Errouha

الروحا

Rural commune in the cercle of Tinzouline, province of Zagora, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024: 9,521
Since 2014: −9.5%from 10,523 in 2014
Density: 23.7people per km², 402.3 km²
Households: 1,432
Rank: 773773rd most populous of 1,503 communes14th of 25 in its province

Next door in Zagora, 92.6% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 1.8%.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Rmilat. Aged 65 and over: 7.4% here, 6.7% there; running water: 94.8% here, 86.5% there; Darija: 97.6% here, 97.8% there.

Compare it with Rmilat

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

47903

How it changed

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

Errouha −9.5%

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: 34.0%aged 10 and over39.6% in 201443.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 14.9%11.5% in 201443.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 29.3%aged 15 and over37.2% in 20141.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 95.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.60children per woman2.95 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 3.5%of people3.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 6.6people on average9.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 94.8%of settled households93.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Errouha: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.9%	75 and over	2.4%
2.5%	70–74	2.5%
2.2%	65–69	2.3%
2.6%	60–64	3.1%
2.9%	55–59	3.7%
3.3%	50–54	4.3%
4.0%	45–49	4.4%
4.9%	40–44	6.0%
5.4%	35–39	6.0%
7.1%	30–34	7.2%
8.4%	25–29	6.6%
8.0%	20–24	7.4%
10.1%	15–19	9.2%
13.6%	10–14	13.0%
12.4%	5–9	11.9%
9.8%	0–4	10.1%

Local languages used

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

Darija97.6%
Tachelhit18.9%
Tamazight0.5%
Hassania0.1%
Tarifit0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.4%
French22.1%
English6.9%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot35.7%
Bike or motorcycle30.5%
Informal transport17.3%
Doesn’t travel to work4.6%
Bus3.3%
Private car3.1%
Employer’s transport2.2%
Taxi1.6%
Another way1.3%
Animal0.5%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 39.6%aged 10 and over34.0% in 202452.0% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 11.5%14.9% in 202469.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 37.2%aged 15 and over29.3% in 20244.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 96.1%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.95children per woman2.60 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 3.5%of people3.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 9.9people on average6.6 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 93.7%of settled households94.8% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Errouha: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.0%	75 and over	1.5%
1.5%	70–74	1.5%
2.0%	65–69	1.6%
2.8%	60–64	2.9%
2.6%	55–59	2.5%
2.8%	50–54	3.3%
3.2%	45–49	4.2%
3.4%	40–44	4.5%
4.3%	35–39	4.9%
6.3%	30–34	6.6%
7.5%	25–29	8.6%
10.6%	20–24	11.0%
13.1%	15–19	11.6%
11.8%	10–14	11.1%
11.3%	5–9	10.8%
14.7%	0–4	13.4%

Local languages used

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

Darija90.1%
Tamazight17.8%
Hassania1.9%
Tachelhit0.8%
Tarifit0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic only55.6%
Arabic and French33.4%
Arabic, French and English8.4%
Other combinations2.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot67.9%
Bike or motorcycle15.2%
Bus6.2%
Not stated4.8%
Private car3.1%
Taxi1.3%
Employer’s transport0.8%
Another way0.8%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%
Works at home0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood53.2%
Another province24.6%
Another commune10.8%
Not stated4.7%
No fixed place3.9%
Another in the commune2.5%
Somewhere else0.3%
At home0.0%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farming and fishing26.5%
Labouring and small trades21.8%
Crafts and skilled trades20.6%
Farm and fishing labour15.4%
Clerical work5.4%
Trade and broking5.1%
Not classified2.6%
Machine operating1.3%
Managers and senior professionals0.9%
Technicians0.5%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma66.8%
Primary23.3%
Lower secondary6.8%
Upper secondary1.7%
DEUG or Licence1.3%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 12913.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 5139.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 811.6 per business
Public services: 62
Associations: 16in premises of their own

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce74.5%
Services11.8%
Industry9.8%
Construction3.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person82.4%
2 to 311.8%
4 to 93.9%
10 to 492.0%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later33.3%
2011–201947.1%
2001–201017.6%
1991–20002.0%
1981–19900.0%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Errouha’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 22 douars in 5 fractions, with 9,519 people. 2 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
بوخلالBoukhlal7 douars · 1,901 people
أولاد حروشOuled Harrouch	Grouped	26	195	—	—	—
زاوية تيمغريZaouiat Timaghrie	Grouped	8	65	—	—	—
بوخلالBoukhlal	Grouped	92	534	1.1	1.1	1.1
قصبة أولاد بوعشةKasbat Oulad Bouicha	Grouped	9	60	—	—	—
زاوية الحنةZaouit El Hna	Grouped	88	555	0.0	0.0	1.0
أيت المالAit Elmal	Grouped	29	201	—	—	—
الدبدبةDabdaba	Grouped	30	291	1.0	1.1	3.2
بن دلالاBen Dlala1 douar · 768 people
بن دلالاBen Dlala	In parts	137	768	1.7	2.0	11.0
المنصوريةEl Mansouria4 douars · 1,244 people
المنصوريةEl Mansouria	Grouped	44	311	1.0	1.2	3.7
تمازيرتTamazirte	Grouped	50	371	1.0	1.3	9.0
أولاد الباشاOulad El Bacha	Grouped	19	180	—	—	—
لعبيدLaabid	Grouped	50	382	1.0	1.2	4.3
تمجوطTamjout8 douars · 3,619 people
تمجوطTamjout	Grouped	47	327	0.0	0.0	0.0
أولاد العشابOulad el Aachab	Grouped	13	122	—	—	—
قصر الجديدKsar Jdid	Grouped	44	319	0.1	1.0	1.0
قصبة الوفىKasba El Oufa	Grouped	8	52	—	—	—
زاوية سيدي البغداد(بن خليل)Zaouia Sidi El Baghdad (Ben Khlil)	In parts	266	1,905	1.5	1.3	1.7
حارث أولاد حريزHart Oulad Hriz	Grouped	73	464	0.6	0.6	0.6
أولاد علي بن ميلودOulad Ali Ben Miloud	Grouped	44	369	0.9	2.0	2.0
البيرشاتBirchate	Grouped	11	61	—	—	—
أولاد الحاجOuled El Hadj2 douars · 1,987 people
أولاد الحاجOuled El Hadj	In parts	138	922	0.0	0.0	3.0
زاوية الفتحZaouia el Fatah	In parts	206	1,065	1.0	1.8	7.6

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: 08.587.07.15
As digits: 085870715
Slug: errouha
Record: /api/communes/08.587.07.15.json
Boundary: /api/communes/08.587.07.15/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/08.587.07.15/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/08.587.07.15/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/08.587.07.15/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/08.587.07.15/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/08.587.07.15/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2884987

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