Ghmate

اغمات

Rural commune in the cercle of Ait Ourir, province of Al Haouz, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024: 28,674
Since 2014: +13.7%from 25,220 in 2014
Density: 241people per km², 118.8 km²
Households: 6,526
Foreign residents: 39
Rank: 195195th most populous of 1,503 communes7th of 40 in its province

Since 2014, households with running water went from 56.8% to 74.9%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ain Karma-Oued Rommane. Unemployment: 15.6% here, 15.4% there; in the labour force: 42.6% here, 41.4% there; higher education: 3.2% here, 2.7% there.

Compare it with Ain Karma-Oued Rommane

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

42252

How it changed

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

Ghmate +13.7%

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: 35.3%aged 10 and over41.9% in 201445.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 15.6%9.4% in 201428.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 42.6%aged 15 and over47.3% in 20145.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.49children per woman2.68 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.8%of people4.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.4people on average5.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 74.9%of settled households56.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ghmate: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.8%	75 and over	3.4%
2.2%	70–74	2.3%
3.4%	65–69	3.0%
4.2%	60–64	4.1%
3.6%	55–59	4.1%
4.7%	50–54	4.8%
6.0%	45–49	5.9%
6.3%	40–44	6.3%
6.7%	35–39	6.5%
7.7%	30–34	6.9%
7.4%	25–29	7.0%
7.6%	20–24	7.1%
8.8%	15–19	8.8%
10.1%	10–14	10.3%
9.9%	5–9	10.8%
8.6%	0–4	8.6%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit91.0%
Darija76.1%
Tamazight4.7%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.1%
French43.5%
English9.3%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Bike or motorcycle38.2%
On foot25.4%
Bus11.9%
Private car6.1%
Informal transport6.0%
Doesn’t travel to work6.0%
Taxi4.2%
Employer’s transport1.7%
Another way0.3%
Train0.2%
Animal0.1%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 41.9%aged 10 and over35.3% in 202453.8% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 9.4%15.6% in 202446.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 47.3%aged 15 and over42.6% in 20249.3% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 95.8%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.68children per woman2.49 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.5%of people4.8% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.2people on average4.4 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 56.8%of settled households74.9% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Ghmate: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.4%	75 and over	2.2%
1.5%	70–74	1.8%
1.9%	65–69	1.8%
2.8%	60–64	3.2%
3.9%	55–59	3.4%
4.7%	50–54	4.3%
4.3%	45–49	4.2%
5.4%	40–44	6.0%
6.8%	35–39	6.5%
7.4%	30–34	7.1%
8.8%	25–29	8.3%
9.8%	20–24	9.2%
9.3%	15–19	10.4%
9.9%	10–14	10.4%
10.2%	5–9	10.5%
10.8%	0–4	10.8%

Local languages used

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

Tachelhit96.0%
Darija54.4%
Tamazight0.1%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French46.4%
Arabic only43.6%
Arabic, French and English9.0%
Other combinations1.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot32.9%
Bike or motorcycle20.2%
Bus18.3%
Taxi15.7%
Private car5.4%
Not stated3.2%
Another way1.7%
Works at home1.5%
Train0.8%
Employer’s transport0.3%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood30.2%
Another province23.6%
No fixed place21.4%
Another commune10.5%
Another in the commune9.2%
Not stated3.2%
At home1.5%
Somewhere else0.3%

What people did

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

Labouring and small trades22.9%
Crafts and skilled trades21.1%
Farm and fishing labour17.1%
Farming and fishing12.3%
Clerical work12.1%
Trade and broking8.1%
Machine operating3.3%
Managers and senior professionals1.5%
Not classified0.9%
Technicians0.7%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma71.4%
Primary19.6%
Lower secondary6.0%
Upper secondary2.1%
DEUG or Licence0.8%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Ghmate’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings: 428
Standing empty: 23.4%10.7% vacant12.6% a second home
Precarious: 12.4%1.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 56.5%62.9% on the water mains93.0% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 17.1%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house83.6%
Rural-type11.2%
Villa2.6%
Traditional house1.4%
Slum or basic house1.2%
Apartment0.0%
Other0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years67.1%
20 to 49 years29.7%
50 years or more3.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 68824.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 45966.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1,0372.3 per business
Public services: 180
Associations: 49in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce58.4%
Services26.6%
Industry13.3%
Construction1.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person77.1%
2 to 319.2%
4 to 92.4%
10 to 490.9%
50 and over0.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later32.5%
2011–201943.1%
2001–201014.4%
1991–20006.3%
1981–19902.0%
1956–19801.7%
Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Ghmate

