El Koudia El Beida

الكدية البيضاء

Rural commune in the cercle of Oulad Teima, province of Taroudannt, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
23,666
Since 2014
+8.2%from 21,875 in 2014
Density
243people per km², 97.5 km²
Households
5,582
Foreign residents
6
Rank
250250th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 89 in its province

Next door in Oulad Teima, 94.4% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 2.1%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 10.6% to 23.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sid Zouine. Running water: 98.5% here, 94.7% there; Darija: 99.0% here, 98.9% there; aged 65 and over: 8.9% here, 8.2% there.

Compare it with Sid Zouine

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 Koudia El Beida.

El Koudia El Beida +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
32.8%aged 10 and over37.3% in 201440.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
23.3%10.6% in 201421.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
36.9%aged 15 and over41.6% in 20145.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.58children per woman2.16 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.1%of people4.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
98.5%of settled households94.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

El Koudia El Beida: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.4%75 and over3.6%
2.4%70–742.5%
2.8%65–693.1%
4.4%60–644.6%
4.8%55–594.7%
6.2%50–545.7%
6.9%45–496.8%
7.1%40–447.3%
6.6%35–396.7%
6.3%30–346.5%
6.3%25–296.7%
6.8%20–247.0%
8.9%15–198.4%
9.9%10–149.8%
9.8%5–99.0%
7.5%0–47.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.0%
  • Tachelhit6.0%
  • Hassania0.9%
  • Tamazight0.4%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French43.9%
  • English12.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle40.6%
  • Employer’s transport14.0%
  • Private car11.7%
  • On foot11.3%
  • Taxi7.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work6.0%
  • Informal transport3.6%
  • Bus3.5%
  • Animal0.9%
  • Another way0.7%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
45719.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
32571.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3751.2 per business
Public services
87
Associations
45in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce70.5%
  • Services17.8%
  • Industry9.8%
  • Construction1.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person91.4%
  • 2 to 37.7%
  • 4 to 90.6%
  • 10 to 490.3%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later41.8%
  • 2011–201941.2%
  • 2001–20109.2%
  • 1991–20004.9%
  • 1981–19900.9%
  • 1956–19801.8%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

El Koudia El Beida’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 12 douars in 2 fractions, with 23,663 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
الكدية البيضاء الغربية(أولاد أحساين)El Koudia Bida Gharbia (Oulad Hsaine)7 douars · 13,786 people
الكديةel KoudiaGrouped7403,1230.00.61.6
إداوݣليدIda ou GuellidGrouped3991,5610.11.72.9
السمومات لرجامSmoumate LarjamGrouped4361,9010.91.14.2
بوحمارةBou HamaraGrouped4932,0620.20.84.3
الكرارمةKrarmaGrouped3871,5390.51.56.0
إيلالةYlalaGrouped5212,2230.10.72.0
الزبيراتZbiratGrouped3191,3770.60.83.9
الكدية البيضاء الشرقية(أولاد أحساين)El Koudia Bida Charqia (Oulad Hsaine)5 douars · 9,877 people
الرݣايكErrgaykGrouped3051,2661.01.68.0
بوخشبةBou KhechbaGrouped6042,6011.11.21.4
الݣرون الݣرعةEl Grounel GraaGrouped7323,2670.41.46.0
بني طيلبBni TilbGrouped5052,1230.21.34.4
الݣريعة (العرب)El Gria (Al Arab)Grouped1416200.32.76.8

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code
Code
09.541.05.11
As digits
095410511
Slug
el-koudia-el-beida
OpenStreetMap
2835877
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("el-koudia-el-beida");

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