El Ouatia

الوطية

Urban commune in the province of Tan-Tan, Guelmim-Oued Noun.

Population, 2024
14,258
Since 2014
+53.4%from 9,295 in 2014
Density
542people per km², 26.3 km²
Households
3,717
Foreign residents
15
Rank
481481st most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 7 in its province

Where it is

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

ChbikaBen KhlilAbtehMsiedTan-TanTilemzoun

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

El Ouatia +53.4%

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
14.3%aged 10 and over18.6% in 201418.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
11.1%8.3% in 201422.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
51.2%aged 15 and over63.4% in 201413.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
3.33children per woman3.06 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
2.5%of people1.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.5people on average3.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
93.9%of settled households81.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

El Ouatia: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
0.7%75 and over0.7%
1.1%70–740.5%
1.4%65–691.1%
3.2%60–641.9%
3.6%55–592.7%
5.3%50–544.1%
6.3%45–494.9%
8.7%40–447.0%
7.8%35–398.5%
8.6%30–349.8%
8.0%25–299.8%
7.4%20–248.0%
7.6%15–197.7%
9.6%10–1410.0%
10.6%5–912.0%
10.2%0–411.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija96.2%
  • Tachelhit19.5%
  • Hassania11.1%
  • Tamazight5.9%
  • Tarifit1.4%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French50.2%
  • English14.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh4.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot51.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle16.1%
  • Private car10.2%
  • Employer’s transport8.0%
  • Taxi4.1%
  • Bus0.5%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
6,107
Standing empty
40.4%19.2% vacant21.2% a second home
Precarious
4.9%0.5% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
56.0%91.1% on the water mains91.0% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
7.0%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house91.7%
  • Other4.4%
  • Apartment2.4%
  • Traditional house0.7%
  • Slum or basic house0.5%
  • Villa0.3%
  • Rural-type0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years83.5%
  • 20 to 49 years16.2%
  • 50 years or more0.4%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
77254.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
68789.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2,3263.4 per business
Public services
66
Associations
19in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce47.9%
  • Services30.0%
  • Industry19.2%
  • Construction2.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person55.5%
  • 2 to 333.2%
  • 4 to 95.5%
  • 10 to 494.9%
  • 50 and over0.9%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later39.0%
  • 2011–201935.1%
  • 2001–201015.1%
  • 1991–20006.7%
  • 1981–19903.8%
  • 1956–19800.3%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
10.521.01.03
As digits
105210103
Slug
el-ouatia
Record
/api/communes/10.521.01.03.json
Boundary
/api/communes/10.521.01.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/10.521.01.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/10.521.01.03/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/10.521.01.03/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/10.521.01.03/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2890949
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("el-ouatia");

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