Gheris El Ouloui

اغريس العلوي

Rural commune in the cercle of Goulmima, province of Errachidia, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024: 12,193
Since 2014: +1.3%from 12,043 in 2014
Density: 50.7people per km², 240.6 km²
Households: 2,450
Rank: 581581st most populous of 1,503 communes12th of 29 in its province

Since 2014, unemployment went from 10.8% to 28.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Imlil. Running water: 97.6% here, 94.8% there; read French: 51.4% here, 54.9% there; unemployment: 28.6% here, 27.2% there.

Compare it with Imlil

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

52256

How it changed

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

Gheris El Ouloui +1.3%

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: 24.7%aged 10 and over28.4% in 201433.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 28.6%10.8% in 201457.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 29.8%aged 15 and over36.7% in 20144.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.37children per woman2.82 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.0%of people5.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 5.0people on average6.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 97.6%of settled households91.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Gheris El Ouloui: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
4.4%	75 and over	4.4%
2.7%	70–74	3.1%
3.0%	65–69	2.8%
4.5%	60–64	4.6%
4.3%	55–59	4.9%
5.4%	50–54	5.5%
5.8%	45–49	6.7%
5.8%	40–44	7.3%
5.5%	35–39	6.5%
6.2%	30–34	6.8%
6.2%	25–29	6.0%
7.2%	20–24	6.7%
8.8%	15–19	8.7%
11.7%	10–14	9.8%
10.2%	5–9	9.2%
8.3%	0–4	7.0%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight86.4%
Darija77.3%
Tachelhit11.1%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.2%
French51.4%
English10.1%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh2.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Bike or motorcycle47.9%
On foot31.7%
Taxi7.6%
Employer’s transport4.4%
Private car3.8%
Doesn’t travel to work2.8%
Another way0.6%
Bus0.5%
Informal transport0.5%
Animal0.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 28.4%aged 10 and over24.7% in 202439.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 10.8%28.6% in 202420.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 36.7%aged 15 and over29.8% in 202414.4% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 97.6%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.82children per woman2.37 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.1%of people5.0% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.3people on average5.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 91.3%of settled households97.6% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Gheris El Ouloui: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.1%	75 and over	2.7%
2.3%	70–74	2.1%
2.0%	65–69	2.4%
3.4%	60–64	3.4%
2.8%	55–59	3.3%
4.0%	50–54	4.4%
4.5%	45–49	4.6%
5.3%	40–44	5.9%
5.8%	35–39	7.3%
6.0%	30–34	8.7%
7.2%	25–29	7.9%
10.4%	20–24	9.8%
11.7%	15–19	10.0%
10.4%	10–14	9.3%
9.6%	5–9	8.5%
11.6%	0–4	9.7%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight98.2%
Darija62.8%
Tachelhit0.2%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French33.5%
Arabic only28.4%
Other combinations22.8%
Arabic, French and English15.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Bike or motorcycle38.3%
On foot27.5%
Bus18.7%
Works at home6.9%
Not stated3.7%
Another way1.5%
Private car1.4%
Taxi1.2%
Employer’s transport0.8%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood29.1%
Another commune24.1%
No fixed place20.3%
Another province13.2%
At home6.9%
Not stated3.6%
Another in the commune2.7%
Somewhere else0.1%

What people did

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

Labouring and small trades31.6%
Crafts and skilled trades26.8%
Farming and fishing12.2%
Farm and fishing labour9.9%
Trade and broking7.0%
Clerical work6.6%
Managers and senior professionals2.3%
Machine operating1.5%
Technicians1.3%
Not classified0.7%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma54.8%
Primary26.2%
Lower secondary11.9%
Upper secondary4.9%
DEUG or Licence2.1%
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: 20016.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 14874.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1891.3 per business
Public services: 40
Associations: 12in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce61.5%
Services19.6%
Industry14.9%
Construction4.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person88.5%
2 to 310.1%
4 to 90.7%
10 to 490.7%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later45.9%
2011–201936.5%
2001–201010.1%
1991–20006.1%
1981–19901.4%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Gheris El Ouloui’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 11 douars in 3 fractions, with 12,168 people. 25 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
حرتHrt3 douars · 4,006 people
قصر حرث القديمةKsar Hrt Kdima	Grouped	194	998	1.3	2.0	2.0
حرت الجديدHart Jdid	Dispersed	459	2,288	1.1	1.7	3.4
ايت فاسكىAït Faska	Grouped	129	720	1.3	1.3	3.6
أيت يحيا أوعثمانAït Yahia Ou Atmane3 douars · 5,988 people
أيت يحيا أوعثمانAït Yahia Ou Atmane	Dispersed	299	1,396	0.6	1.0	1.9
مكامانMgamane	Grouped	198	1,048	0.0	0.2	2.1
تيمحراشTimahrach	Dispersed	697	3,544	0.4	0.9	0.9
أيت أوزينAit Ouzine5 douars · 2,174 people
إغرغرIgharghar	Grouped	204	917	1.0	1.2	2.9
أيت كطوAit Kato	Grouped	145	665	1.0	1.0	2.0
تعوانينTiaouanine	Grouped	41	186	1.0	1.0	1.0
زرارةZrara	Grouped	70	365	1.0	1.0	2.1
ايت سيدي الغازيAït Sidi Al Ghazi	Grouped	11	41	—	—	—

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: 08.201.13.07
As digits: 082011307
Slug: gheris-el-ouloui
Record: /api/communes/08.201.13.07.json
Boundary: /api/communes/08.201.13.07/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/08.201.13.07/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/08.201.13.07/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/08.201.13.07/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/08.201.13.07/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/08.201.13.07/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2884818

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