdourEchemmaiaAtiamimRas El AinLakhoualqaYoussoufiaEsbiaat

How it changed

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

El Gantour −6.9%

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
34.5%aged 10 and over38.8% in 201443.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
35.6%23.7% in 201443.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.2%aged 15 and over45.5% in 20147.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.82children per woman2.69 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.8%of people6.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
46.3%of settled households28.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

El Gantour: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.4%75 and over4.1%
2.7%70–743.1%
3.7%65–693.9%
4.8%60–645.0%
4.7%55–594.9%
5.0%50–545.5%
5.6%45–495.9%
6.3%40–446.9%
6.4%35–396.1%
6.7%30–346.4%
6.6%25–296.0%
7.6%20–246.5%
8.9%15–198.2%
10.5%10–1410.2%
9.9%5–99.9%
8.1%0–47.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.3%
  • Tachelhit1.1%
  • Tamazight0.3%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French45.8%
  • English8.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot29.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle24.5%
  • Taxi9.6%
  • Employer’s transport6.4%
  • Bus4.9%
  • Private car2.8%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
1,944
Standing empty
21.0%12.0% vacant9.1% a second home
Precarious
14.9%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
83.6%65.5% on the water mains92.2% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
20.9%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house72.4%
  • Rural-type14.7%
  • Traditional house11.1%
  • Apartment1.3%
  • Villa0.4%
  • Other0.2%
  • Slum or basic house0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years5.9%
  • 20 to 49 years44.5%
  • 50 years or more49.6%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
51129.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
26451.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3321.3 per business
Public services
213
Associations
34in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce71.2%
  • Services17.0%
  • Industry10.6%
  • Construction1.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person88.3%
  • 2 to 39.5%
  • 4 to 91.5%
  • 10 to 490.8%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later20.1%
  • 2011–201948.5%
  • 2001–201023.5%
  • 1991–20005.7%
  • 1981–19900.8%
  • 1956–19801.5%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Sidi Ahmed6,180

In the data

Code
07.585.07.03
As digits
075850703
Slug
el-gantour
Record
/api/communes/07.585.07.03.json
Boundary
/api/communes/07.585.07.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/07.585.07.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/07.585.07.03/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/07.585.07.03/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/07.585.07.03/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2827886
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("el-gantour");

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