El Gouraani

الكرعاني

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

Population, 2024
10,859
Since 2014
−3.8%from 11,291 in 2014
Density
81.8people per km², 132.7 km²
Households
2,446
Rank
680680th most populous of 1,503 communes21st of 25 in its province

Next door in Jamaat Shaim, 96.9% of households have running water. Here, it’s 1.0%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 7.4% to 25.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Bouguargouh. Running water: 1.0% here, 11.5% there; read French: 31.4% here, 34.0% there; higher education: 2.5% here, 3.1% there.

Compare it with Bouguargouh

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 Gouraani.

El Gouraani −3.8%

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
34.7%aged 10 and over43.5% in 201443.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
25.1%7.4% in 201452.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
34.5%aged 15 and over45.7% in 20144.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
3.05children per woman2.53 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.5%of people4.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.4people on average5.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
1.0%of settled households0.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

El Gouraani: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.5%75 and over4.3%
2.7%70–743.4%
3.4%65–693.6%
4.3%60–644.2%
3.6%55–593.8%
5.1%50–545.0%
6.1%45–495.3%
5.9%40–445.7%
5.8%35–395.9%
6.2%30–345.7%
6.4%25–296.1%
7.4%20–246.6%
9.4%15–199.4%
10.9%10–1410.9%
10.9%5–911.1%
8.4%0–48.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.0%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French31.4%
  • English6.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot40.6%
  • Doesn’t travel to work19.6%
  • Informal transport13.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle7.5%
  • Bus7.1%
  • Private car5.3%
  • Another way2.5%
  • Taxi2.3%
  • Employer’s transport1.4%
  • Animal0.7%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
26624.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
9736.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1361.4 per business
Public services
169
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce60.8%
  • Industry39.2%
  • Construction0.0%
  • Services0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person80.4%
  • 2 to 314.4%
  • 4 to 95.2%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later13.4%
  • 2011–201925.8%
  • 2001–201036.1%
  • 1991–200023.7%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19801.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

El Gouraani’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 39 douars in 3 fractions, with 10,856 people. 3 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
لعيايشةLayaycha16 douars · 4,600 people
المخاطرةLamkhatraGrouped1296240.12.04.1
أولاد ابريكةOulad BrikaGrouped833572.02.14.9
الجبودة الصغارEjbouda-SgharGrouped672752.00.43.1
الشويحاتChouihatIn parts893761.81.73.4
أهل اجبيلAhl JbielGrouped532181.32.25.1
النواصرNouaceurGrouped351252.32.64.9
لقويدراتQouidratIn parts853502.02.08.3
لعماراتel AmaratGrouped752920.10.17.2
لعريباتLaaraybatDispersed351330.00.17.0
الجبورةJbouraGrouped702630.11.06.0
السعادنةSaadnaIn parts582280.00.25.2
أولاد رحوOulad RahouIn parts1075130.20.54.2
الغدرانel RhoudraneIn parts763000.00.010.2
لمساعديةMssadiaIn parts1145080.20.512.7
لمزيلاتLamzilateGrouped933———
سيدي الكرعانيSidi El GoraaniGrouped15———
لعلالشةLalalcha13 douars · 3,495 people
أولاد عيسىOulad AissaGrouped341470.00.04.0
أولاد سي عبد السلامOulad Si AbdesllamIn parts753290.91.04.2
أولاد الصغيرOulad SghirDispersed492150.20.44.0
لحروشةLahrouchaGrouped673550.03.95.8
أولاد السباعيOulad SbaaiDispersed301260.03.09.8
دار اعزيزيDar-AziziDispersed28111———
الحدادةEl HaddadaGrouped1286290.11.08.0
أولاد العينOulad LainGrouped1095710.90.38.7
أولاد اعمرOulad AmerGrouped1553———
لكراكبةLekrakbaGrouped1215436.20.97.2
العزبانel AzbeneGrouped462095.21.16.6
لخرارزةLakhrarzaGrouped716———
الجديدJdidGrouped471910.01.82.0
أولاد ميمونOulad Mimoun10 douars · 2,761 people
الصوالحSoualehDispersed1447251.51.58.6
السي احمد بن اسعيدSi Ahmed Ben SaidGrouped1242———
الغوازيel RhouaziGrouped502150.92.08.0
زيادنةZiadnaIn parts572531.21.07.6
الكواسمةel GouasmaGrouped814101.01.19.9
لعسارةLaassaraGrouped381711.12.014.6
أولاد بلعاليةOulad Bel AliaDispersed341461.01.517.6
أولاد زكريOulad ZakriGrouped1104760.30.415.5
أولاد امباركOulad MbarekGrouped612431.01.316.0
الغربانel RherbaneGrouped1680———

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
07.431.03.03
As digits
074310303
Slug
el-gouraani
OpenStreetMap
2827834
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("el-gouraani");

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