El Ghiate

الغيات

Rural commune in the cercle of Gzoula, province of Safi, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
23,109
Since 2014
−8.2%from 25,162 in 2014
Density
82.9people per km², 278.9 km²
Households
5,300
Rank
256256th most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 25 in its province

Next door in M'khalif, 88.3% of households have running water. Here, it’s 3.8%.

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 67.8% to 89.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Rima. Running water: 3.8% here, 1.2% there; can’t read or write: 46.8% here, 47.8% there; higher education: 1.7% here, 1.6% there.

Compare it with Rima

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 Ghiate.

El Ghiate −8.2%

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
46.8%aged 10 and over58.3% in 201457.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
15.1%3.4% in 201417.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.4%aged 15 and over53.1% in 20142.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.45children per woman3.15 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.6%of people5.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.4people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
3.8%of settled households2.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

El Ghiate: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.1%75 and over5.2%
3.3%70–743.2%
3.4%65–693.4%
3.8%60–644.6%
4.1%55–593.9%
4.7%50–544.9%
5.3%45–494.9%
5.7%40–445.6%
6.3%35–396.4%
6.1%30–345.9%
5.9%25–295.5%
7.7%20–245.7%
8.9%15–1910.0%
12.0%10–1411.6%
10.5%5–911.0%
8.3%0–48.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.5%
  • Tachelhit0.3%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French35.1%
  • English4.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot42.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work15.8%
  • Animal8.3%
  • Taxi8.0%
  • Bus7.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle7.0%
  • Informal transport4.5%
  • Employer’s transport3.2%
  • Private car2.4%
  • Another way1.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
57925.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
31354.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4611.5 per business
Public services
264
Associations
2in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce53.0%
  • Services24.3%
  • Industry20.4%
  • Construction2.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person71.6%
  • 2 to 323.0%
  • 4 to 95.4%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later19.5%
  • 2011–201928.1%
  • 2001–201032.9%
  • 1991–200014.1%
  • 1981–19903.5%
  • 1956–19801.9%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

El Ghiate’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 56 douars in 9 fractions, with 23,107 people. 2 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
اولاد عيسىOulad Aissa5 douars · 2,429 people
الهمامدةLahmamdaIn parts1657892.12.22.2
ادهينات لبلادDhainate LabladeIn parts653013.51.96.9
ادهينات العزابةAdhinat AzzabaIn parts873954.92.36.5
لبزيواتBzayouatIn parts1407116.53.310.1
الخرارزةLekhrarzaIn parts472332.41.913.9
اولاد مفدةOulad Mfda3 douars · 3,032 people
الحيسناتLhaysnatIn parts2931,3624.12.49.0
اولاد الحاجOulad El HajIn parts1939303.81.58.3
سراحنةSrahnaIn parts1657404.42.48.6
لݣطيباتLagtaibat9 douars · 3,750 people
الحميداتLahmidateIn parts2581,2023.92.48.1
جدوراتJdouratIn parts552663.92.610.3
العموريةEl AmmouriaIn parts532377.82.611.2
لعبيداتLaabidatIn parts381831.73.96.4
رحامنةRhamnaIn parts1777521.71.98.7
لعويناتLaaouinateDispersed512221.31.14.2
لعبابسةBabsaIn parts723482.31.02.9
لعويراتLaaouiratIn parts853596.40.57.1
قرية الميسيKariat LemmissiIn parts441811.32.12.5
اولاد بن السبعOulad Ben Sebaâ9 douars · 3,866 people
با علي نصيرياتBaali NssiryateIn parts1436921.23.06.2
اولاد با علي لباعشةOulad Baali LabaachIn parts1014000.93.35.7
سلاماتSlamatIn parts1154762.32.85.4
انغامشةNghamchaIn parts994444.92.66.9
اولاد بن احمد بلحاجOulad Ben Ahmed BelhajIn parts1305193.93.07.7
لمكادمةMguedmaIn parts1355472.82.65.5
اولاد التوميOulad ToumiIn parts642661.62.72.9
ارݣارݣةRegargaIn parts973900.91.93.4
لهنوداتLahnoudatGrouped331322.02.25.6
اولاد امراحOulad Mrah11 douars · 3,125 people
اولاد موسىOulad MoussaIn parts672591.71.96.4
اولاد الطاهر امباركOulad Tahar MbarekIn parts772783.12.19.5
اولاد اعمرOulad MerIn parts331303.92.910.1
لغوالمLeghoualemIn parts572411.21.67.8
العطاطبةLaatatbaIn parts1415801.52.47.2
لحرارتةLahrartaIn parts863353.12.89.4
اولاد اعبيدOulad AbidIn parts1014512.42.19.4
العربAl ArabIn parts442152.62.213.3
اولاد سيدي اعمارةOulad Sidi AameraDispersed542323.21.711.5
لهواورةLhouaouraGrouped1464———
لمعاطلةLamaatlaIn parts883405.83.014.2
الغيات 1El Ghiate 16 douars · 1,825 people
السعادنةEssaadnaIn parts1426101.01.12.9
لمساكنةMessaknaIn parts482020.82.76.3
الجوربEl JourebIn parts622621.23.16.1
لضواوLdouaouGrouped943651.91.91.9
لمكانسةMkansaIn parts662811.31.73.6
رحاحلةRhahlaGrouped311051.01.03.0
الحمادشةLahmadcha9 douars · 2,811 people
حمادشة رمالةHmadcha RmalaIn parts2321,0113.92.37.6
حمادشة جبالةHmadcha JebalaIn parts773463.25.38.5
اولاد المكيOulad El MekkiIn parts602581.03.77.1
الكرعانGoraaneGrouped462162.93.75.4
لعريعيرة ( الخرارزة )Lariira (Lekhrarza)Grouped1776———
نواصر بوسكمانNouasser BoussegmanIn parts351326.85.714.9
اولاد الشيخ عليOulad Cheikh AliIn parts733411.21.68.4
زوارةZouarraIn parts632684.13.013.5
نواصر لبلادNouasser LablladIn parts331635.72.814.8
الغيات 2El Ghiate 23 douars · 2,264 people
لعساسلةLasaslaIn parts1204681.82.47.3
ولاد علىOulad AliIn parts1736591.22.73.1
اثنين الغيات (المركز)Tnine El Ghiate (Centre)Grouped2601,1370.20.81.0
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 5 people
أولاد محمد بلعيدOulad Mohamed BelaidGrouped15———

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
07.431.07.03
As digits
074310703
Slug
el-ghiate
OpenStreetMap
2827802
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("el-ghiate");

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