Guettaya

كطاية

Rural commune in the cercle of Kasba Tadla, province of Béni Mellal, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024
13,153
Since 2014
−8.8%from 14,425 in 2014
Density
55.6people per km², 236.7 km²
Households
3,135
Foreign residents
1
Rank
541541st most populous of 1,503 communes17th of 22 in its province

Next door in Kasba Tadla, 91.3% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.9%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 5.1% to 31.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Chouihia. Aged 65 and over: 12.8% here, 12.6% there; aged 0 to 14: 25.7% here, 24.5% there; unemployment: 31.0% here, 31.4% there.

Compare it with Chouihia

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 Guettaya.

Guettaya −8.8%

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
42.2%aged 10 and over48.6% in 201452.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
31.0%5.1% in 201458.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.4%aged 15 and over50.1% in 20145.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.57children per woman2.20 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.6%of people5.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.2people on average5.0 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
86.7%of settled households77.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Guettaya: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.0%75 and over5.1%
3.5%70–743.4%
5.0%65–694.5%
5.6%60–646.1%
5.2%55–595.5%
5.9%50–546.2%
6.0%45–497.2%
6.3%40–446.6%
6.6%35–396.1%
6.0%30–346.2%
5.1%25–295.5%
5.5%20–246.3%
7.7%15–197.6%
10.9%10–149.3%
9.2%5–98.3%
7.6%0–46.2%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.4%
  • Tamazight17.5%
  • Tachelhit1.4%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French54.2%
  • English12.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot36.9%
  • Bike or motorcycle25.8%
  • Doesn’t travel to work25.5%
  • Private car3.5%
  • Taxi3.0%
  • Employer’s transport2.3%
  • Bus1.3%
  • Animal1.0%
  • Informal transport0.5%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
27220.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
12746.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1841.4 per business
Public services
112
Associations
33in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce57.5%
  • Services25.2%
  • Industry15.7%
  • Construction1.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person79.5%
  • 2 to 315.0%
  • 4 to 95.5%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later32.3%
  • 2011–201940.2%
  • 2001–201018.1%
  • 1991–20005.5%
  • 1981–19903.1%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.8%

Douars

Guettaya’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 27 douars in 4 fractions, with 13,153 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
ايت الربعAit Rbaa9 douars · 3,063 people
ايت تاغيةAyt TarhiyaIn parts683130.71.65.6
ايت عبد الواسعAit AbdelouassiaaIn parts2048110.82.02.7
ايت سموزي الوادAit Semouzi L'OuedGrouped351692.64.45.9
ايت سودار الوادAit Souder L'OuedGrouped924110.61.85.7
ايت اعصام الوادAit Asam El OuedGrouped24102———
ايت ارحيل الوادAit R'Hil L'OuedGrouped471782.74.24.9
ايت حمو الوادAit Hamou L'OuedGrouped321572.73.35.3
ايت موساتين الوادAit Moussatine L'OuedGrouped692772.56.66.6
اخنيزان الوادKhnizane L'OuedGrouped1466451.12.12.8
مركز الخير اݣطايةCentre El Kheir Agtaia9 douars · 4,212 people
مركز الكامونCentre El KamouneIn parts3451,3960.21.31.5
ايت حمو ترتماتAit Hamou TartomateGrouped673060.51.36.0
ايت موساتين الوادAit Moussatine El OuedGrouped524———
ايت اعصامAit AsamIn parts562522.91.95.3
ايت ارحيلAyt RhilIn parts863750.40.34.8
ايت سودار ترتماتAit Souder TartomateDispersed945———
ايت سموزيAit SemouziIn parts2831,2120.51.77.3
ايت تاغية ترتماتAit Taghia TartomateGrouped1024160.00.27.7
ايت عبد الواسع ترتماتAit Abdelwassaa TartomateGrouped441860.03.510.7
ايت كركايت الشرقيةAit Krkayt Charqia4 douars · 3,190 people
ايت امزالتAït MzaltGrouped1887891.31.510.2
ايت تودرتAit ToudertGrouped1205050.22.311.6
ايت عليAit AliIn parts3851,4440.01.011.4
ايت الواليAït el OulaiGrouped1084520.60.99.4
ايت كركايت الغربيةAit Krkayt Gharbia5 douars · 2,688 people
ايت سماحةAit SmahaIn parts1024590.62.27.4
ايت امخالتAit AmkhaltGrouped1647110.00.27.6
ايت مولالAït MoulalDispersed954291.01.43.9
مجاطMejjateIn parts2189360.22.54.0
قبابةKbabaDispersed411531.96.46.4

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
05.091.11.01
As digits
050911101
Slug
guettaya
OpenStreetMap
2882868
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("guettaya");

Report an error on this page