Gourrama

كرامة

Rural commune in the cercle of Er-Rich, province of Midelt, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
15,952
Since 2014
+6.9%from 14,927 in 2014
Density
19.9people per km², 800.5 km²
Households
3,379
Foreign residents
1
Rank
410410th most populous of 1,503 communes4th of 29 in its province

Where it is

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

Ait Ben YacoubZaidaItzerTanourdiTizi N'ghachouAghbalouBoumiaAit AyachAgoudimTounfiteAnemziSidi Yahia Ou YoussefAmersidMibladenAit IzdegMideltGuirEn-NzalaEr-RichSidi AayadZaouiat Sidi HamzaGuers TiaallalineM'zizelAmouguerImilchilBou-AzmouOuterbatAit Yahya

How it changed

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

Gourrama +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
39.3%aged 10 and over48.3% in 201448.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
33.6%24.0% in 201439.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
34.9%aged 15 and over41.7% in 20146.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.84children per woman2.96 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.7%of people4.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.7people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
83.0%of settled households73.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Gourrama: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.2%75 and over3.8%
2.3%70–742.2%
3.6%65–692.6%
3.9%60–643.8%
4.0%55–594.3%
4.8%50–544.6%
4.6%45–495.8%
5.3%40–445.8%
5.0%35–395.6%
6.2%30–346.7%
6.2%25–296.8%
7.2%20–247.1%
10.5%15–1910.0%
12.3%10–1411.5%
11.7%5–910.1%
9.4%0–49.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight87.7%
  • Darija46.7%
  • Tachelhit7.8%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French65.9%
  • English13.3%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh3.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot51.5%
  • Bus17.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle7.3%
  • Employer’s transport6.6%
  • Private car3.5%
  • Taxi0.7%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
2,298
Standing empty
13.8%8.6% vacant5.3% a second home
Precarious
44.1%0.0% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
62.0%88.5% on the water mains95.8% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
88.0%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house55.8%
  • Rural-type44.1%
  • Traditional house0.1%
  • Villa0.0%
  • Apartment0.0%
  • Slum or basic house0.0%
  • Other0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years67.7%
  • 20 to 49 years25.6%
  • 50 years or more6.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
47930.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
35774.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
4251.2 per business
Public services
87
Associations
35in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce59.4%
  • Services23.8%
  • Industry12.9%
  • Construction3.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person86.8%
  • 2 to 312.0%
  • 4 to 91.1%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later35.9%
  • 2011–201935.9%
  • 2001–201014.3%
  • 1991–20009.8%
  • 1981–19902.2%
  • 1956–19802.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

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

Gourrama8,829

In the data

Code
08.363.09.03
As digits
083630903
Slug
gourrama
Record
/api/communes/08.363.09.03.json
Boundary
/api/communes/08.363.09.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/08.363.09.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/08.363.09.03/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/08.363.09.03/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/08.363.09.03/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2827120
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("gourrama");

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