Gueltat Zemmour

كلتة زمور

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

Population, 2024
6,881
Since 2014
+7.6%from 6,393 in 2014
Density
0.3people per km², 27,023.4 km²
Households
33
Foreign residents
6
Rank
1,0181,018th most populous of 1,503 communes2nd of 4 in its province

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

71004

How it changed

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

Gueltat Zemmour +7.6%

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
35.4%aged 10 and over74.8% in 201461.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
7.7%12.8% in 201450.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
67.5%aged 15 and over71.0% in 201416.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
0.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Disability
15.7%of people3.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
2.7people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
0.0%of settled households73.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Between the two censuses, households with running water went from 73.1% to 0.0%; households on the public sewer went from 65.4% to 0.0%; households with a toilet went from 82.7% to 45.5%. Falls this large are rare, and the site keeps them out of comparisons. How these are spotted

Age

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

Gueltat Zemmour: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.3%75 and over14.3%
0.0%70–740.0%
8.2%65–693.6%
3.3%60–6410.7%
6.6%55–597.1%
1.6%50–543.6%
4.9%45–490.0%
8.2%40–443.6%
13.1%35–393.6%
18.0%30–3417.9%
9.8%25–2910.7%
4.9%20–2410.7%
3.3%15–193.6%
1.6%10–143.6%
6.6%5–93.6%
6.6%0–43.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija92.1%
  • Hassania80.9%
  • Tamazight18.0%
  • Tachelhit1.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%

The two censuses don’t line up here: Darija 16.7% in 2014, 92.1% in 2024. How these are spotted

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic100.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh19.6%
  • French13.7%
  • English2.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Doesn’t travel to work68.0%
  • On foot32.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.0%
  • Private car0.0%
  • Bus0.0%
  • Taxi0.0%
  • Employer’s transport0.0%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Informal transport0.0%
  • Animal0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
71.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
342.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
124.0 per business
Public services
4
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce100.0%
  • Industry0.0%
  • Construction0.0%
  • Services0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person0.0%
  • 2 to 30.0%
  • 4 to 9100.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later0.0%
  • 2011–201933.3%
  • 2001–201066.7%
  • 1991–20000.0%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Gueltat Zemmour’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 2 douars in 1 fraction, with 41 people. 6,840 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
كلتة زمورGueltat Zemmour2 douars · 41 people
الكلتة المركز (السوق)El Klta Centre (Es Souk)Grouped1532———
لعزيلة أوديات تيوسLazilat Aoudyat TiousGrouped79———

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
11.121.03.01
As digits
111210301
Slug
gueltat-zemmour
OpenStreetMap
3552440
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("gueltat-zemmour");

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