Gdana

كدانة

Rural commune in the cercle of Settat Chamalia, province of Settat, Casablanca-Settat.

Population, 2024
8,462
Since 2014
−6.9%from 9,084 in 2014
Density
41.8people per km², 202.4 km²
Households
1,906
Foreign residents
1
Rank
865865th most populous of 1,503 communes30th of 46 in its province

Next door in Sidi Abdelkhaleq, 1.3% of households have running water. Here, it’s 85.1%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 0.4% to 85.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Khalfia. In the labour force: 30.6% here, 32.2% there; aged 65 and over: 11.7% here, 11.9% there; running water: 85.1% here, 93.2% there.

Compare it with Khalfia

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 Gdana.

Gdana −6.9%

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
40.9%aged 10 and over49.0% in 201451.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
21.2%18.7% in 201432.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
30.6%aged 15 and over46.6% in 20143.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.24children per woman2.69 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.8%of people4.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.4people on average5.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
85.1%of settled households0.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Gdana: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.7%75 and over5.0%
3.5%70–743.1%
3.7%65–694.4%
4.3%60–645.2%
4.4%55–595.0%
6.0%50–545.4%
5.3%45–495.8%
6.0%40–446.6%
6.4%35–395.8%
6.1%30–345.5%
6.7%25–296.3%
7.5%20–246.8%
8.9%15–198.5%
10.5%10–1411.2%
9.4%5–98.5%
7.5%0–46.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.0%
  • Tachelhit0.7%
  • Tamazight0.1%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French42.5%
  • English6.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot30.6%
  • Taxi28.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work20.1%
  • Informal transport7.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle4.9%
  • Private car2.8%
  • Employer’s transport2.0%
  • Another way1.3%
  • Animal1.1%
  • Bus1.0%
  • Train0.3%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
15918.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
6037.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
851.4 per business
Public services
85
Associations
14in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce71.7%
  • Industry20.0%
  • Services6.7%
  • Construction1.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person86.7%
  • 2 to 36.7%
  • 4 to 95.0%
  • 10 to 491.7%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later3.3%
  • 2011–201956.7%
  • 2001–201011.7%
  • 1991–20003.3%
  • 1981–199020.0%
  • 1956–19805.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Gdana’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 29 douars in 6 fractions, with 8,462 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
شرقاوةCharqaoua5 douars · 2,136 people
دوار اولاد سي الطاهرDouar Oulad Si TaharGrouped572552.23.815.5
دوار السعادنةDouar SaadnaIn parts451951.42.98.2
دوار السحالتةDouar EsshaltaIn parts964562.41.56.9
دوار لكراديدDouar LakradidIn parts1566980.71.114.8
دوار الزاويةDouar ZaouiaIn parts1295321.10.912.4
بني امحمد الجنوبيةBni M'hamed Janoubia8 douars · 1,492 people
دوار لݣراريينDouar LagrariineIn parts662780.71.55.5
دوار لكبارتةDouar LakbartaIn parts2380———
دوار اولاد عليDouar Oulad AliIn parts1764———
دوار السلاهمةDouar SlahmaIn parts401360.21.94.4
دوار الصقاقلةDouar EsskaklaGrouped25112———
دوار الكعارنةDouar Al KarnaIn parts552100.52.25.8
دوار لكرامطةDouar LakramtaIn parts1044761.42.33.9
دوار لخفانشةDouar LakhfanchaGrouped311362.03.07.8
الزراهنة (الشمالية)Zrahna (Chamalia)5 douars · 2,499 people
دوار اولاد الشرقاويDouar Oulad EcchrkaouyIn parts512753.71.28.1
دوار اولاد سي الهواريDouar Oulad Si El HouariGrouped843053.61.218.6
دوار اللواتةDouar EllouataIn parts1767682.41.114.9
دوار اولاد الكدانيDouar Oulad El KdaniGrouped562981.91.017.3
دوار اولاد بن عزوزDouar Oulad Ben AzzouzGrouped1708533.51.619.3
بني امحمد الشماليةBni M'hamed Chamalia8 douars · 1,322 people
دوار درقاوةDouar DerkaouaIn parts1980———
دوار العونات العدولDouar Awnat El AdoulGrouped502340.00.07.0
دوار القصيبةDouar El KsibaIn parts411892.52.34.3
دوار الݣطارنةDouar LagtarnaGrouped331380.01.92.0
دوار مولاي امحمدDouar Moulay M'hamedGrouped26123———
دوار القريةDouar El KariaGrouped1004160.00.10.2
مركز اخميس اكدانةCentre Akhemis AkdanaGrouped1254———
تعاونية المركزCoopérative CentreGrouped1988———
الزراهنة الجنوبيةZrahna Janoubia2 douars · 992 people
الزنازنةZnaznaIn parts1305501.24.413.8
اللواتة الجنوبيةEllouata JanoubiaIn parts904421.02.413.6
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 21 people
اكناونAknaouneGrouped521———

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
06.461.15.05
As digits
064611505
Slug
gdana
OpenStreetMap
2866433
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("gdana");

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