Ezzaouite

الزاويت

Rural commune in the cercle of Ait Daoud, province of Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
5,818
Since 2014
−8.3%from 6,341 in 2014
Density
77.5people per km², 75.1 km²
Households
1,470
Foreign residents
1
Rank
1,1241,124th most populous of 1,503 communes27th of 57 in its province

Next door in Sidi El Jazouli, 24.3% of households have running water. Here, it’s 64.5%.

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 67.5% to 95.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Boumerieme. Darija: 54.0% here, 49.8% there; higher education: 1.8% here, 3.0% there; household size: 4.0 here, 3.8 there.

Compare it with Boumerieme

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 Ezzaouite.

Ezzaouite −8.3%

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
49.7%aged 10 and over62.2% in 201459.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
15.3%1.8% in 20149.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
33.5%aged 15 and over38.9% in 20141.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.83children per woman3.37 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.2%of people6.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
64.5%of settled households54.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ezzaouite: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.9%75 and over5.6%
4.1%70–743.2%
3.4%65–693.2%
3.6%60–645.3%
4.7%55–594.9%
4.9%50–545.4%
5.6%45–495.3%
6.3%40–445.9%
5.8%35–395.1%
5.7%30–345.5%
5.2%25–295.0%
5.0%20–245.4%
8.9%15–198.9%
11.5%10–1412.5%
11.7%5–911.0%
8.5%0–48.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit99.0%
  • Darija54.0%
  • Tamazight0.3%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.8%
  • French38.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh6.8%
  • English4.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot35.6%
  • Informal transport24.7%
  • Animal10.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work8.0%
  • Taxi6.2%
  • Bus5.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle4.3%
  • Private car3.8%
  • Another way1.2%
  • Employer’s transport1.0%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
9616.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1010.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
292.9 per business
Public services
83
Associations
3in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce90.0%
  • Industry10.0%
  • Construction0.0%
  • Services0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person90.0%
  • 2 to 30.0%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 4910.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later10.0%
  • 2011–201970.0%
  • 2001–201010.0%
  • 1991–20000.0%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–198010.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ezzaouite’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 9 douars in 3 fractions, with 5,818 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
هيلالةHilala3 douars · 2,971 people
ايت ابراهيمAit BrahimIn parts3221,26911.61.724.4
الزاويت اسوقينZaouite AssoukineIn parts2379785.41.113.0
اشرمونIcharmiounIn parts1697247.90.915.0
سمغورةSemghoura5 douars · 2,768 people
تخفيستTikhfistIn parts2951,0865.21.75.8
تكواوتTakouitIn parts2288951.42.27.0
اكي غيل القلعةIgi Ghil El KelâaIn parts682671.21.66.4
تغرمينTirhermineIn parts602471.01.95.6
اداݣومنIda ou GmeneIn parts712732.73.07.1
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 79 people
سيدي ابراهيم (عطارة)Sidi Brahim (Atara)Grouped2079———

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
07.211.07.15
As digits
072110715
Slug
ezzaouite
OpenStreetMap
2820948
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ezzaouite");

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