El Guerdane
الكردان
Urban commune in the province of Taroudannt, Souss-Massa.
- Population, 2024
- 13,747
- Since 2014
- +11.7%from 12,313 in 2014
- Density
- 698people per km², 19.7 km²
- Households
- 3,292
- Rank
- 508508th most populous of 1,503 communes14th of 89 in its province
Next door in Lakhnafif, 1.6% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 51.8%.
Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 1.8% to 51.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tan-Tan. Can’t read or write: 23.9% here, 20.3% there; higher education: 10.1% here, 10.8% there; running water: 97.1% here, 96.5% there.
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 Guerdane.
El Guerdane +11.7%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 23.9%aged 10 and over28.7% in 201432.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 24.1%14.7% in 201432.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 42.5%aged 15 and over46.5% in 201418.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 96.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.20children per woman2.82 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.0%of people4.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.2people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 97.1%of settled households97.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.7% | 75 and over | 2.6% | ||
| 2.1% | 70–74 | 2.1% | ||
| 2.9% | 65–69 | 2.7% | ||
| 4.3% | 60–64 | 4.2% | ||
| 4.9% | 55–59 | 4.9% | ||
| 6.0% | 50–54 | 5.4% | ||
| 6.1% | 45–49 | 6.2% | ||
| 7.4% | 40–44 | 7.8% | ||
| 6.3% | 35–39 | 8.0% | ||
| 6.5% | 30–34 | 7.2% | ||
| 6.3% | 25–29 | 6.7% | ||
| 7.2% | 20–24 | 7.6% | ||
| 9.5% | 15–19 | 8.5% | ||
| 11.5% | 10–14 | 9.3% | ||
| 9.2% | 5–9 | 9.7% | ||
| 7.2% | 0–4 | 7.2% | ||
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
- 28.7%aged 10 and over23.9% in 202438.8% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 14.7%24.1% in 202416.3% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 46.5%aged 15 and over42.5% in 202419.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 98.0%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.82children per woman1.20 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.5%of people6.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.6people on average4.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 97.2%of settled households97.1% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6% | 75 and over | 1.6% | ||
| 1.3% | 70–74 | 1.4% | ||
| 1.8% | 65–69 | 1.7% | ||
| 3.0% | 60–64 | 3.1% | ||
| 3.6% | 55–59 | 3.2% | ||
| 5.2% | 50–54 | 4.9% | ||
| 5.4% | 45–49 | 6.0% | ||
| 6.7% | 40–44 | 6.7% | ||
| 7.0% | 35–39 | 7.6% | ||
| 8.3% | 30–34 | 8.3% | ||
| 8.2% | 25–29 | 9.8% | ||
| 8.2% | 20–24 | 8.9% | ||
| 8.7% | 15–19 | 8.3% | ||
| 9.4% | 10–14 | 9.1% | ||
| 10.3% | 5–9 | 8.9% | ||
| 11.3% | 0–4 | 10.5% | ||
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.
Urban dwellings
The 2024 census counted the dwellings in El Guerdane’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary
- Dwellings
- 3,879
- Standing empty
- 20.2%13.8% vacant6.4% a second home
- Precarious
- 0.7%0.5% a slum or basic house
- On the sewer
- 52.9%94.6% on the water mains95.8% on the electricity grid
- Housing shortfall
- 1.1%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures
What kind they are
Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.
How old they are
When the dwelling was built.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 86963.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 79090.9% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 1,3611.7 per business
- Public services
- 47
- Associations
- 32in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
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.
In the data
Files and code
- Code
09.541.01.03- As digits
095410103- Slug
el-guerdane- Census figures
/api/communes/09.541.01.03/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/09.541.01.03/economy.json- Urban dwellings
/api/communes/09.541.01.03/housing.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/09.541.01.03/neighbours.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2835901
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("el-guerdane");