Foum El Oued

فم الواد

Rural commune in the cercle of Laâyoune, province of Laâyoune, Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra.

Population, 2024
1,844
Since 2014
+33.6%from 1,380 in 2014
Density
0.9people per km², 2,181.5 km²
Households
513
Foreign residents
21
Rank
1,4451,445th most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 5 in its province

Where it is

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

BoukraaEl MarsaLaâyouneDcheira

How it changed

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

Foum El Oued +33.6%

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
11.9%aged 10 and over26.0% in 201418.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
30.1%21.5% in 201472.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
47.9%aged 15 and over56.6% in 201413.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.04children per woman1.97 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
2.6%of people2.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.6people on average3.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
71.9%of settled households47.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Foum El Oued: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.1%75 and over1.6%
1.4%70–742.0%
2.2%65–691.8%
4.2%60–642.5%
4.3%55–594.2%
9.5%50–545.8%
7.8%45–496.8%
6.8%40–446.8%
6.7%35–398.2%
7.7%30–346.6%
5.5%25–296.9%
7.2%20–246.4%
7.4%15–198.6%
10.2%10–149.9%
9.3%5–910.5%
8.0%0–411.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija57.3%
  • Hassania50.0%
  • Tachelhit15.5%
  • Tamazight0.6%
  • Tarifit0.4%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.9%
  • French45.6%
  • English17.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot68.9%
  • Private car12.0%
  • Bus6.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.8%
  • Employer’s transport1.2%
  • Taxi0.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
11461.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
7767.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4596.0 per business
Public services
36
Associations
1in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce62.3%
  • Services23.4%
  • Industry13.0%
  • Construction1.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person57.1%
  • 2 to 314.3%
  • 4 to 915.6%
  • 10 to 4911.7%
  • 50 and over1.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later35.1%
  • 2011–201931.2%
  • 2001–201015.6%
  • 1991–200016.9%
  • 1981–19901.3%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
11.321.03.05
As digits
113210305
Slug
foum-el-oued
Record
/api/communes/11.321.03.05.json
Boundary
/api/communes/11.321.03.05/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/11.321.03.05/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/11.321.03.05/economy.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/11.321.03.05/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
3417102
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("foum-el-oued");

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