1,359

Douars

Ghmate’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 62 douars in 5 fractions, with 27,315 people. Another 1,359 live in Ghmate, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
ايت وادوز الجبلAit Ouadouz Jbel15 douars · 5,642 people
أݣرسيفAguersif	Grouped	48	195	0.0	1.0	16.0
الزرايبZrayb	Grouped	76	376	0.2	1.9	6.9
تلات أنسالTlata-n-Sal	In parts	131	558	1.0	1.6	14.8
اݣودار نتلزاIgoudar-n-Atliza	In parts	143	618	1.0	1.6	4.8
تيليت الفوقانيةTilit Fouqania	In parts	174	843	0.2	1.1	7.0
ايسيل نوازماIssil-n-Wazma	In parts	94	390	0.6	1.1	8.4
احربيلنIharbilene	Dispersed	59	310	0.0	0.0	15.0
اكادير نايت عابدAgadir-n-Aït Abd	Grouped	72	311	0.5	1.1	14.0
ايت ورحمانAit Arehamane	In parts	56	279	1.0	1.0	6.8
ايت بلحاجAit Bel Haj	In parts	102	441	1.3	0.4	15.3
اكادير نيد يحيىAgadir-n-Idihya	In parts	46	219	5.4	2.6	17.6
أمضيAmdi	Grouped	50	247	0.1	1.4	13.0
ثلات ميمون (شعبة ميمون)Talate Mimoun (Chaaba Mimoun)	Grouped	33	174	0.3	2.0	12.0
إراقنIraqene	In parts	67	278	0.6	1.0	12.9
تيليت التحتانية (أيت تݣرامت)Tilit Tahtania (Ait Tagramt)	Grouped	92	403	0.2	1.0	6.6
ايت وادوز لوطاAit Ouadouz Louta15 douars · 8,120 people
إعلامن (أمعشاق)Ilamen (Amachak)	In parts	181	816	0.2	1.0	1.5
الظهرةDahra	In parts	238	1,002	0.6	1.2	4.0
السكومSekkoum	In parts	297	1,285	0.5	1.4	2.3
لبريزةEl Briza	In parts	247	1,079	0.7	1.5	4.4
درع ايت قدورDraa Ait Kaddour	In parts	179	730	0.0	1.7	10.2
تيفراتينTifratine	In parts	166	726	0.2	2.9	12.2
أيت الرايسAyt Er Rays	In parts	134	543	1.3	2.4	10.1
إكناكAknak	Grouped	58	251	2.0	1.8	7.9
سيدي بويحيى التحتانيSidi Bouyahia Tahtani	In parts	28	124	—	—	—
شعبةChaaba	Grouped	71	301	1.2	1.6	6.0
سيدي بويحيى الفوقانيSidi Bouyahia Fougani	In parts	116	526	2.8	2.0	6.9
أيت غظيفةAit Ghdifa	Grouped	86	382	1.1	1.2	3.0
أيت بوريمAit Bourim	Grouped	26	118	—	—	—
أقادوسAkadous	Grouped	20	87	—	—	—
الحسانيةEl Hasania	Grouped	52	150	0.1	3.1	14.2
اغمات المركزGhmate Centre12 douars · 5,977 people
القريةEl Keria	In parts	383	1,585	0.9	1.9	2.3
ايت زعبولAyt Zaboul	Grouped	30	125	1.0	3.0	3.0
ايت حماد اومغارAit Hmad Amghar	In parts	193	844	1.0	0.9	2.4
أيت وحسونAyt Al Houssayne	Grouped	72	338	0.2	0.9	3.2
أيت الزاتAit Ezzat	In parts	71	309	0.8	2.3	4.2
ادغوغنAdghoghn	Grouped	54	229	0.0	0.0	0.0
أيت الدكالي السكومAit Doukal Skoum	Grouped	38	174	0.5	1.4	1.4
سيدي بغدادSidi Baghdad	In parts	250	1,116	1.6	2.7	2.8
أيت وامضنAit Wamdane	In parts	71	280	0.7	2.6	2.7
ايت بوتلاتAit Boutlat	In parts	71	292	1.2	1.3	3.5
أيت تمزيلتAyt Temzilt	Grouped	150	647	1.0	2.0	1.9
أغمات المركزGhmate Centre	In parts	9	38	—	—	—
ادوز تمسولتAdouz Tamsoult12 douars · 3,751 people
أيت تݣانتAit Tagnante	In parts	93	435	6.4	6.6	16.6
ادوز نيخندافنAdouz Nikhndafen	In parts	134	617	2.2	2.6	12.2
أدوز نݣيAdouz Ngui	Grouped	36	198	5.6	5.6	19.4
إيسيل نݣادجيIyssil Ngadji	Grouped	20	89	—	—	—
تيغزاTighza	In parts	71	311	3.4	3.4	17.0
إغيل نيعفانIghil Nouaffane	Grouped	80	377	0.2	2.0	8.7
إغيل نوݣالفIghil Noukalef	Grouped	49	201	0.3	2.0	8.5
تدارت تمسولتTaddart Tamsoult	Grouped	45	212	0.5	1.1	7.8
تمسولتTamsoulte	Grouped	43	210	0.4	1.4	8.9
تافيلالتTafilalt	Grouped	84	342	0.8	1.8	7.4
أماسينAmassine	Grouped	103	508	0.5	2.7	6.9
تݣاديرت نتامسولتTagadirt-n-Tamsoult	Grouped	53	251	0.9	1.0	5.9
الحواجبEl Houajeb8 douars · 3,825 people
حاجب تمسولتHajeb Tamsoult	In parts	162	763	1.9	1.8	5.2
الحادج أيت وادوزEl Hadj Ait Ouadouz	In parts	168	736	1.5	2.1	4.9
حاجب أيت فارسHajeb Ait Fares	Grouped	32	143	0.4	1.2	4.8
حاجب أيت الحسينHajeb Ait El Houssine	Grouped	64	258	0.0	1.1	4.0
حاجب أيت بن مباركHajeb Ait Ben Mbarek	Grouped	60	262	0.0	2.0	5.0
دار أزغارDar Azaghar	Grouped	62	281	0.0	0.4	5.6
تعاونية تغميرتCoopérative Taghmirt	Grouped	116	521	0.0	0.0	5.0
بوحدوBouhaddou	In parts	187	861	2.5	2.8	4.2

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: 07.041.03.11
As digits: 070410311
Slug: ghmate
Record: /api/communes/07.041.03.11.json
Boundary: /api/communes/07.041.03.11/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/07.041.03.11/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/07.041.03.11/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/communes/07.041.03.11/housing.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/07.041.03.11/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/07.041.03.11/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/07.041.03.11/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 3535313

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